Email A Librarian enables you to ask questions online and receive answers via e-mail.

Who answers your questions

The professional staff of the Princeton Public Library will receive and answer your questions.

When to expect a response

Upon receipt of your question, you will receive e-mail verifying that your question has been submitted. We try to answer as quickly as possible, and usually can answer within one or two days. If you need an answer by a certain date, please be sure to specify this on the question form.

Questions for which we can provide sources only

• Medical or law-related questions
• Used car values
• Crisscross or reverse telephone directory information
• Product evaluations
• Contest or puzzle questions

What our service does not provide

• We are unable to fax or send material at this time.
• We do not renew materials via this service. Materials can also be renewed using our online catalog.
• We do not do detailed research or provide bibliographies.

E-mail

If you are unable to fill out the Ask A Question Form, please e-mail your question to askalibrarian@princetonlibrary.org.

Terms and Conditions

Prior to submitting a reference question, please make sure you read our Privacy Policy so that you know how your questions may be used. All questions submitted via this page are subject to these rules and condinditions, so if you have any questions about these terms and conditions, do not use these forms and please contact the library directly.

In order to achieve our purposes, we need you to follow certain rules. You will find some of our rules here and also in Copyright, Disclaimer and Other Legal Matters. Most importantly, as set forth more fully below, you understand and agree that your question and the answer we provide may be posted on our Web site.

Rules

• At our sole discretion, we may refuse to answer any question, and we may refuse to post any question on this site.
• At our sole discretion, if we determine that you are not using this site for its intended purposes, we may prevent you from using the site in the future.
• You agree not to send any question that is illegal, harassing, libelous, threatening, harmful, obscene or otherwise objectionable or that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulations.

Ownership of Materials

You agree that your question will enter the public domain, and you will retain no ownership rights to your question. This means that anyone, including the Library, can reproduce, copy, modify or otherwise use your question without your permission. In addition, your question may be displayed, distributed, transmitted and broadcast without your permission. Pursuant to the fair use provisions of federal copyright law, the Library may also provide short excerpts from material that is subject to copyright protection. You should be aware that such material may be subject to restrictions, including but not limited to copyright, in favor of parties other than the Library. You are solely responsible for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions, and paying any associated fees, which may be necessary for any proposed use. The Library may also provide links to other Web sites. The Library does not monitor or control information accessible through the Internet and is not responsible for its content, for changes in content of the sources to which the Library pages link, or for the content of sources accessed through secondary links.

Disclaimer

The following disclaimer must be noted:

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