Reference Questions, 5/5/10

Well this is my last weekday on the desk. Only one more shift left in this reference internship. Graduation is in 9 days.

1. Looking for Barry Miller
2. Looking for the microfilm of the News & Record
3. Looking for novels in French
4. Needed to compress a folder on their computer so they could send it to their professor
5. Looking for a water fountain
6. Needed to know how to put money on their ID
7. Looking for children's books
8. (Chat) Question about borrowing books over the summer
9. Guilford County school teacher needed to know where to go to get a library card
10. Looking for the Mossman Building
11. Looking for a color printer
12. Looking for a fax machine

It was a slow Reading Day in the library. Traffic all over campus is down. I guess everyone has finished up all their work.

Reference Questions, 5/2/10

May is finally here and graduation is only 12 days away. This is a Sunday on the ref desk, and finals start next week. I've been told it's been a slow day. Let's hope the trend continues. I only have 2 more ref shifts after this one. :)

1. Wanted an audio book for Shakespeare's The Tempest. Got the impression that she just didn't want to read it, because when I told her that she couldn't check it out because it is on reserve she started asking about a DVD of it
2. Looking for scholarly print journals on the economy
3. Had a question about whether or not the Journal of Education for Business is a scholarly journal
4. Looking for a scanner
5. (Chat) Having trouble finding journal articles on public health; they were trying to use the journal titles line on the library home page and that is only for finding specific journal titles
6. (Chat) Wanted to know what would happen if they stole a book; i wish I had told them they would go to jail; they just had never heard the security alarm go off and didn't believe it worked; i assured them that it does work
7. (Chat) Wanted to know why the chat handle is iMinerva; listen people I am the goddess of wisdom; duh
8. (Chat) Wanted to know where the ILL link is located
9. Computer problem in the reading room

It was another dead night on the desk. I guess no one is getting ready for finals yet. This coming week will probably be slammed.

Reference Questions, 4/30/10

Well it's the last day of April and one of my last shifts here at Jackson. I only 2 more shifts after this one. How sweet it is.

1. Looking for articles and books on Sly and the Family Stone
2. Guest log-in
3. Helped patron with Facebook, um yeah...
4. Looking for an article in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry from 1988 (even had a screaming toddler with her, lovely)
5. Guest log-in
6. Looking for HEAT bus schedules
7. Question about saving to the R drive
8. (Phone) Address lady wanted the address to the Daily Telegraph in London; a shift is not complete without a call from her

Talk about a slow shift. They may really want to reconsider not having this shift staffed. This is the second Friday 5-8 shift that I've had this semester that has been completely dead.

Reference Questions, 4/27/10

Well, this is going to be an all-nighter for me. I'm on the desk from 9-12 and then I have to pick my Dad up at 2 a.m. to take him to the airport. I hope to be in the bed by 6 a.m. I don't have to be anywhere tomorrow until 5:30 p.m. so hopefully I can sleep most of the day. This is really going to screw my sleep schedule up though.

1. A fellow LIS student had a question about the LISSA water bottles
2. (Chat) A fellow ref intern had a question about the schedule
3. Question about citing a article from an EBSCO database
4. Question about when the ref dept closes tonight
5. (Chat) Had a question about the closing announcement
6. Wanted to know what part of the library stayed open all night

Talk about a slow night. I figured we'd be a little bit busier than this. Oh well, I'm not complaining. :)

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.