Research Flurry

Isn't it funny how you can sit at the desk for an hour and hear only crickets and then all of a sudden you get a barrage of questions? Is it just me? Don't get me wrong, I'm SO not complaining.

We were having printer problems (or should I call them challenges?) at our campus. One of the printers had no ink so the folks that worked before me shut it off. Students that kept printing to the non-working printer had to change the printer to the one that was working. I think some sort of ink-angel walked in with an emergency cartridge though. Hurrah for ink cartridge angels!

I helped a student find resources for a government paper due in April (so dedicated!) where the student had to find a US Supreme Court case that involved a federalism/state power conflict. We prowled around in Gale's Great American Court Cases and decided on McCulloch vs. Maryland. Then we had a mini-instruction session on finding books in the library catalog and GVRL from the library homepage.

Later I had a chat with a student who needed to identify the appropriate family and action mechanism for a list of antibiotics. That question led to the PDR, NetLibrary ebooks, and finding the health & medicine subject databases.

I think that my fastest interaction involved finding books on Degas, specifically his The Singer in Green. Plus, I got to show off the Art subject guide (shout out to the art librarian - hey!).

Now it's back to just lil' ol' me and the crickets.

Yahoo en français

Hi-ho, A Delgado the Librarian here, reporting my adventures at the reference desk. It's a Friday night and believe it or not, there are folks here in the library. There are students using the computers (Wikipedia & Blackboard), students using the space to study, and students using the group study rooms.

I feel very smug because I just helped a student save a Word doc and then send it as an attachment from a yahoo.fr account. The student drove while I gestured emphatically and provided instructions. It was tricky but for all you folks that may someday have this same challenge, joindre = attach.