The Department of Reference & Community Information Services (DERCO) provides reference services to the university community and the general public. Through collaboration with agricultural related organizations, institutes and sectors in the country, the department also oversees the accessibility of agricultural information services among agricultural stakeholders in the country.

The Department is located at Sokoine National Agricultural Library building at Sokoine University of Agriculture, Main Campus.

The Department offers and responds to your information needs and helps you get information resources and services from both the library collections and Internet based resources.