Weird Reference Questions

The humor stories are flowing like beer at a frat party lately, and here\’s one more:

Weird Reference Questions a collection of, well, Weird Reference Questions, Actual reference queries reported by American and Canadian library reference desk workers of various levels, also includes, Actual Reference Interviews reported by American and Canadian library reference desk workers of various levels.

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In an art library:

Patron: Do you have any books on Art?

Ref: Yes. Did you have a certain artist in mind, or a period or style in mind?

Patron: No.

Ref: I guess you\’ll have to look through our 120,000 books and see if you find anything.

Patron: OK.
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