Reference Questions, 4/21/10

Only 2 more weeks left in the semester. I am so glad this is coming to an end. I had a job interview yesterday. I do not believe I will get the job, but it was good experience considering it was my first professional job interview.

1. Printing question
2. Looking for the undergraduate University Bulletins from 1991 and 1992
3. Looking for the current undergraduate University Bulletin
4. Wanted to copy and article
5. Looking for sources on Haiti
6. Printing question
7. Wanted to know where to get a copy of the current undergraduate University Bulletin
8. Looking for the bathroom
9. (Chat) Having trouble with the Dissertation database and didn't know what a browser is
10. Having trouble accessing the Peabody Journal of Education online; I was able to access it, I suggested he switch browsers
11. Looking for books on weight training
12. Looking for his class that was supposed to be meeting in the library; if they are not in the CITI lab then I do not know where they are
13. Looking for articles on bloggers vs. film critics
14. Looking for a book that was referenced in his textbook

A slow shift for a Wednesday.

Reference Questions, 4/17/10

Only one more Saturday on the desk this semester. I am so glad this semester has flown by. The library is dead today. It's alumni weekend and there is a lot going on around campus, so everyone is outside enjoying the beautiful weather.

1. Looking for lost and found
2. Wanted to know when the library closed tonight
3. Needed a guest log in
4. Needed to use the guest print card
5. Needed to use the guest print card
6. Looking for an audio book that she checked out a few weeks ago and returned; it's no longer in the catalog
7. (Phone) Address lady wanted the address to ITV in London; she irks me to no end
8. Looking for the new book by Elizabeth George
9. Looking for the bathroom
10. Looking for government documents on the FLDS (Waco, TX) and the FBI
11. Wanted to know when the library closed tonight and tomorrow
12. Needed a guest log in
13. Looking for Tower 3
14. Looking for the reference bulletin board to post a flier
15. Looking for lost and found
16. (Chat) Someone complaining about how cold it always is on
17. Having trouble accessing articles at home

A slow shift with very few reference questions. Good times always.

Reference Questions, 4/14/10

Here I am once again. I do not believe I have too many more of these shifts left. This semester has flown by, and I am so glad that it has. On a positive note I do have a job interview next week. Hopefully many more are on the horizon.

1. Looking for info on the history of sororities and fraternities on campus
2. Needed to know how to cite law reviews and had a question about how to find books and had an ILL question
3. Looking for a biology journal and a gov't document
4. Looking for the SuperLab
5. Looking for Life magazine; strangely it was at the reserve desk
6. Looking for a book on drug abuse
7. Looking for Poetry magazine
8. Printing question
9. Looking for articles for an annotated bibliography on mental disorders and recreation
10. Looking for Something About the Author
11. Looking for Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz by Rudolf Hoss
12. Looking for the play Pizza Man by Darlene Craviotto
13. APA citation question
14. Looking for the reserves
15. Looking for the reserves
16. APA citation question
17. Looking for resources on Castiglione
18. Looking for the book Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
19. Needed something to clean off a computer screen with
20. Looking for Tower 2
21. APA citation question
    

A power outage around 1 today provided some excitement. It took all the printers down for about an hour. We were without power for about 5 minutes. I cringe to think of all the people who lost the papers they were writing. Then for some reason with 10 minutes to go in my shift, my computer restarted itself. I was in the middle of helping a student too.

Reference Questions, 4/7/10

Well, I'm sick at the ref desk today. Between a sinus infection and terrible allergies I am not a happy camper. I also feel like I'm going to fall asleep sitting up. I'm moving at half speed today. Oh well, at least I have 2 monitors at the desk now. Dual monitors is the way to go. Awesome! :)

