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The Wikipedia reference desk works like a library reference desk. Ask a question here and Wikipedia volunteers will try to answer it. Before asking a question, please try the search boxes below to search Wikipedia as a whole or the reference desk archives. See also the reference desk guidelines. Note: Legal or medical advice is prohibited.
Librarian, Ballard Carnegie Library, Seattle, Washington c. 1907 The reference desk or information desk of a library is a public service counter where professional librarians provide library users with direction to library materials, advice on library collections and services, and expertise on multiple kinds of information from multiple sources.
Archived questions If you cannot find your question on the reference desks, please see the Archives. Unanswered questions If you find that your question has been archived before being answered, you may copy your question from the Archives into a new section on the reference desk. Do not request medical or legal advice. Ask a doctor or lawyer ...
Wikipedia Reference Desk sections are delineated to achieve a compromise between a logical ordering of topics, interests of questioners and respondents, and manageable traffic on each desk. There have been expansions and contractions over the years, but the current lineup is the best result that passionate argument and consensus-building have ...
Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/General; Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Computing (000, 004, 005, 006) Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Entertainment (780–799) Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Humanities: Philosophy and psychology (100–199), Religion (200–299), Social sciences (300–399), and Literature ...
The Wikipedia reference desk works like a library reference desk. In a library, users consult the professional staff at the reference desk for help in finding information. We don't have professional staff, so fellow Wikipedians work to find information relevant to questions posted by others.
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This is an archive where you can browse all of the old questions and answers from the reference desk. Not all questions have been archived (nonsense and questions not meant for the reference desk have not been saved). Some of these pages are very large and may crash even high-end computers. We recommend you don't open many windows at the same time.