 So you've used the Searching for Burns Library Materials video to find something listed in the library database that you'd like to use. Now how do you request a research appointment to use it? First, make sure it's only available in Burns Library. Some items from our collections can be found in several libraries across campus. If books are held somewhere besides Burns, they can usually be checked out and taken home with you. Burns copies can't be checked out and need to be used in the Burns Library reading room. If you're interested in using something right away, make sure your items are stored here at Burns. Not all our collections are actually stored on site in Burns Library. On-site items have the message, find in Burns Library reading room use only in the library database. If something is stored off-site, it will have the message, contact Burns Library advanced notice needed. We need three business days to make it available to you to do research in the reading room with that material. As you identify what you would like to see from searching the library database, click the blue schedule visit to use in Burns Library link. You'll be prompted to sign into your Burns Library account, the online request management we use here at Burns. If you haven't created an account yet, use either the Boston College student's faculty and staff sign-in box to register with your BC username, or use the guest researcher box to register as a guest researcher. Review our registration policies so you know what to expect during your appointment. You will then fill out the registration form. After that, it will return to your request form. To complete the form for books, review the item information that's been pre-populated, and add details on the Pacific volume or copy you wish to see if that's needed. Leave any notes on your request in the special request or questions field. Include whether you'd like a morning appointment, an afternoon appointment, or both. If you aren't sure when you'll be visiting, you can save requests for later. But if you'd like to visit the reading room, schedule the date you would like to visit at the end of the request form and press submit. Don't forget to check our website for more details about when we are open. To complete the form for archival collections, review the collection information and add the boxes you want to see into the box field. Material is all pulled and delivered at a box level, so you only need to list each box once. To identify the boxes you want to see in the reading room, you will need to refer to the finding aid, which is linked under the title information in the library database. To request any material that's been digitized, enter the digital content number for the finding aid instead of a box number. As with published material, leave any notes on your request in the special request or questions field, as well as your appointment time, and then either save the request for later or schedule your visit date to the reading room. The reading room staff will have materials ready for your visit. You'll receive a confirmation email shortly, which will include details on what to expect and what you'll need to bring with you on your visit. Contact us if you have any questions or problems requesting materials. We're happy to help.