ProQuest

I searched for Egypt, full text.  I noticed the articles were really old-from 1997.  So I looked for an option to sort by date-to the right of the screen.  February 2012-much better.  There were suggested subjects to the top of my results and I noticed one of them- "Egypt (place) AND politics.  This is what I was looking for.  Very helpful.  I clicked on it and it narrowed my 125,000 search results down to 600 some.  It gave me the option to create an email alert if new documents matching my search come up.  I can save my search or create an RSS feed.

I commented on Haana's Blog SIRS Lesson 3 Blog post.

For the publications search I typed in "public libraries" and got 1 result.  I will try to not let this discourage me.  I clicked on the magazine link entitled "Public Libraries."  The I clicked on "view most recent issue"....now this is pretty cool.  I was not aware that we had access to full magazine articles!  About libraries!  I am so nerdily excited about this I can't even stand it.  I mean, look at this one:

Defusing the Angry Patron (Second Edition)

Garrett, Floyd. Public Libraries50. 6 (Nov/Dec 2011): 49-50.

 

Have you ever unlocked the door to your library, settled behind the circulation desk with computer screen aglow and to-do list firmly in hand, and then glanced up to see Mr. Chronically Problematic Patron charging your way? If so, you know firsthand the challenges of dealing with an angry person.

 

I will probably spend hours looking through this for useful articles.  Also, if we don't have a magazine, chances are patrons can find it on here.