thrill of the hunt: advanced reference skills for tracking down the elusive query
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The Thrill of the Hunt
Advanced Reference Skills for Tracking Down the Elusive Query
OLC Chapter Conferences 2015
Don Boozer • [email protected]
We are information predators… and answers are our prey.
We are information predators… and answers are our prey.
We are information predators… and answers are our prey.
We are information predators… and answers are our prey.
Fearlessness
We are information predators… and answers are our prey.
Patience
We are information predators… and answers are our prey.
Persistence
We are information predators… and answers are our prey.
Curiosity
Roadblock… or Challenge?
Strategies
Tactics
Resources
Use your tools
to the fullest
Old newspapers
Los Angeles herald, January 19, 1908
Constantine (Mich.) Republican., July 27, 1836
Patents?
Trademarks?
... and other
government
documents!
If you’re going to Google…
Google like you mean it!
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/
Work with
the pack
Your Pride...
Your Pride...
Your Pride...plus
Noah’s Ark
Use
alternative
strategies
Journal articles
“Effects of shift length on
quality of patient care and
health provider outcomes:
systematic review.”
Journal articles
“Effects of shift length on
quality of patient care and
health provider outcomes:
systematic review.”
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/2623
9536_Effects_of_shift_length_on_quality_of_
patient_care_and_health_provider_outcomes
_systematic_review
Prom
“When should I ask
my date to prom?”
Prom
“When should I ask
my date to prom?”
etiquette
Use more
than print!
Vincent “Starrett”
Don’t be
afraid of
non-English
sources
“semi-precious stones”
“Librarians are semi-
precious stones who think
they’re crown jewels.”
~ a librarian at UM Grad Library
to a SLIS class
Lochner’s citation for the quote: Zitiert
nach ROST, Gottfried, Der Bibliothekar,
Wien u. a.: Bohlau, 1990, 71
[nachfolgend zitiert als ROST (1990)].
Cited by ROST, Gottfried, The Librarian,
Vienna include: Bohlau, 1990, 71
[hereinafter cited as ROST (1990)].
300 lines
“Spartans! Ready
your breakfast
and eat hearty...
For tonight, we
dine in hell!”
Image Credits
● Opening Slide: Di Gazdar. “Leopard young male stalking” https://www.flickr.com/photos/gazdar/5791814182/
● Owl: Flickpicpete 104. “Tawny Owl on a dark winters night” https://www.flickr.com/photos/flickpicpete/8288201029/
● End of the Trail. http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=87974&picture=end-of-trail-sign
● Lion and Zebras http://neblandvm.outdoornebraska.gov/2011/09/optimal-foraging-theory/
● Lion http://news.science360.gov/obj/story/abb684b7-b8ba-4665-81e2-ec3043600a03/male-lions-use-ambush-hunting-strategy
● Lions lying http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lions_lying.jpg by Hok
● Alligator’s Eyes http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=105054&picture=alligators-eyes by Abelardo Diaz
● Cheetah hunting http://neblandvm.outdoornebraska.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cheetah-hunting-springbok_48291_600x450.jpg
● Polar Bear Paw http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=46944&picture=polar-bear-paw by Petr Kratochvil
● Humpback Whales “Bubble-net” feeding http://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?tagid=0&id=75BAF5C7-1DD8-B71C-
07E7E31D8B7C7FAE&maxrows=20&startrow=61 NPS Photo/Jim Pfeiffenberger
● Trapdoor Spider http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trapdoor_SpiderQLD.jpg Graham Manning
● Tarsier http://news.science360.gov/obj/story/b45bfe32-9bdc-48bb-93b2-34077681d2fa/conservation-philippine-tarsier-gets-boost-along-genetic-proof-
new-variety
● Fennec Fox http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fennec_fox.jpg by Kkonstan
● Lioness http://muller.lbl.gov/travel_photos/AfricaWildlifeFolder/AfricaWildlifeFolder-Pages/Image1.html