Useful Things: Introduction to Expertise

The benefit of being a librarian is that you get to learn a little bit of information about a lot of things. It's hard to avoid picking up Jeopardy trivia as books, articles, and reference queries cross your path. Every now and then, however, you just want to delve deeper into one subject.

Enter: Five Books

This website focuses on collecting five books and interviews with experts (to make you a casual expert) on one subject. The website operates like a blog - constantly updating information from their contributors. You can also view their specific topic sections including Energy & Environment; Society, Law & Religion; and Food, Drink & Sport.

So, say you want to know more about cake.... you can go to the Food, Drink & Sport section, click on Cakes and read an interview with renowned baked Clair Ptak who then lists her five books.

Some topics are covered several times - soccer (or football) for example. In that instance, you can just search for the term (football) and find all the information you need. Additionally, Five Books allows you to search by region (tell me more about Azerbaijan!) and also subscribe to their newsletter.

Happy Expert Reading!