How Little We Know
Rebecca Adler · College & Undergraduate Libraries · 1998
The following case history illustrates an all too familiar caveat: no reference question is as simple as it may first appear to be. A seemingly straightforward reference query-Who wrote the popular song “How Little We Know”?-uncovered the existence of two songs with that title. Although this has resulted in some confusion and misinformation in reference works, the most interesting miscue of all is the inclusion of a work by a composer other than Hoagy Carmichael in a Smithsonian album tribute to Carmichael.