Reference Questions Fielded

May 14, 2006

• Basic information on turboshaft and turboprop jet engines.

April 27, 2006

• Basic information on artificial sweeteners: history, chemistry, nutrition, etc.

April 25, 2006

• Information on organic chemistry procedures/methods: detection of salivary cortisol.

April 23, 2006

• How do CD players work?
• Background/textbook info on clear air turbulence
• Information on the chemistry of hairspray
• Background info on general relativity, experimentation.

April 20, 2006

• Formula to determine amount of solar radiation striking the earth's surface

April 13, 2006

• Is the documentary "Pumping Iron" available in your library? (where "your" = a public library in New Jersey) (virtual reference)
• Need help finding responsible resources for medical paper on lack of libido in men and women (virtual reference)
• I am not a student at your school, but you have a textbook I need while I'm home on break. Can I borrow it or come into the library to use it? (where "your school" = Cal State East Bay)

April 9, 2006

• Medical literature search for fibroadenoma, ideally in African Americans, or else in young people.
• Medical literature search: correlation between oral contraceptives and ovarian cancer? (Maybe among Caucasians?)
• Recent news/magazine type articles on aerospace techology topics.

April 6, 2006

• "Why is the databases not working?" (in Utah) (virtual reference)
• Is the movie Ringside in Hell actually the same as I Like to Hurt People, starring the Sheik and produced by Donald Jackson? (virtual reference)
• Where can I find a market share for the toy industry? (virtual reference)
• What factors are endangering the river of grass? (virtual reference)
• Where can i find QA 76.5 p1182? (in the University of Alberta library) (virtual reference)
• How does an air mass's specific humidity affect its rate of cooling when it is lifted? (virtual reference)

April 5, 2006

• Does University of Utah have full-text access to Market Research.com? (virtual reference)
• Where can I find information on the role of the media in the John Gotti trial? (virtual reference)

April 4, 2006

• Need articles on perimeter trapping as a method of controlling flying insects; historical focus.

March 31, 2006

• What is the average turnaround time between when a scholarly journal article is accepted (not submitted) for publication in a scientific journal, and when it first appears in its entirety (either on the Web or in print)?

March 27, 2006

• Can I find out which papers have cited a certain paper?

March 24, 2006

• Need information on how to synthesize sodium gold sulfite; have Gmelin entry in German, but need English.

March 15, 2006

• Information on the nutritional values of tree fruits/forage (acorns, mulberries, etc.) for livestock in temperate climates.
• Need a journal article the library doesn't have--in one hour!
• Need to know the salary of a particular faculty member at UMass, and have heard that this is public information.
• Looking for a topic that has *not* been researched involving chemical analysis of food: e.g., using HPLC to find sulfites in wine.

March 9, 2006

• Need several sources on Cat in the Rain by Ernest Hemingway. (virtual reference)
• Need articles on customer service in tech support/call centers. (virtual reference)
• Need a manual on American accent training, with CD or DVD. (virtual reference)

March 8, 2006

• Looking for USGS maps: 2 I series, 2 MF series, 2 topos (25000:1, 7.5').

March 6, 2006

• Information on bioaccumulation and chemical constants: Fe, Al, Mn, Cu, among others.

March 5, 2006

• "Primary" (?) journal articles on intelligent design (upon discussion, sounds more like "scholarly/peer reviewed")
• Articles on the effects of hormones upon vocalization and resulting effects on mating/breeding behaviors in rats OR birds ("nonhuman primates are OK too")

February 13, 2006

• Journal citation question: Wieland H, Roth, K. Ber. (1920) 53B 210-30.

February 8, 2006

• Need articles on scapular motion (virtual reference)
• How to cite an image in IEEE format (virtual reference)
• List of personal and corporate income tax rates for different countries (virtual reference)

February 5, 2006

• Information on the texture of granola bars

January 12, 2006

• How many newspapers does our school library (Northeastern University) carry? (virtual reference)

January 11, 2006

• How to do a cited reference search in Web of Science

December 15, 2005

• Definition of dendrophobia (virtual reference)
• Poetry about Vietnam war by Vietnamese soldiers who fought in it (virtual reference)
• Exam preparation materials for the ACS Analytical Chemistry exam

December 14, 2005

• Optical properties of cobalt

December 12, 2005

• Articles by a particular author on the origins of life from organic compounds

December 8, 2005

• IR spectra for pseudoephedrine

December 7, 2005

• Need a list or book of integral tables

December 6, 2005

• Fracture toughness of cartridge brass C26000

December 5, 2005

• Articles on the history of lead (Pb) measurement, from ancient times to the present

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