# Email Research Requests
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-research-requests/121103
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [July 27, 2002, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-research-requests/121103 "2002-07-27T10:27:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2002, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-research-requests/121103/1 "2002-07-27T10:27:13Z")
I belong to a few (more than a few actually) email discussion lists. At least once a week, someone will send an email stating that they are a student at such and such university and are doing research on blah blah blah for a paper and would appreciate it if the listmembers would reply with the citations of relevant journal articles, books, etc. While I never respond, my reaction to these has always been “Do you own friggin’ research!” After receiving two of these in one day, I am beginning to wonder if this is a common practice. Anyone else ever receive these? What is your reaction?
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### Author:  [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-research-requests/121103/2 "2002-07-27T14:08:09Z")
I just don’t reply to people who want me to do their work for them. Also – sometimes on the SDMB it’s obvious that someone wants you to do their homework for them.