Service from OCLC

Ask Live

Welcome to Ask Live, a service offered by the Libraries Section at DOHMS!

Please enter the information requested on the right hand side of your browser window. The Email Address field is a must field. At the end of the session, a complete transcript, including all chat and links to Web sites visited will be emailed to you.

^*Ask live is one of the Libraries Section Virtual Reference Desk Services. It is a live Internet-based question-and-answer service that connect users with librarians who can answer questions, requests and support users research skills.

Ask Live is open to all DOHMS staff (Doctors, nurses, technicians, bio-medicals, administrative as well as medical and nurse students). Using this service, DOHMS librarian will be able to communicate with you using Internet chat live and may take you to various websites. A normal session expected to last no longer than 15 minutes.

Ask Live service would like to remind you that we do not control the content of resources used. Ask Live will make all the effort to provide you with accurate information resources. We are not responsible for any losses or damages related to the use of the service. It is proscribed to send any questions or contents that is illegal.

Session Guidelines

Please do not try to bookmark (add to favorites) or print anything during the session!  At the end of the session, you will receive a list of live links, which will allow you to go back and visit all of the pages the librarian showed you. You can bookmark anything you want at that time. If you try to bookmark during the session, you may experience a disconnect.

There are forward, back and refresh buttons within the software's shared webpage frame that you can use.

Thank you for using our online live reference service!

^* The information provided by Ask Live does not imply medical recommendation or advice!