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1. A woman walks up to the reference desk. She has deep circles under her eyes. She
says, “I think I might have chronic fatigue syndrome. But my husband says it’s
imaginary. Is it real, or is it all in my head? What are some of the symptoms? How
can it be treated?”
ANSWER
Symptons: severe fatigue, “Many patients relate symptom onset to a viral-like
syndrome, with swollen glands, extreme fatigue, fever, and upper respiratory symptoms”
Treatment: “Treatment must be individualized. Antidepressants appear to be the most
successful treatment studied so far; as many as 80% of patients report benefit.”
Source: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Section 21. Special Subjects Chapter 287
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/CVMHighLight?file=/mrkshared/mmanual/section21/ch
apter287/287d.jsp%3Fregion%3Dmerckcom&word=chronic&word=fatigue&word=syndro
me&domain=www.merck.com#hl_anchor
I decided to start with Merck Manual of Diagnosis and therapy (symptoms/treatment), but
reserved the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as backup (the
comment: it’s all in my “head”). The Merck still had the most clear definition of
symptoms/treatments – so I would provide the patron with that as a key source, and
suggest the other as a backup/for further review.
2. An undergraduate approaches the reference desk. She is doing a paper on the year
she was born (1986) and wants to know: what are two major political events, one
major scientific event, and one major artistic or musical event that happened that
year? Please see if you can locate this information using only one source.
ANSWER: from http://www.infoplease.com/year/1986.html
i. Political Events
a. World Court rules US broke international law in mining Nicaraguan waters (June
27).
b.
President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in US (Jan. 8).
a.
Halley's comet yields information on return visit (April 10).
ii. Scientific
iii. Art/Music
a. Grammys awarded in 1986
Record of the Year: "We Are the World," USA for
Africa
Song of the Year: "We Are the World," Michael
Jackson and Lionel Richie, songwriters
Note: could not find “concert-listings” but the release of the We Are The World song was
big – and musical – so I figured it counted!
I thought I’d start with the Information Please Almanac for 1986, if no luck, would find
Britannica Book of the Year, or Today in History.
- Britannica Book of the Year only went back to 1993.
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http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query tried a few ways of searching – no luck!
Nothing came back with 1986
hit paydirt when I got to the infoplease section! Was able to search by year

http://www.infoplease.com/search?fr=iptn&query=1986&in=drp%2Cgeneral
&x=25&y=12 began with a search of [1986 – general category] (120
results!) – clicked on the “this day in history” link to the left….then found
“year-by-year” and used that to go to 1986:
http://www.infoplease.com/year/1986.html This was an easily searchable
database and broke out the “elements of each year” by intuitive
categories…politics, entertainment, sports, etc. The only downside was the
music category didn’t have listings of LARGE music events – I don’t know if
that’s because there were none – or because the database only lists
grammy awards and tv-related happenings.
3. The phone rings at the reference desk and a voice says, “Help! I’m over in the
Religious Studies department. We’ve invited this retired professor in to give a talk on
Quakerism, and I’m supposed to introduce him in a few minutes. He sent me his
curriculum vitae weeks ago, and I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve misplaced it! I
need to know when and where he was born, where he studied, and the titles of a
couple of his books. His name is Hugh Barbour.”
ANSWER:
Born – August 7, 1921
Born – Peking, China
Studied – Harvard & Yale Universities, Union Theological Seminary
List of Works:
- The Quakers in Puritan England, Yale University Press, 1964.
- Reading and Understanding the Old Testament, Association Press, 1965.
- (With Arthur O. Roberts) Early Quaker Writings, Eerdmans, 1973.
- Margaret Fell Speaking, Pendle Hill (Wallingford, PA), 1976.
- (With J. William Frost) The Quakers, Greenwood (New York, NY), 1988.
- (Editor) William Penn on Religion and Ethics: The Emergence of Liberal Quakerism,
Mellen Press, 1991.
- (Editor with Others) Quaker Crosscurrents, Syracuse University Press (Syracuse,
NY), 1995.
