A Reference Joke

A Day in the Life of a Reference Desk


Patron: "I am looking for a globe of the earth."
Reference: "We have a table-top model over here."
Patron: "No, that's not good enough. Don't you have a life size?"
Reference (after a short pause): "Yes, but it's in use right now."

Database trials

There's a long list of new resources to try on the Database Trials page. All of these databases are available off-campus to current SWOSU students and employees.

Citing Gov. Docs.

I have added a link on how to cite government documents on the Firefox Bookmark Toolbar. Please take a minute and review.

Printer

The printer has been messing up this afternoon. Periodically, a patron would let me know that the printer wasn't printing, and I would go turn it off and turn it on again. The patron would then resend the print job and it would print.

DVD-Roms

If someone comes in and wants to burn data to a DVD-Rom, they will need to use one of the new computers which have a DVD drive. The older computers can only view any existing data already on the DVD-Rom.

The PCs with DVD burners are A-H, V and W.

Printer problems

I've had a few patrons come and say that the printer wasn't working. After making sure that there wasn't a problem with the computer or the way the document was being printed, I turned the printer off and then on again, and it seemed to work fine. The only problem is that several patrons had printed a document more than once because the printer wasn't working, so I stood at the printer and tried to cancel documents that were printed more than once. I've told Frederic and he's going to see if the repair man can come again.

New Online Resource: Encyclopedia Judaica

The 2007 Encyclopedia Judaica is now available online through the library's social sciences resources page.

This resource contains over 21,000 articles that provide an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge. Entries chronicle Jewish history, archaeology, literature, culture, theology, and practice from the distant past to the present. The Encyclopaedia includes extensive entries on Holocaust studies, the Bible, women's studies, Jewish mysticism, and social history.

The new print version is available in Reference, call no. R 296.03 E5632.
Please pass this information along to faculty who may be interested.

Printer Problems

The first paper tray on the printer keeps misfeeding paper causing a paper jam. If there is a jam, you might try opening the first tray and seeing if the misfed paper is there which often seems to be the case (if not, you might try the left side of the printer). To try and prevent this, it has helped to either keep less paper in the first tray OR to keep no paper in the first tray. Frederic said the printer company has been contacted about the problem.

Off-campus login page updated

The EZproxy library login page for off-campus patrons has been updated. Take a look ...

Let me know if there are any problems.

Jon W.

P.S. Remember that students login using their SWOSU Webmail username and password -- students do not use their SWOSU ID number. Only faculty and staff use their SWOSU ID. If an employee's ID isn't recognized when they try to log in, get their ID number and call me at 7074 so I can add it to the server.

Password for E-Journal??

I had a patron requesting an article from the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. The article was from August of 1996. Our periodicals list said we had access to it from 1994 on with EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service. EBSCOhost then told me it was available through the publisher's website. I went to their website and found the article, but when I clicked to show the full article it prompted me to enter a password. I didn't find the password on the list here at the Ref Desk so I wasn't sure where to find it. The patron decided to use a different article but it would be useful to know the password for next time. Thanks.