Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton

AnswerBag–”a universal, user-generated collection of frequently-asked questions.” And you’d be surprised….these vary from the most simple factual questions like “What is the largest lake in the world?” to more complicated questions like “How did the use of laugh tracks on television start?”

It’s browse-able by subject area, fully searchable, and on the homepage they highlight things like Top Categories & which of their contributors have answered the most questions. My one beef with the site is that some of the question answerers do not cite their sources, they just give the answer. Other than that, though, I think it could prove to be a useful reference tool.

I think I’ll remember AnswerBag the next time I get one of those super-odd desk questions like “If my girlfriend is Mormon, do I have to convert to Mormonism to marry her?”. There are also a bevy of unanswered questions–what better place for librarians to show off our mad reference skills?

link courtesy of J-Walk Blog