Started at www.biography.com – no go! (not listed). Went instead to netlibrary
(attempting to get into the Encyclopedia of World Biography – unable to find it once there
– got sidetracked into Religion as a subset – and chose Encyclopedia of American
Religions. Finally got to Encyclopedia of World biography by opening subsets until I got
to it  went through a few headers and finally found it under General Reference.
Searched ‘barbour’ because index 1 went to barbos and index 2 began at bard. Went to
volume 17 – index….only get page 1
Okay – can’t find this guy. Soooooo review strategy and plan another! LOL
Went to RELIGIOUS STUDIES – chose American history and Life because it provided
citation info and found some!!!!! Here’s a list:
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Author: Barbour, Hugh.
Title: FROM THE LAMB'S WAR TO THE QUAKER MAGISTRATE: THEOCRACY AND
DEMOCRACY IN EARLY NEW JERSEY.
Citation: Quaker History 1966 55(1): 3-23.
Author: Barbour, Hugh.
Title: THE WOODS OF MT. KISCO.
Citation: Quaker History 1998 87(1): 1-34.
Author: Barbour, Hugh et al., ed.
Title: Quaker Crosscurrents: Three Hundred Years of Friends in the New York Yearly
Meetings.
Citation: Quaker History 1996 85(2): 60-62.
Author: Barbour, Hugh et al., ed.
Title: Quaker Crosscurrents: Three Hundred Years of Friends in the New York Yearly
Meetings.
Citation: Church History 1997 66(2): 428-429.
Author: Barbour, Hugh, ed.
Title: Slavery and Theology: Writings of Seven Quaker Reformers, 1800-1870.
Citation: Church History 1986 55(Sep): 381-382.
Okay – so now that I know he’s “real” and has published (got a couple of titles for the
patron) I decided to keep hunting – and found one of the books on amazon – published
by Syracuse university – wondered if he was there – so hunted site: no – he’s not there!
 Jessica and Abby are, however.
STEPPED BACK: Let’s try another way to get to encyclopedia of world bio – through bio
resource center. Put in BARBOUR and clicked start of last name – found a “hugh
stewart” on page 2 of lists provided.
HA! Should have stepped back sooner and gone at it the “right way” grin. Hugh’s info –
and everything the patron needed – was included in this page: http://0galenet.galegroup.com.mill1.sjlibrary.org/servlet/BioRC?vrsn=149&OP=starts&locID=sjpll
ib&srchtp=name&ca=14&c=1&AI=6567&NA=barbour&ste=12&tbst=prp&tab=1&n=10&do
cNum=H1000005106&bConts=35
4. In 1984, Carol-Ann Haycock published an article in Emergency Librarian on
“Developing the school resource centre program.” Please locate a citation for the
article (using an appropriate database); provide a bibliographic citation for this article
in APA style, MLA style, and Chicago style; and list your source(s) for each citation
style.
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ANSWER:
APA
Haycock, C. A. (1984, Sep ). Developing the school resource centre program--a
systematic approach. Emergency Librarian, 12. Retrieved Oct 30, 2005, from
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/hww/shared/shared_main.jhtml;jse
ssionid=A34Y5T5RLPCPPQA3DINCFGOADUNGIIV0?_requestid=250818.
CHICAGO
Haycock, Carol Ann, "Developing The School Resource Centre Program--A Systematic
Approach," Emergency Librarian 12, 1984.
MLA
Haycock, Carol Ann. "Developing The School Resource Centre Program--A Systematic
Approach." Emergency Librarian Sep 1984. 30 Oct 2005
<http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/hww/shared/shared_main.jhtml;js
essionid=A34Y5T5RLPCPPQA3DINCFGOADUNGIIV0?_requestid=250818>.
APA & MLA = www.citationmachine.net (I use OWL to review correct formatting:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html)
CHICAGO Manual of Style:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/tools.html
BEGIN: Web of Science, searched Cited Work: developing the school resource centre
program and Cited Author: Haycock, C* (0 ref). Searched author only – 17 refs. – all
related to science! LOL  go figure. Went to library info & science full-text
Was having trouble with Haycock – kept coming up with ken – so added “C” and got
nothing. Then added Carol – still nothing – then added Carol-Ann – and WOW!
