Using Blogs for Research
October 4th, 2005An interesting article from Findlaw on using blogs to ask questions and receive answers quickly when doing research. Great concept, one which I’ll have to think about a bit more. From the article:
“I posted an inquiry: “Author In Search Of Info…”. In my posting, I explained what I was looking for, and why. I submitted the post as I was leaving my office shortly before 9 pm Pacific Daylight Time (thus, shortly before midnight in the East). When I checked the next morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find twenty-two responses.”
“All the response were intelligent (albeit, one was simply curious). A few were from FindLaw readers. I had forgotten about the New York Times analysis by Bill Marsh — “A Guide to the Republican Herd,” with its “pachyderm graphics”; readers reminded me of it. In addition, several responses lead me to articles I had not read.”
When I was a law librarian, the law-lib “e’list” was pretty useful for asking for help or ideas when stuck on a research query. Most of time, I’d get decent responses, but there was usually one or two that were able not only point me in the right direction, but send me the materials as well.
(link via beSpacific)