NOLA Recap & DVD Search Turns Into Reference Question - News at 11

Hi-ho, A Delgado the Librarian here. I was out last week because I was living it up in The Big Easy for the ALA Annual Conference. We librarians sure can party! I walked around the French Quarter, took a mini-trip to the Garden District, and smelled the smells of New Orleans - beignets, red beans and rice, and perhaps some body fluids. I enjoyed dining there because EVERY SINGLE TABLE had hot sauce on it. Seriously, there was ketchup and hot sauce. Yummy! I collected over 40 "free" books from exhibits and went to some sessions. My favorite - Citation Tools Save Lives. CTSL was basically a big plug for EasyBib's Library Edition but oh heck, I sure do love me some citations and EasyBib Library Edition is just so dang cool. Can you tell that I'm easily excitable when it comes to citations? Plus, I got a swanky OCLC bag for attending. Hurrah!

I'm going to give myself some snaps (I'm even singing the Snap Cup song now) for turning a basic question into a reference opportunity. A student came up to the desk and asked if we had a copy of The Dead on DVD. Alas, no, we only have it in VHS and it's library use only. BUT it turns out the student was writing a paper on The Dead and needed some sources. I found two articles in my all time favorite database Gale Virtual Reference Library. GVRL, I love you so much! Of course I pointed out the citations at the bottom of the page because I really love that feature. Tomorrow I may get to geek out with Gale Literary Databases. Eeeeeee!!!