Finally got to where I pulled up JUST the journal and ANYTHING by her –
and there was no reference to titled article. Tried with just title, too. No go. Went directly
to emergency librarian then. None of the online db’s go back to 1984 (earliest is 1990).
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Hmmmm – will have to rethink this. Perhaps I’ll go back to web of science and try with
carol-ann in author field. (0 references again!). went to author index – added haycock c
and haycock CA to author search fields. NO RESULTS! (argggggghhhhhh). Will walk
away from this for a while and try again with new strategy. Will be tough since I can’t find
record of article in Emergency Librarian!
Re-read question – I don’t need to find someone who cited her article –just her article!
Oops. Okay – so going in through Academic search premier…finding journal. Did not find
anything on Haycock, carol ann, so went publications list. Found Emergency Librarian
from 1/90 to present….went to Library Lit & Info science: searched Journal Name &
Author (using only Haycock):
Haycock, C. A. Developing the school resource centre program--a systematic approach.
Emergency Librarian v. 12 (September/October 1984) p. 9-16
Now to format it in 3 styles.
www.citationmachine.net for APA and MLA:
MLA:
Haycock, Carol Ann. "Developing The School Resource Centre Program--A Systematic
Approach." Emergency Librarian Sep 1984. 30 Oct 2005
<http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/hww/shared/shared_main.j
html;jsessionid=A34Y5T5RLPCPPQA3DINCFGOADUNGIIV0?_requestid=250818
>.
APA
Haycock, C. A. (1984, Sep ). Developing the school resource centre program--a
systematic approach. Emergency Librarian, 12. Retrieved Oct 30, 2005, from
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/hww/shared/shared_main.jh
tml;jsessionid=A34Y5T5RLPCPPQA3DINCFGOADUNGIIV0?_requestid=250818.
For Chicago, used: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/tools.html to
determine how to create. Note: author’s stated URL NOT necessary but might be
asked for by some professors/publications - so I did NOT include it.
CHICAGO
Haycock, Carol Ann, "Developing The School Resource Centre Program--A Systematic
Approach," Emergency Librarian 12, 1984.
5. I’ve been asked to be the secretary at meetings of the SLIS faculty, and am debating
as to whether to say yes. Some of those professors talk an awful lot! How much of
what they say will I have to record in the official minutes of the faculty meetings?
This is tough! I have NO idea where to start.
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6. A high school student is doing a report on Woody Allen and wants to know: What is
his real name? And by the way, his teacher says he needs several sources for this,
so what are 3 reference sources where he could quickly find biographical information
about Woody?
ANSWER: Real name is Allen Konigsberg
THREE SOURCES:
I would suggest to the patron that he/she start with the IMDB and then move on to who2
next to use the most successful sources online. I would then recommend a biography
reference book in-print, in-house, or, if the patron were “really” interested – I’d offer the
biography by Schickel.
1. http://who2.com/woodyallen.html - a good list including articles during his career
2. http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000095/ - they had a mini-biography there (and gave
his “real” name)
3. Schickel, Richard. Woody Allen: A Life in Film. 2003
From Booklist Last year film critic Schickel conducted a four-hour interview with Allen
for a 90-minute television documentary. This volume transcribes the entire conversation
and is probably the longest interview with the notoriously reclusive filmmaker ever
published. The discussion focuses on Allen's 32 films, touching only briefly on the
scandals that sidetracked his career. The former stand-up comedian is dead serious
about his work. Barely a trace of humor leavens his and Schickel's lengthy discussion of
all of Allen's familiar concerns: morality, religion, uneasiness with celebrity, and, of
course, relations between the sexes. As insightful as the interview, Schickel's lengthy
introduction details the growing sophistication of Allen's craftsmanship and strongly
argues for some of the much-maligned later films.
http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=9181734&search= an “okay” source,
not much info, did not include “real name” (this was a horrible resource! Not
recommending to patron – at least for this name).
