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Step-by-Step: Accessing Library Materials: Get Help

Getting Help

Ask a Librarian: If you need help while searching BLINK, click the "Quick Links" link and select "Ask a Librarian" in the drop-down menu to open our instant message & to chat with a librarian during Library business hours.

Got Research? We're Here to Help!

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Contact us at the Johnnie Mae Berry Library 

Location:        Clifton Campus, Main Building, Room 170

Phone:            513.569.1606

Text:                513.ASK.4466 (513.25.4466)

Message:        use the Chat PopOut

Email:             library@cincinnatistate.edu (from your Cincinnati State email address)

Research Appointments: Complete the Appointment Request Form

Note: If the Library is closed when you contact us, we will reply on the next day we are open.


The physical library is located in Main Building Room 170. For current hours and changes due to breaks, closures, or holidays, please see our Google Calendar.

For 24/7 access to online library resources, which make it possible to do research from anywhere at anytime, please check out the library's website. When you are working from off-campus, you will need your Brightspace credentials (i.e. college email and password) to access most resources. If you are not sure what your credentials are, check with the ID & Username Lookup. 

 

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Contact the Writing Center at Cincinnati State

Location:        Clifton Campus, Main Building, Room 235

Phone:            513.569.1736

Make an Appointmentcall or use Starfish to make an appointment


Done with your research, but need help with the written part? Need help with your APA or MLA citations? Visit the Writing Center! You'll find information on drop-in hours and directions on making an appointment. 

The Writing Center provides free tutoring support for written assignments in any CState course, and is not limited to support for English classes. The Writing Center enables all students to explore new ideas through writing and achieve success.

If you would like to learn how to write the different parts of your paper (intro, body, conclusion), improve your sentence structure, make a rhetorical appeal, or cite your sources in MLA or APA, visit the Writing Center's YouTube Channel.