Reference Questions, 11/17/09

Had a crazy time getting here. Ever heard of 4 o'clock traffic? Nice...

1. Two students wanted to know where they could make copies and how much it cost.
2. A student was looking for sources for a research paper on the G20 summit and the current economic crisis.
3. A student needed a pair of scissors.
4. A student needed me to continue holding 2 books at the ref desk for her.
5. A student needed help with a research paper that he was writing on Somolian pirates. It was for a PolySci class so his class had a Course Guide ready to use. (Lynda is awesome!) I showed it to him and then showed him how to do some searches.
6. Showed a student how to work the microfilm machines.
7. The student from #6 had a printing problem with the microfilm machine. Microfiche is wonderful. ;)
8. A student paid for some printouts and then had a question about reserving microfilm.
9. A student was looking for furniture journals.
10. A student needed to writing a viewpoint paper about election spending. Opposing Viewpoints to the rescue.
11. A student was looking for Hunted, Book 5 of the House of Night series. We did not have it so I helped her ILL it.
12. (Chat) An undergraduate student wanted to know how many books they could check out at once, the answer is 300.
13. A student was looking for sources on illegal dumping off the coast of Africa.
14. (Chat) A student wanted to know how to check their flex account.
15. (Chat) A student had a question about the SSRN database.
16. A student wanted to know where the bathroom is located.
17. Two students were looking for the Something About the Author books.
18. A student wanted to know where a certain book was located.
19. A student was looking for books about Walt Disney.
20. Two students were looking for books on West African colonization.