The award-winning All Experts website has thousands of volunteers waiting to answer your questions on a huge range of topics, including: hobbies, travel, relationships, careers, cars, arts, entertainment, DIY and computers. First select your expert, from the biog details and ratings from previous users, then e-mail your question and expect an e-mail response in one to three days. Once you've used it, you'll never go back to general websites for your research. New experts welcome at www.allexperts.com
Who knows more about finding information than a librarian? At Ask a Librarian, you can browse categories such as arts and crafts, medicine, books, history, jargon explained, music, myths, poetry, sport, technology, and ask your own question or search the archive. If you post a question, a librarian will e-mail you with an answer or identify the best sources, print or electronic, for discovering the answer. At: www.earl.org.uk
Thinking of changing your career? Looking for job advice? Network with professionals in your field or ask an expert for advice on topics such as career development, human resources, moving to Ireland and IT. At: http://content.monster.ie/experts/
A child-friendly fun site for all mad scientists is the Mad Sci network. Search the archives of more than 25,000 questions in categories such as anatomy, chemistry, the environment, maths and zoology; locate resources for science projects at the Mad Sci library; enter the Mad labs for experiments and interactive tours; or post your own question. At: www.madsci.org
Ask an Expert is another lively site, with experts to answer questions for young people. Choose from a wide range of topics from animals to culture and health, or become an expert yourself at www. askanexpert.com
Health experts will answer your questions on the VHI website. E-mail your question to the dietitian, fitness instructor or nurse via the online form, and new responses will be posted on the site weekly. You can also ask the nurse to phone or e-mail you personally to discuss your question. This confidential service is free at www.vhihealthe.ie
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