Elizabeth White, Reference

Elizabeth White is the newest member of the Reference department and works primarily at the Student Learning Center.

Elizabeth recently graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's of science in library science. She also has a bachelor of arts in history and political science with honors from UNC. (MSLS 2005, BA 2002)

As a graduate student at UNC, Elizabeth worked as a reference and instruction assistant in the House Undergraduate Library, as well as a reference intern in Perkins Library at Duke University .

Elizabeth 's hobbies include knitting, cooking, shopping, hiking, and travel.

In works of fiction, Elizabeth prefers mysteries and whodunits mostly. She also likes classic fantasy writers: "I love the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.”

Non-fiction tastes are generally biographical and historical, from nearly all historical periods. “I love art so I read a great deal of art history too,” she said.

Her favorite movies are MGM musicals from the ‘50s and ‘60s. “I have very eclectic and varied movie and music tastes,” she said. “It would take too long to list them all!”

Elizabeth says her favorite foods are “anything as long as it isn't coconut!”

One unique feature about Elizabeth: “I am a die-hard "Tar Heel" due to being a part of the fourth generation of UNC graduates in my family.”