Wednesday March 10

1830–2000. Lecture

1830-1915. Reports from the field. Discussion.

1915-2000. Scientific and commercial services

• Ask a linguist
• Ask the Oracle. (UK) Classics.
• Scientific American. Ask the experts.
• AskA+ Locator. Part of VRD.

• Google answers (US)
• Ask your farmacist (UK) Self-help site
• Ask the London franchise experts (UK)

Resources

1. Parsons, Ann Marie (2001). Digital Reference: How Libraries Can Compete with Aska Services. DLF newsletter.
2. West, Jessamyn (2002). Information for sale: My experience with Google answers