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Brooklyn Public Library
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Call 718-230-2100, option 5
Mon: 9:00am-6:00pm
Tues-Thurs: 9:00am-9:00pm
Fri: 9:00am-6:00pm
Sat: 10:00am-6:00pm
Sun: 1:00pm-6:00pm
Ask brief ready-reference type questions. For in-depth research try our e-resources, our catalog, or visit any branch.
Telephone Reference has been answering questions from Brooklyn
and around the country since 1953. We use books, magazines, newspapers, clipping
files, and electronic sources to answer reference questions.
- spelling and definitions of words
- used car prices
- "Was November 4, 1965 a Monday?"
- publisher of a book
- short, factual questions or referrals for students
- phone numbers and addresses
- biographical information
- locations of local library branches
- statistics
- referrals to special libraries, associations, government agencies, etc.
- doctor's credentials and the spellings of medical terms — sorry,
no medical definitions or side effects of drugs
- In what film did Mary Tyler Moore play a nun opposite Elvis Presley?
- Who are my local elected officials and how do I reach them?
- Can I have the address of the Helen of Troy Corp.; do they market hair-care
products?
- The Academy Awards Index
- The Animals Who's Who
- The Baseball Encyclopedia
- The Best Loved Songs of the American People
- The Brooklyn Almanac
- Celebrity Directory
- Emily Post's Etiquette
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Facts on File, from 1941
- Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- Internet Yellow Pages
- The Kennedy Encyclopedia
- Life-Spans: Or How Long Things Last
- Statistical Abstract of the US
- Biography & Genealogy Master Index
- Contemporary Authors
- EBSCOhost (periodicals index & selected fulltext)
- Encyclopedia of Associations
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
- Library's catalog
- New York Census of Population & Housing
- Serials Directory
- World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia
- The Internet and other news sources
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