7. A patron emails the following request to your library: “I need some basic information
about Chad for my social studies report. Thanks. Jesse.” Please recommend 2
useful reference sources for Jesse (and remember – he may need a bit of instruction
in using them).
ANSWER: Online (CIA Database) – Reference Book: Stateman’s Yearbook
1. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cd.html
2. A nice summary of the Statesman’s Yearbook is at
http://rattler.tamucc.edu/elecres/resourceguides/findcountry/fcires.html
a.
Statesman's Yearbook (Ref JA 51 .S7)
Entries for each country of the world are included. Each profile features key historical
events, territory and population data, information about the country's constitution and
government as well as economic data, defense and energy and natural resources. A
chronology of world political events from the past year is included at the beginning of each
volume.
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3. Take Jesse aside to show him how CIA and Yearbook is organized alphabetically
by country. Explain the difference between the two sources (i.e.: online is “quickfact” and Yearbook provides a more detailed, explanatory description of different
facets of the country – albeit in summary form).
8. I heard that the first bank to install an automatic teller was also the first bank to
provide movies for customers waiting in line. Is this true? If so, where and when did
this happen?
ANSWER:
(half of one!) http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0805407.html first ATM was installed in
1969 by Chemical Bank at its branch in Rockville Centre, N.Y
Couldn’t find 2nd part! Even researched Chemical Bank history (now JP Morgan! LOL)
but never got to movies showing to customers waiting in line !
Began with infoplease.com almanac – searched atm – nothing relevant, searched
automated teller machine – at bottom of results list – “banking history” – (edit/find
“automated teller) – clicked on link – basic info – no cool facts! Go to second choice:
world almanac.
Famous First Facts (should have started here!)
Could not find it – found the book – but found nothing when searching e-content or whole
site content. (automated teller, bank machine, atm…)
Went to lexis/nexis – reference/world almanac – typed in automated teller machine –got
to page about acronyms.
Searched using:
returned 68 results –went to END (earliest dates) and read backwards – nothing hit the
nail on the head!
Went to sources in Lexis to find facts on file again. Business news/business & finance
Searched FIRST AUTOMATED TELLER all years Headlines etc… 46 results
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Found out that DOCUTEL (a company) made the first atms for banks “Seldom has a
company so quickly and completely blown a commanding lead in its market as did
Docutel Corp., which introduced the first automated teller machine (ATM) for banks a
decade ago” (article was 1978)
So first must have been introduced around 1968. introduced time parameter: 1965 to
1970, took out “first” and searched automated teller: nothing.
Went to INFOPLEASE.com – searched automated teller
Searched “automated teller” in ALL almanacs
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0805407.html first ATM was installed in 1969 by
Chemical Bank at its branch in Rockville Centre, N.Y
a historical timeline for banking history – chose 1969 – first atm opens in ny. Now will
have to verify if first bank to provide movies
could not get info please to give up anything good on searches around “first bank”
“provide movies” show movies customer….soo – went to hunt chemical bank
HA! Clicked on a link at bottom of fact page and found (from google!)
From the 2005 ATM Industry Fact Sheet: History of the ATM Industry
“The world’s first automated teller machine (ATM) was deployed in the
United Kingdom by Barclays Bank in June 1967. This voucher-based
system required consumers to insert a paper voucher into a device that
would then dispense cash in fixed increments. The first modern,
magnetic stripe card-based ATM was deployed in Rockville Centre, NY by
Chemical Bank in September 1969. Second generation ATMs, which offered
more advanced transactions such as deposit acceptance, were slowly
deployed across the United States, Europe, and Japan throughout the
1970s.
“The nation’s first ATM was deployed in 1969 at a Chemical Bank in
Rockville Centre, NY .”
“An early 1970s NCR ATM, which was deployed at a Keycorp Bank branch
in Dayton, OH, now resides at the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, DC”
https://www.atmianortham.com/ResourceCenter/resourcepdf/2005ATMIndustryFactSheet.pdf
soooooo…..i need to go back to info please and search WORLD not US – re-read
question and it does not specify THIS country.
