At the Ref Desk (11/7/19): Everyone who watched the morning news has come over to ask if that was me on TV. [more...]

At the Reference Desk

Brief musings while working at the Reference Desk

Thu, 11/7/19 (7:09pm)

Everyone who watched the morning news has come over to ask if that was me on TV.

Sat, 10/12/19 (12:52pm)

Today is International 'Can You Help Me With My Research Paper' Day.

Sat, 9/28/19 (1:21pm)

1st research consultation of the school year! (Lasted over an hour).

Fri, 9/6/19 (3:11pm)

How do I know it's close to the start of the school year? Student asks me: 'Where can I borrow the Norton Anthology of American Literature'?

Tue, 7/2/19 (6:35pm)

Weird Request of the Week (WRW): patron needed help logging into a pc workstation with scanner. After I helped her log in she asked, 'can I fax from here?'

Sat, 6/8/19 (3:30pm)

Finals Week: Students doing a ton of work. Hats off!

Sun, 5/5/19 (5:32pm)

Question du Jour: When I send an email, should the email addresses be Ladies first?

Sat, 3/30/19 (10:43am)

1st Saturday of Spring quarter. It's 'Do-U-Have-My-Textbook' week!

Sun, 3/17/19 (8:15pm)

Full house on Sunday (finals week)

Tue, 3/12/19 (7:56pm)

Yikes, how do you know we're getting near the end of the quarter? Everyone's doing a research paper!

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