1. Wanted to know how to put money on the SpartanCard
2. Looking for sites to search for jobs at universities
3. Looking for the SuperLab
4. Looking for the ILL office
5. Looking for the bathroom
6. Looking for info on regulatory and political guidelines for restaurants
7. (Chat) Looking for a general online encyclopedia
8. Printing question
9. (Chat) Had a questions about advising
10. Wanted to check out a book at the ref desk
11. Grad student wanted to know how to find and check out a book
12. Looking for the book Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
13. Looking for books on child abuse or drunk driving
14. Printer out of paper
15. Looking for a Bible to check out
16. Complaint about people being loud and eating in the ref dept
17. (Chat) APA citation question
18. Looking for 2 books by Edmund Husserl
19. APA Citation questions
20. Looking for print editions of Congressional Quarterly Weekly and CQ Almanac
21. (Phone) Looking for a book that listed all copyrights
22. Question about a flash drive

The shift that wouldn't end. I hate being sick and at the ref desk. We were slammed at times too. I wish I could go home, but oh well I'm going to class tonight. :c(

Reference Questions, 4/3/10

Another Saturday on the reference desk. I'm on the low desk today, which always seems strange because I'm so used to being at the other desk.

1. Looking for sources on Eliza Southgate Bowne. A tricky questions indeed. Thank God for Biography and Genealogy Master Index.
2. Needed a guest log in
3. Needed some tax forms
4. Wanted to know what "in process" meant under the status of a book
5. Looking for a large paper clip
6. (Chat) Looking for a specific article
7. Wanted to know if she could log into one of the computers in the ref dept
8. (Chat) Looking for British newspapers online from the 19th century
9. Needed to know how to restart a computer

Slow shift today, but that's not a surprise. Tomorrow is Easter. Most people probably went home for the holiday.

Reference Questions, 3/31/10

It's hard to believe this is the last day of March. This semester is flying by. Only 44 days til graduation. :)

1. Looking for her class that was meeting here in the library; had no idea where in the library and thought I would know
2. A history professor was looking for the latest issue of Reviews in American History. There was a book review of his new book in it. I printed it out for him.
3. Another student was looking for her class that was meeting in the library. Again they had no idea where and thought I would know. Does no one pay attention in class anymore?
4. Looking for a guide to playing the piano
5. Looking for books on wireless telecommunication
6. Looking for the play Fourteen by Alice Gerstenberg
7. Needed to use the ref print card
8. Found a purse left beside one of the computers and was turning it in
9. Needed help finding journal articles and with ILL
10. Someone wanting to buy a Frisbee from Mark
11. Looking for books about the Salem Witch Trials; wanted a book that was rated R; had to explain that books are not rated, he was surprised; then he wanted an audio book because he doesn't like to read
12. (Chat) Having trouble accessing journal articles
13. Reading Room printer was acting up
14. Wanted to become a Friend of the Library; sent him to administration
15. Looking for sources on Guatemala
16. Looking for a group study area
17. Looking for articles on refugees and Greensboro, NC
18. Looking for articles on off campus living

Another exciting shift in the books. :)

Reference Questions, 3/27/10

Shifts two days in a row. This is a first. I'm sure I'll see more action today than I did yesterday.

1. Wanted to know if it was ok to go upstairs and pull some microfiche
2. (Phone) Wanted to know what time we closed and when the reference desk closed
3. (Phone) Wanted to know if the guest computers had a spot for a USB drive
4. Looking for the water fountain
5. Question about printing at the microfilm machines
6. Looking for a book about John Galt, it's called Atlas Shrugged, he wants to check it out the next time he's in the library
7. (Chat) Question about ILL
8. Looking for books on the profession of social work
9. (Phone) Wanted to know if Blackboard is down at the library, and it is. Lovely. I do not remember getting an email about scheduled downtime this weekend. I guess it was unscheduled maintenance.
10. (Phone) Question about searching the library catalog
11. Looking for books on the CLEP (College Level Examination Program)
12. Bathroom location question
13. Question about how long is Blackboard going to be down
14. Question about accessing journals online
15. Help with logging into the student computers
16. Needed to use the guest print card
17. Needed help finding a book
18. The printer in the Reading Room is acting up, again.
19. Problem with the microfilm machine
20. (Chat) Looking for sources on the culture of Wales
21. Question about when we close

Now this is a little more like what I am used to.