Reference Questions, 2/10/10

Another Wednesday shift has arrived. I'm still not used to these Wednesday day shifts. Every Tuesday I feel anxious when I get to school and realize I'm not wearing dress clothes. Then I remember I don't have a Tuesday shift anymore. I'm such a creature of habit.

1. A student was looking to check out a laptop. I pointed her to the circulation desk.
2. (Chat) A student was looking for books on Minoan Civilization.
3. A student was looking a free computer to print from.
4. A Guilford College student was looking for Mammon and Manon in early New Orleans : the first slave society in the deep South, 1718-1819 by Thomas N. Ingersoll.
5. A student was looking for some government docs on the Battle of Kings Mountain.
6. A student was looking for a Spanish textbook. We did not have it. :(
7. A student had a question about the bones that are kept at the circulation desk.
8. A student was looking for sources on poverty and immigration in the US.
9. A Guilford College student was looking for newspaper resources on Jack the Ripper.
10. The guy looking for free cell phones was back. He is having a really hard time accepting that cell phone companies will not give you free phones and free minutes with no obligation from you!
11. (Chat) A question about checking out books.
12. A student was looking for the Petty Science Building.
13. A question about the location of the nearest bathroom.
14. (Phone) A student was looking for a study guide for the PSB Exam. We did not have any.
15. Looking for a pencil sharpener.
16. Looking for the CITI lab.
17. A student wanted to know if you could check out magazines.
18. Looking for the CITI lab.
19. A student was looking for a SUDOC, but had written the number down incorrectly and couldn't remember the search terms he had used to find it in the first place.
20. (Chat) A student was having some trouble accessing the full text of a couple articles on EBSCO SOCIndex.
21. Someone came by and picked up a form that Marc had left for them.
22. A lady was looking for Tim Bucknall's office.
23. A student was looking for an article from a journal called Radical America. We do not have access to it, and he did not have time to ILL it.
24. A student was looking for articles on Marcus Garvey.
25. Looking for the bathroom.

Another shift closer to graduation. :) The vampire book display seems to be a hit too. I had to add 5 more books to it today. :0)