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Uncle Sam 
Government Publications Department
Tennessee Regional Depository

Ask A Federal Expert


Many government departments and agencies provide online educational information via e-mail at their Webpages. These sites are frequently in the portion of the Webpage called "Ask-an-Expert". Listed below are federal sites that provide students and teachers access to real government experts in their respective fields.


Ask an Astrobiologist

Ask the Astonomers

Ask an Earth-Scientist

Ask A Geolgoist

Ask an Historian - American History and Park Service

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Part of the U.S. Human Genome Project. This site gives answers to questions on biology, genetics, and human development

Ask a Microgravity Scientist (Weightlessness)

Ask a NASA Scientist

Ask a Physicist

Ask a Question (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Ask a Question (Department of Interior - Mining)

Ask a Remote Sensing Scientist - Questions on Remote Sensing, Computers, and Satellites answered here

Ask a Scientist (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement)

Ask a Scientist (NASA Earth Observatory)

Ask a Scientist or an Engineer

Ask Dr. SOHO

Ask a Space Scientist

Ask a Technical Question (Energy Star - Department of Energy)


MEGASITES

The sites below contain lists of "Ask-An-Expert" webpages dealing with a wide variety of topics from other sources.

Allexperts.com

Capitol Questions - C-SPAN's Congressional Scholar answers your questions

Community Learning Network

Refdesk.com - Ask the Experts

Yahoo's List of Experts


Send questions/comments/suggestions to Mary Freilich
08/08/07