So, what is AskNow? AskNow is a live online interactive reference service, available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Chat and interact with a librarian who helps point you to resources which may answer your questions.

AskNow combines the speed and convenience of the Internet with the information savvy of experienced reference librarians. The librarian may be from any one of over 100 California public libraries or elsewhere in the national 24/7 Reference cooperative.