The Hartfield Library staff provides basic reference services to all students, faculty, staff, administration, and members of the community in HCC's three-county service region of Henderson, Union, and Webster Counties (KY). Some requests for information may require a reasonable time period in order to obtain needed information and therefore, not all requests can be handled immediately. Outside libraries and agencies may have to be contacted in order to fill the request.

• The Reference Desk and Reference Collection are located on the main floor of the library.

• Reference desk is operates from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. (Additional assistance is available at the Circulation Desk until 9:00 p.m.)

• Reference services are available by phone, (270) 831-9767, or by e-mail.

• The Reference Collection features over 2700 volumes with strong holdings in Biographies, Business, Literature and U.S. History.

• The Reference Collection also features online full-text databases including FirstSearch, NewsBank, Grolier, InfoTrac, Ebsco,  and ProQuest.