Library Reference

Reference and Information Services
The Reference Desk is located in the Main Library in Room A-042. Reference librarians are available to assist with research and reference questions from 8:30 until 5:00, Monday through Friday.

The library is open to external visitors on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 until 4:30.

The Reference Desk is the place to ask if you need help:

• Conducting research
• Locating a book
• Finding articles in scholarly journals
• Creating Subject Alerts
• Using the library catalog
• Using electronic databases

Telephone Reference: +39 06 570 53784 Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 5:00

E-mail Reference: Send your reference question to fao-library-reference@fao.org.

Presentations/Seminars: Reference Librarians provide guidance and instruction on the use of library resources in the form of pressentations/seminars. These presentations can be tailored to suit the subject focus of divisions and departments. They may be arranged by requesting an appointment via telephone or e-mail, or by contacting one of the librarians directly.

Reference Blog: Have a look at our blog for the latest news in the library and a list of frequently asked reference questions. Add our feed to your news reader. Although anyone may find useful information here, the intended audience of this blog is FAO staff.

Subject Alerts
Subject Alerts provide recent information from scientific and scholarly sources, helping you to stay up-to-date with your professional subjects. Appropriate profiles can be run against major bibliographic databases (CAB Abstracts, Agricola, Econlit, etc) or against information portals like ScienceDirect and ProQuest. Results are received via email periodically and contain bibliographic records with abstract and full-text links where available.

Please contact fao-library-reference@fao.org for assistance in setting up subject alerts.

Interlibrary Loan Services
Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request items not held in our collection from another library.

Journal articles are frequently obtained from other libraries at no cost. However, we must first obtain an Oracle budget code before we are able to complete a request for books obtained through ILL.

A budget code will also be requested for rush delivery of ILL journal articles.

For more information, or to make an ILL request, send an e-mail to: fao-library-loans@fao.org.

Tables of Contents Delivery
FAO staff can sign up to receive e-mail delivery of Table of Contents (TOCs) of the latest issues of selected journals. Many contain full-text links. Subscribe through the Tables of Contents Service or contact fao-library-alerts@fao.org for more information.

FAO Document Reproduction
David Lubin Memorial Library provides copies of FAO documents and out-of-print publications in print or in electronic (PDF) format. This service is available on a cost recovery basis at the following rates:

Document reproduction (print or digital): US$0.2 per page (minimum charge per item: US$15)
Document delivery via internet (email, FTP): Free
Document delivery by mail (CD-ROM, print): US$10/shipment
Additional CD duplicates: US$15 per CD
Rush surcharge: US$25 per item

Requests can be submitted by email to fao-library-reproduction@fao.org or by mail.

Payment methods:
1. Credit card

2. Cheque made out to:
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Send Registered Mail to:
    DAVID LUBIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
    Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
    00153 Rome, ITALY

3. Proforma invoice

NB: A 50% reduction applies to requests from developing countries.