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[–] nieceandtows 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to send emails to libraries for information on a certain topic and got back lots of information

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you get an email address for a library that is actually monitored by a human that would respond?

[–] nieceandtows 2 points 1 year ago

Libraries provide it as a free service. It’s called virtual reference. Here is one such service I found by searching.

https://askalibrarian.org/