The Reference Department of the Wellesley Free Library. The Reference Department is composed of 3 full-time and 5 part-time professional librarians who work with a substantial reference collection consisting of more than 20 electronic databases, 350 magazines subscriptions and 175,000 circulating titles to find the answers to your questions.  The enormous fund of materials on the Internet is also used to find accurate answers as promptly as possible.  We can help you to locate the Boston Globe article you recall reading, choose titles for your next discussion group, or find topics for your next school project.  Many Wellesley materials (including high school yearbooks) are available to read in the library. More than 30 computers are located near the Reference Desk on the second floor, providing Internet access, the Minuteman Library Network Catalog, Microsoft Office and printers.  They are available for at least 1 hour per day.  Wireless Internet access is available throughout the building, a FAX machine is available on the second floor.  Classes on using computers are offered monthly. In 2006 we will add downloadable audio books to our current collection of DVD, videos, audio books and music on CD The Reference Desk is located on the second floor of the Main Library -- please come, call, e-mail or fax us with your comments or questions.
	Getting Answers
In Person	For questions which involve in-depth research, please come, in person to the Reference Desk.  Reference Librarians will be able to assist you Monday through Thursday -- 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday -- 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday -- 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday -- 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Library is closed on Sundays in July and August.
By Telephone	For telephone service, please call us at 781-235-1610, ext. 1117 or 1118, whenever the library is open.  You may leave a message for Reference when we are closed or the line is busy by calling x118.  We will return your call as soon as we are able.
By E-mail	For convenient e-mail service, use our online "Ask the Librarian" form to submit a question to our Reference Librarians.  Please make your question as detailed as possible.  Use as much room as you need.  The form field will expanded as you use it.
By Fax	You may Fax a question to us as well -- but please remember to provide an e-mail address or phone number.  781-235-0495 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday) 781-237-4875 (weekends and after 5:00pm on weekdays)
	Wellesley Websites Wellesley Town Government Assessor's list Wellesley Historical Society Wellesley Chamber of Commerce Wellesley Public Schools The Wellesley Townsman Online Wellesley College Wellesley College Auditors page The Wellesley Channel Boston.com/Wellesley Babson College Mass Bay Community College
	Links of Local Interest The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Citizen Information Service (provided by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) Standard & Poor's SchoolMatters
	updated 10/5/2005