Ready reference sources are library sources designed to quickly answer factual questions within a minute. They contain concise, easily searchable information on people, places, facts, and organizations. Examples of questions answerable through ready reference sources include the date of birth of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature for a given year, and the currency of the United States. These sources help librarians rapidly answer brief factual inquiries from users.

2.  READY REFERENCE SOURCES:
Dr S R Ranganathan defined Ready
reference services as reference service
finished or replied in a very short time in a
minute if possible.
Ready reference sources are very important for
dealing with fact finding types of questions in
the library.
Such type of questions are known as Ready
reference questions in which information is
provided to user within a very short time.

3. Ready reference types of questions are
brief and easy to answer.
Information in the sources is arranged in
such a way that it can be located easily and
during very short time.
Ready reference sources are very useful to
find answers about persons, places, facts
and various types of organisation

4. The following types of questions that can be
answered by Ready Reference Sources:
 What is the date of birth of Dr. S. R.
Ranganathan?
 Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature this
year?
 What is the name of the Librarian of
Central Library of Banaras Hindu
Uniersity

5.  What is the total population of India ?
 Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature this
year?
 Name the currency of USA?
 Biographical information about important
personalities.
 Find out the addresses and phone
numbers of faculty member of Bannaras
Hindu University.

8. It is prepared by the help E content from E-
PG Pathshala and the textbbok
“INFORMATION SOURCES,SERVICES
AND SYSTEMS” by Gurdev Singh,
Published by PHI Learning Private Limited
New Delhi