{"id":7160,"date":"2011-07-18T13:54:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T17:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?page_id=7160"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:00:13","slug":"help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/help\/","title":{"rendered":"Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need help? Learn more about how BU Libraries can help you with your research.<\/p>\n<h2>Ask a Librarian<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/askalibrarian.bu.edu\/#\">Chat with a librarian<\/a> from 10am-5pm, Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>When chat is not available, here are some other options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/askalibrarian.bu.edu\/\">Email a question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/help\/how-to\/\">How-to Guides<\/a>: Learn more about conducting your research, how to create citations, and more<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/guides?b=s&amp;group_id=5217\">Research Guides<\/a>: Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/about\/who-we-are\/reflist\/\">subject specialists<\/a> have compiled resources to help you get you started<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/askalibrarian.bu.edu\/\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a>: Find answers to common questions or ask your own<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Appointments<\/h2>\n<p>Having trouble researching a topic for a paper or other project? Schedule a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/reference\/appointments\/\">research consultation<\/a> with one of our BU librarians via Zoom.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Use BU Libraries Search<\/h2>\n<p>Not sure where to begin? View our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/help\/bu-libraries-search\/\">How to Use BU Libraries Search<\/a> page for in-depth advice on navigating our search tool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need help? Learn more about how BU Libraries can help you with your research. Ask a Librarian Chat with a librarian from 10am-5pm, Monday through Friday. When chat is not available, here are some other options: Email a question How-to Guides: Learn more about conducting your research, how to create citations, and more Research Guides: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2184,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":64,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7160"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112346,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7160\/revisions\/112346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}