Internet Public Library:
Volunteer librarians answer general questions or provide starting
places for research at the IPL Reference Center.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/
Ask a UK Librarian:
The UK's electronic reference library combining resources of the
UK's public libraries. Ask questions and check the archives for
previous answers.
http://www.earl.org.uk/ask/
Email Reference Sites:
A list of library sites which have forms for submitting questions by
email. Some have archives of previous questions and answers.
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~b-sloan/e-mail.html
Library of Congress (DC):
List of librarians at the Library of Congress who answer reference
questions via email forms.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
New York Public Library (NY):
Ask a Question form at the New York Public Library, library card
required.
http://ask.nypl.org/ask.asp
Free Library of Philadelphia (PA):
The Free Library of Philadelphia answers reference questions via an
email form.
http://www.library.phila.gov/libserv/eref.htm
Auburn University (AL):
Ask a Librarian email reference service for the faculty, staff and
students of Auburn University.
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/askref.html
Brown University (RI):
Web form for Brown students and faculty to ask reference questions.
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/forms/AskReference.html
Bucknell University (PA):
Electronic reference service for Bucknell students and faculty.
http://www.isr.bucknell.edu/eforms/eref.html
Kansas City Public Library (MO):
Email form for asking reference questions of Kansas City Public
librarians.
http://www.kclibrary.org/about/contactform.cfm
New York State Library (NY):
Guidelines for users submitting reference questions to the New York
State Library via email.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/refserv.htm
State Library of Tasmania:
Form for submitting a reference enquiry to the State Reference
Service in Tasmania.
http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/stateref/refquery.htm
Seattle Public Library (WA):
Seattle Public Library's Quick Information Center offers email
reference service.
http://www.spl.org/quickinfo/questionform.html
Santa Monica Public Library (CA):
Librarians at Santa Monica Public will answer questions via email or
fax.
http://www.smpl.org/library/forms/refques.htm
Newton Gresham Library (TX):
Email reference service for students, faculty, and staff of Sam
Houston State University, TX.
http://www.shsu.edu/~lib_www/asklib.html
Tartu University Library, Estonia:
Quick answers to brief questions about materials in the library's
reference collection.
http://www.utlib.ee/en/reference.html
IUB Libraries (IN):
Send a question directly to an IUB librarian. This service is
intended for the students, faculty and staff of Indiana University,
Bloomington.
http://www.indiana.edu/~libweb/question.html
ICONnect - AskKC:
Volunteer librarians answer questions for kids K-12 who need help
with homework or school projects.
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html
Florida International University (FL):
Information about the library and quick factual questions can be
answered through this Ask A Librarian email form.
http://www.fiu.edu/~library/services/asklib.html
Barrington Public Library (RI):
Use this form to submit questions to the Barrington Public Library
Reference desk.
http://www.barringtonlibrary.org/ref_form.html
Kenton County Public Library (KY):
Information Station is an online live referencesite where real
librarians answer your general reference questions.
http://www.information-station.com
Kentucky Virtual Library:
Online form to submit questions to the librarians at the Kentucky
Virtual Library.
http://www.kyvl.org/html/ref/helpform.shtml
Nashville Public Library (TN):
Nashville librarians provide quick answers to brief factual
questions by phone or email.
http://www.library.nashville.org/Links/Askalibrarian/index.html
Providence Public Library (RI):
Answers to brief, factual questions and assistance with search
strategies.
http://www.provlib.org/elibrary/emailref/emailref.htm
National Library Board of Singapore:
Electronic reference source providing brief factual answers or
pointers to more in-depth information.
http://www.elibraryhub.com/libraryServices/referencePointForm.asp?sub=lib
King County Library System (WA):
Answer Line--Ask a Librarian offers brief answers to factual
questions for its cardholders.
http://www.kcls.org/Aquest/alinmn.cfm
National Library of Scotland:
Enquiry form from the National Library of Scotland.
http://www.nls.uk/info/readingrooms/askalibrarian.html
KANAnswer (KS):
This statewide virtual reference project serves Kansas residents and
answers questions about Kansas for non-residents.
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/KLNB/KANAnswerWeb/index.htm
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries (WI):
Ask a librarian e-mail reference service and live chat during
selected hours for UWM affiliates. Also answers questions about UWM,
http://www.uwm.edu/Library/ask/
Newcastle Electronic Reference Desk (UK):
NERD is an Ask a Question service for Newcastle Univestity Library
members, also includes a database of past questions.
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/nerd.html
Lappponica - Northern information search:
Information on Lapland, North Calotte and Barents Euro-Arctic, sami
people. Provided via email by libraries and museums in Lapland. In
Finnish, English and Swedish.
http://www.lapponica.net
