There must be something wrong with this cite: J. Thomas Greene, "A Kindler, Gentler Justice System?" 181 F.R.D 559 (1998). It looks like a cite to an article, but isn't F.R.D. a reporter? Answer: The Federal Rules Decision is part of West's National Reporter...
Why do they ask you to cite to the official code when no one seems to ever really use it for research? Most people seem to research on Lexis or Westlaw. And even if they don't have access to that, they would probably use an annotated code, rather than the official U.S.C. Answer:...
Information desk staff members received the following reference question after the reference librarian had gone home for the night: What age must a person be to be governor of Massachusetts? And the correct answer is: We can't answer a question of this type over the phone, but if you come...