Chat FAQs - Answers
Answers
Browse Our Answers
Popular
Recent
Featured
Is it true the John Hay Library has books bound in human skin?
Jan 17, 2024
Topics:
Special Collections
Views:
7882
What is the difference between Google, Google Scholar, and library databases?
Mar 25, 2026
Views:
7449
How do I obtain my transcript from Katharine Gibbs School / Katharine Gibbs College?
May 27, 2020
Topics:
Special Collections
Views:
3242
Who can reserve / How do I reserve a study carrel?
Sep 23, 2025
Views:
1224
What is a carrel?
Mar 25, 2026
Views:
1186
How do I return my Brown library books?
Mar 25, 2026
Views:
1105
Why can't I access Journal Citation Reports?
Mar 25, 2026
Views:
981
About the Brown University Library
Mar 25, 2026
Views:
819
Can I reserve library rooms for study?
Sep 23, 2025
Views:
775
I tried to access a database and got this message: File missing: docs/suspend.htm
Jun 22, 2021
Views:
749
Can summer students conduct research in Special Collections?
Apr 10, 2026
Topics:
Special Collections
Views:
155
Can I download an ebook to my Kindle / other ereader?
Apr 08, 2026
Views:
50
I'm a student at a HELIN institution ( CCRI, URI, Salve Regina, Wheaton, Johnson & Wales, PC, RIC, Roger Williams). Can I use your library?
Apr 01, 2026
Topics:
Special Collections
Views:
156
I'm from RISD. Can I use the Brown Library?
Apr 01, 2026
Topics:
Special Collections
Views:
518
Can I request a tour to see some of the treasures of the John Hay Library?
Apr 01, 2026
Topics:
Special Collections
Views:
194
Is the Hay Library open to the public / to outside visitors?
Apr 01, 2026
Topics:
Special Collections
Views:
242
I am from a Borrow Direct institution (Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Princeton, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Yale) -- may I use your library?
Apr 01, 2026
Views:
128
How can I support / donate to the Brown Library?
Mar 26, 2026
Views:
38
What employment opportunities / jobs are available at the library?
Mar 26, 2026
Views:
27
Does the library hire students?
Mar 26, 2026
Views:
37
How can I get an introduction to the library as a new student?
Mar 25, 2026
Views:
116
I need help with using BruKnow / the library catalog
Mar 25, 2026
Topics:
BruKnow
Views:
235
How do I find a book in the library?
Aug 14, 2024
Topics:
BruKnow
Special Collections
Views:
486
How many books can I check out / borrow?
Jul 26, 2019
Views:
694
For how long can I check out books?
Aug 16, 2019
Views:
708
How do I, as a professor, put books and other material on reserve for a class?
Jan 12, 2023
Views:
202
How does a student access Course Reserves
Jul 26, 2024
Views:
221
What is the difference between Google, Google Scholar, and library databases?
Mar 25, 2026
Views:
7449
I need help getting started with my research
Mar 25, 2026
Views:
158
How can I get an article that's in a journal we don't have?
Mar 26, 2026
Views:
198
I'm from RISD. Can I use the Brown Library?
Apr 01, 2026
Topics:
Special Collections
Views:
518
Chat and Contact
Contact a library expert
Contact a library expert
Contact (General)
Contact (General)
Contact (Special Collections)
Contact (Special Collections)
Springshare
; All rights reserved.
Login to LibApps