Found a spot that said WETZEL created ATM – and clicked for interview – but got a
“page not found”
Went to atmmagazine.com where the interview was supposed to be located
Clicked on ATM news archives
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Searched site for first atm – went to advanced search containing all words: Wetzel first
atm
Got to timeline
http://www.atmmarketplace.com/research.htm?article_id=16524&pavilion=107&step=stor
y
First use of ATM magstripe cards: Docutel installs its Docuteller machine at New York's Chemical Bank.
NOTE: it does address other “atm-ish” things happening from 1960 to 1968 – but they are machines that
do NOT dispense CASH – so I stuck with original
Still not helping re: finding movies!
Went to TODAY IN HISTORY
Put in “first bank” “show movie” 57 results – scrolled through – looks like they all deal with movies!
Tried netlibrary/first facts again – got nowhere!
Soooooo
Went to hyperhistory cool site ! but useless for this.
Re-thought strategy – went to Business & Company Resource Center online (Gale)
Searched “chemical bank” first movie – under article – showed me 888 articles under chemical bank – but
wouldn’t let me click/review them!
Went in to Wilson Web – tried hunting chemical bank….movie…etc. Basically? I got half the answer. I
can’t spend anymore time on this one! It’s killing me and I have no idea where to go next. !Sorry!
9. You get a phone call from a bar (you can hear the sound of glasses clinking and
laughter in the background). A man’s voice slurs the following: “Hey, library person!
Who was the World Series Most Valuable Player in 1975?”
ANSWER: Pete Rose, Cin., 3B
Went directly to http://www.infoplease.com/year/1975.html - clicked on pro-baseball clicked on world series….at bottom of page – list of MVPs for all years.  Yeah! An easy
one! Thank you.
10. A fellow MLIS student mentions that for an independent study, she is researching
some 19th century women librarians. She has become quite interested in someone
called Mary Fairchild. After your conversation, you realize that you would like to know
more about Mary Fairchild. You ask yourself: Where might I find a brief biography of
her - one that might include a bibliography of additional readings? And what if I want
to look at Mrs. Fairchild’s papers – where might they be located?
ANSWER:
Best brief biography on Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild 1855-1921 was at http://0-
galenet.galegroup.com.mill1.sjlibrary.org/servlet/BioRC?vrsn=149&OP=contain
s&locID=sjpllib&srchtp=name&ca=1&c=1&AI=1180091&NA=fairchild%2C+mar
y&ste=12&tbst=prp&tab=1&n=10&docNum=BT2310013847&bConts=33
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Library Jour., Oct. 15, 1921, Jan. 1, 1922.
In King Library – Microfilm Lower Level – hard to tell if it’s REALLY there – or 1954 and
after.
Frequency
Descript
Pub date
Note
semimonthly (monthly, July-Aug.) Jan. 1, 1920-1974.
98 v. : ill. ; 24-29 cm.
Vol. 2, no. 1 (Sept. 1877)-v. 99, no. 11 (June 1, 1974)
Monthly, Sept. 1876-Dec. 1919.
Who's Who in America, 1920-21; 6TH Floor King Library
I could not find this via the online catalog – but I did find the four volume historical set of
Who WAS who in America that might include Fairchild & more of her written works
Descript
Pub date
Note
Indexes
Note
v. 27 cm.
1607/1896"With world notables"
"A companion biographical reference work to Who's who in America."
Vol. for 1607/1896 called Historical volume, published in 1963; vols. for 1897/1942-1951/60 called v. 1-3, were published
prior to this volume.
Vols. 1-4, and Historical Volume, 1607-1968, in v. 4.
"A component volume of Who's who in American history," 1607/1896-
Learned from #2!  went directly to biography resource center and found a bit of info –
but lacking in bibliographic lists. Embedded in biography were some titles:
"Function of the Library" (Public Libraries, November 1901).
book selection and evaluation, and in the origins, history, and development of American
libraries (Library Journal, February 1908).
Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Quart., Apr. 1922;
N. Y. State Lib. School Alumni News Letter, Mar. 1922;
Who's Who in America, 1920-21;
Library Jour., Oct. 15, 1921, Jan. 1, 1922.
Twice a vice-president of the American Library Association, a member of its council
1892-98 and 1909-14 (search ALA page!)
Searched SJSU library catalog – have issues going back to 1976…some microfiche,
some missing issues. Found heading: Library Journal 1877-1974) clicked on it.
11. and 12. (Double credit!) Please choose one handbook (from your source list or from
B&S) that is available in both print and electronic versions. Examine the print and
electronic versions and compare them, bearing in mind the B&S discussion (p.361) of
such factors as organization, ease of information retrieval, currency, and usefulness
in a particular workspace. If you could purchase only one version, which would you
choose and why?
ANSWER: See discussion directly below – backup after it!
Book:
WEB: www.aclibrary.org - Opposing Viewpoints Online Database
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As much of a “net junkie” as I am, I would have to vote for the print version of this. I am
not sure what the cost is of the online database (I understand it is pretty high), but the
book lends itself to young adult/new researcher skill-sets. The chapter headings will
assist the student in locating something specific to their needs, whereas searching the
database will require a more specific research subset of skills – namely – the ability to
search well enough to get relevant material.
In addition, it appears the online database only provides 16 of the 28 essays that are
contained in the book.
Another recommendation for print vs. online in any instance is the fact that if the
subscription runs out for online services, you no longer have access – to any of it. With
the book, you still have the copy – even if it is a year old now.
I see two major drawbacks to print (that are available in web) and one PLUS for web:
1) updates are constant on the web, new materials added all of the time – you would
have access to new materials without having to wait for supplemental indexes
2) Subject search headings: as good as anyone might be with index, chapter and
sub-headings, the internet (and especially the opposing viewpoints database)
typically provide a few “subject heading” categories (pictured to the left below). By
clicking on these, the students might narrow or broaden their focus, improving the
likelihood of success.
3) Plus for web: This database has numerous “other” tabs when completing a search
– providing magazine, newspaper articles, statistical information, and also a
Student Resource Center (SRC) geared specifically to young adults. It’s a GREAT
resource – but….expensive. If you access the SRC via the www.aclibrary.org
pages, and the library did NOT purchase opposing viewpoints, students would still
have access to other, scholarly or scientific works on the subject.
On page 359, B&S state:
Accuracy is the single most important characteristic of works that present
factual information. If this is the case, than it is clear the on-line version is
better than the print – factual items can be constantly updated, especially
when dealing with any item that is fluid and constantly changing.
While this might be the case in some other databases, in this particular set – the print
version was more “true” – containing all 28 essays originally published in it; the online
version only provided the user with 16.
So, while I love the Internet, in this instance, I would keep the print copy, and recommend
students visit the SRC for even more resources on the topic (but not purchase the
opposing viewpoints database). Lucky for me, I can buy the print version and
recommend the students use the Alameda County Library website! 
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BACKUP – some lists of the titles online
Chose Opposing Viewpoints Database, Biological Weapons sub-list: here’s some of what
came up:
"American Research Programs Are a Potential Wellspring of Biological
Weapons Proliferation" by Edward Hammond. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed.
Viewpoint
Essay
Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Americans Should Not Be Overly Worried About Biological Weapons" by Henry Viewpoint
I. Miller and Sherri Ferris. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints®
Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
Essay
"Biological Agents Can Be Made into Weapons of Mass Destruction" by Scott P.
Viewpoint
Essay
Layne and Michael H. Sommer. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing
Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Biological Agents Should Not Be Considered Weapons of Mass Destruction"
by Gregg Easterbrook. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints®
Viewpoint
Essay
Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"The Biological and Chemical Weapons in Iraq's Arsenal" by Franklin Foer.
Biological and Chemical Weapons. David M. Haugen, Ed. At Issue Series. Greenhaven
Press, 2001.
