E-mail Questions
Types of Responses We Can Provide by E-mail
- Factual, documented answers from online databases, reliable Internet sites, and print sources
- Appropriate sources to use for more extensive research
- Sources of information for homework assignments
- Requests for items the library owns: placing holds and renewals
(Please provide your name, library card number, the titles you want renewed, or the Denver Public Library branch where you want to pick up the items)
Examples of questions we can answer:
- "When was Xcel Energy founded?"
- "What date was the pyramid at Cheops built?"
- "What were Elvis Presley's first three hit songs?"
Types of Responses We Cannot Provide by E-mail
- Answers that involve medical interpretation
- Legal advice
- Bibliographies for various topics
- Answers to mathematical computations
- Complex genealogical research
We cannot answer questions like these via e-mail:
- "I need all the articles I can get on Xcel Energy."
- "I'm doing an assignment on the pyramids of Egypt."
- "Any information on Elvis Presley."
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Updated: June 06, 2007
