thrill of the hunt: advanced reference skills for tracking down the elusive query

The Thrill of the Hunt

Advanced Reference Skills for Tracking Down the Elusive Query

OLC Chapter Conferences 2015

Don Boozer • don@cpl.org

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!”

Thank you!

Questions? Share your story?

don@cpl.org

slideshare.net/donboozer

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