[ILL-L] Helpful hints

[Megan Bayonet]

I find that I have better luck if I Google first.  This will usually give me
a pretty good idea of a) where the student got the citation and b) whether
the papers were ever actually published.  I also try to locate the authors
e-mail address at this stage.  After I have some basic information, I got to
Worldcat to start my search there.  I usually search the association as an
author keyword and put the year of the conference in as my date limit.  If I
don't turn anything up fairly quickly I will either turn the request over to
a reference librarian (preferred) or let the patron know that I can't find
it and pass on the author's e-mail address to them. 


Megan Bayonet
Interlibrary Loan Coordinator
mbayonet at mbc.edu
540-887-7317

-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Barbara Syvertson
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:22 PM
To: ill-l at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [ILL-L] Helpful hints

Can anyone offer any helpful hints on searching for Conference Papers? I get
them so often from students for every possible Association and I spend much
more time on it than I probably should. Does anyone out there have an
searching tips to offer me in getting this found/not found any quicker? Do
you search under the title of the association? The name of the paper? The
word, Conference Paper? Do you google first or go straight to WorldCat?
Thanks for any tried and true methods.
Barb

Barb Syvertson
Interlibrary Loan Technician
Messiah College Library (PGM)
One College Avenue
Box 3002
Grantham, PA 1702
(717) 691-6006 Ext. 7242
FAX: (717) 691-6042
bsyverts at messiah.edu



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