Reference Questions
As librarians our job is to help people with reference questions. Some of them can be rather crazy. The following are some samples:
- What is the capital of Africa?
- I don’t want that book on bugs I want a book on insects.
- Do you have a book by this “arthur?” (meaning “author”)
- Can you help me find a book that I read last year? It had the word Rose in it and it was a blue book and about so tall.
- I have to write a report on ancient civilizations. Do you have a book on the ancient African-American civilization?
- What is Donald Duck’s middle name?
- What are the effects of quantum physics on life in the 90’s?
- How many dimples does a golf ball have?
- What is the name of the first fireman that got killed in the great Chicago fire?