"Biological Terrorism Poses a Serious Threat" by Amy Sands. Weapons of Mass
Destruction. James D. Torr, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press,
2005.
"Biological Weapons Are a Serious Threat" by Richard K. Betts. Biological and
Chemical Weapons. David M. Haugen, Ed. At Issue Series. Greenhaven Press, 2001.
"Biological Weapons Pose a Serious Danger to Americans" by Tara O'Toole and
Donald A. Henderson. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints®
Viewpoint
Essay
Viewpoint
Essay
Viewpoint
Essay
Viewpoint
Essay
Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Biological Weapons Threaten National Security" by Veronique de Rugy and
Charles V. Peña. National Security. Helen Cothran, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series.
Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Bioterrorism Is a Serious Threat" by Richard Danzig. Epidemics. Mary E. Williams,
Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2005.
Viewpoint
Essay
Viewpoint
Essay
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Reworded search string to reflect title of book: biological WARFARE – and received:
"Americans Should Not Be Overly Worried About Biological Weapons" by
Henry I. Miller and Sherri Ferris. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing
Viewpoint
Essay
Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Anthrax Is a Serious Threat" by Sallie Baliunas. Biological Warfare. William Dudley,
Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Biological Agents Can Be Made into Weapons of Mass Destruction" by Scott
P. Layne and Michael H. Sommer. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing
Viewpoint
Essay
Viewpoint
Essay
Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Biological Agents Should Not Be Considered Weapons of Mass Destruction"
by Gregg Easterbrook. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints®
Viewpoint
Essay
Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Biological Weapons Pose a Serious Danger to Americans" by Tara O'Toole and
Donald A. Henderson. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints®
Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Domestic Terrorists Constitute a Potentially Serious Biological Warfare
Threat" by Jessica Stern. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints®
Viewpoint
Essay
Viewpoint
Essay
Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Foreign Terrorist Groups and Rogue Nations Are a Serious Biological
Warfare Threat" by Frank J. Cilluffo. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing
Viewpoint
Essay
Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"The Global Threat of Infectious Diseases: An Overview" by National Intelligence
Council. Do Infectious Diseases Pose a Serious Threat?. Viqi Wagner, Ed. At Issue
Viewpoint
Essay
Series. Greenhaven Press, 2005.
"Improved Surveillance and Information Sharing Is Necessary to Protect
America Against Terrorists" by Michael Scardaville. Espionage and Intelligence
Viewpoint
Essay
Gathering. Louise I. Gerdes, Ed. Current Controversies Series. Greenhaven Press,
2004.
"Nuclear Deterrence Can Prevent Biological Warfare" by David G. Gompert.
Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press,
2004.
Viewpoint
Essay
"Nuclear Deterrence Should Not Be Used to Prevent Biological Warfare" by Thomas Graham Jr..
Viewpoint Essay
Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"Prepare for Biological Attacks from Terrorists" by Susan Katz Keating. The Terrorist Attack on
Viewpoint Essay
America Mary E. Williams, Ed. Current Controversies Series. Greenhaven Press, 2003.
"Spending More on High-Tech Defenses Will Not Protect Americans Against Biological
Warfare" by Katherine Eban. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series.
Viewpoint Essay
Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"The Threat Posed by Biological Weapons Has Been Exaggerated" by Steve Bonta. National
Viewpoint Essay
Security. Helen Cothran, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2004.
"The United States Should Accept the Biological Weapons Convention Protocol" by Council for
Viewpoint Essay
a Livable World. Biological Warfare. William Dudley, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press,
2004.
"Weapons of Mass Destruction Do Not Pose a Terrorist Threat" by Ehud Sprinzak. Terrorism.
Viewpoint Essay
Laura K. Egendorf, Ed. Opposing Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2000.
