Klassen, T.: Usenet as a reference tool (1995)
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- Abstract
- Usenet is one of the most widely used services on the Internet. Recently, a handful of articles dealing with the mechanisms and personal use of Usenet have appeared in the library literature, but little attention has focused on Usenet as a reference tool. This is unfortunate since with Usenet we have the ability to query the knowledge of a large well educated population on just about any subject and receive responeses often within hours. provides a brief introduction to Usenet and how it can be used for reference work, plus a guide to some of the issues involved with posting reference questions to Usenet. Offers examples of reference questions answered using Usenet as a source
- Source
- Reference services review. 23(1995) no.2, S.13-16
