Hi-ho, A Delgado the Librarian here, reporting to you LIVE from a Saturday afternoon at the reference desk. I spent a large chunk of the afternoon helping a student find sources (the interwebs and Academic Search Complete) about TX political party platforms on two hot-button issues: health care and immigration. I like using the term "hot-button." It makes me feel official and reporter-like. The student chose to discuss the stances of three political parties in Texas: Texas Democratic Party, TX GOP, and the Green Party of Texas.
The Green Party of TX's website made me a little sad because they haven't updated their platform page since 2008. Really, Green Party? 2008? 2008 was a long time ago!
After we found sources we worked together on citing them - the TX political party websites in particular. Websites are always troublesome but you know, dear readers, I THRIVE on citations. I think that I need to update my "About Me" section and include some kind of wacky weapon that has to do with citations. Any suggestions? Mace of citation submission? Cat o'nine tails of MLA?
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