Now – these are 16 of the 28 essays in the book version – and list alphabetically here –
NOT into four main subsets:
- How serious a danger
- What nations constitute a threat
- What measure can be taken to prepare for it
- How can it be prevented
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Source List for Exercise 3
Biographical Sources
Current biographical directories and dictionaries
Who’s who in America Ref. E176 .W642 (included in Biography Resource Center – see
below)
American men and women of science Ref. Q141 .A474; also SJSU online via NetLibrary
Directory of American scholars Ref. LA2311 .C32; also SJSU online via NetLibrary
Contemporary authors Ref. Z1224 .C6 (included in Biography Resource Center – see
below – and Literature Resource Center - SJSU online)
Current biography Ref. CT100 .C8; free excerpts available at
http://www.hwwilson.com/currentbio/cbonline.html
Retrospective biographical dictionaries
Who was who in America Ref. E176 .W64
Encyclopedia of world biography (8th folio) CT103 .E56 1997; also SJSU online via
NetLibrary
Dictionary of scientific biography Ref. Q141 .D5
Cambridge biographical encyclopedia Ref. CT103 .C26 1998 (content included in
biography.com)
American national biography Ref. CT213 .A68 1999 +supps; also SJSU online
Biographical Indexes and Resource Centers
Biography Resource Center: Includes latest edition of Who’s Who in America,
Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, and a number of other
reference books and biographies appearing in periodicals (available through SLIS
databases - password = alise_program
Biography and Genealogy Master Index – available SJSU online
Biography index Ref. Z5301 .B5
Freely Available Online Sources
Biography.com http://www.biography.com
Biographical dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/search.html
Who2 http://www.who2.com/
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Almanacs, Yearbooks, Handbooks
Almanacs
World Almanac & Book of Facts Ready Ref. AY67.N5 W7; online SJSU via OCLC
FirstSearch, Lexis Nexis Academic (click on Reference, then World Almanac)
Information Please Almanac (now called Time Almanac)
Ready Ref. AY64 .I552; online free at http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html
Old Farmer’s Almanac Ready Ref. AY81 .F3 06; online free at http://www.almanac.com/
African American Almanac Ref. E185 .N385; online through Gale Virtual Reference
Library
Bowker Annual Library & Book Trade Almanac Ref. Z731 .A47
Yearbooks
Britannica Book of the Year Ref. AE5 .E364 (latest in Ready Ref.); also online SJSU
within Encyclopaedia Britannica (scroll down entry page & click on “Year in Review
Browse”).
Facts on File World News Digest Ref. D410 .F3; partly online SJSU via Lexis Nexis
Academic (click on Sources in upper right hand corner, enter Facts on File, then choose
‘Search this title’)
Europa World Year Book Ready Ref. JN1 .E852x
Statesman’s Yearbook Ready Ref. JA51 .S7
CIA World Factbook Ready Ref. G123 .U55x; online free at
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Handbooks
Guinness World Records Ref. AG243 .G87; online at
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
Famous First Facts Ref. AG5 .K315; online SJSU via Netlibrary
Chase’s Calendar of Events Ref. GT4803 .C48
Timetables of History Ref. D11 .G78
Today in History http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html
Hyperhistory Online http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
New York Public Library Desk Reference Ready Ref. AG6 .N49 2002
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Ready Ref. BF76.7 .P83
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Ready Ref. LB2369 .G53
Bedford/St. Martin’s Research & Documentation Online
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
Emily Post’s Etiquette Ready Ref. BJ1853 .P6; 1922 ed. online at
http://www.bartleby.com/95/
Robert’s Rules of Order Ref. JF515 .R692; 1915 ed. online at
http://www.bartleby.com/176/
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Ready Ref. RC55 .M4; online free at
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp
Physician’s Desk Reference Ready Ref. RS75 .P5; online free at
http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/index.html
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Ready Ref. RC455.2 .C4 D536
2000
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Ref. QD65 .H3; available online at
http://www.hbcpnetbase.com/
Oxford Companions to… (e.g. Ref. PR19 .O94 1998, Ref. PE31 .O84 1992); various
companions online at http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECTSBOOKS.html
(SLIS username = sjsulib password = oxfordref – password is for SLIS students
only)
Hoover’s Handbook Ref. HG4057 .A28617; http://www.hoovers.com
Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com