IPL Project

Philip Holderith

INFO 521: Information Users and Services

August 21, 2010

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Question One

Needed by: 7/9/2010

Question:

What is the value/rate/cost of plastic coating the inside of a

drill pipe? What is the rate for copper plating the drill pipe?

name: Erin

from: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

confirm: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

area: Business

reason: To create a surrogate value for drill pipes imported from

China. Values preferrable come from India.

school: No

sources_consulted: Lexis Nexis Academic

My Research:

I had to waste time looking at many sites that talked about copper wires, rather than pipes coated

with copper. I used the ipl2 site, which had nothing useful about the topic. As far as I could tell,

ipl2 had nothing to help me with finding estimated prices and related information for actual

services in the drill industry. I used Wikipedia just to get a bit of background about copper

plating, and that was somewhat helpful. But the only sources that I actually recommended to

him were found through Google and ProQuest.

My Answer:

Hello, Erin! Thank you for using ipl2! We work very hard to answer patrons' questions, and your

convenience is our top priority!

You asked about coating the inside and outside of drill pipes, the former with plastic and the

latter with copper. You want to know the value of the coatings and the costs. Or so I understood.

This information, unfortunately, is very difficult to access, and the answers I can provide may or

may not answer your questions. However, if the following answers are indeed inadequate, please

do not hesitate to write back to the ipl2 and specify what was lacking in these answers.

The main information that I found was contact information that can get you in touch with true

authorities in the field. I also managed to find one table that may be of use.

I started with Google.

http://www.google.com/

On Google I attempted to search for "plastic coating" and "drill pipes," but this did not return any

results that seemed meaningful to me.

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If you click on "Advanced Search," which is to the right of the text box, you can search

according to region. First you must click the link "Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more,"

which will expand to additional options. Where it says "Region:" you can drop the menu down

and click on "India."

For the search terms, enter <internal plastic coating> in the field labeled "this exact wording or

phrase." This will ensure that every result will have the exact phrase "internal plastic coating"

occurring at least once on the page. Press enter.

You should get about eighty-five results. The first result should be called "Drill Pipe - Welcome

to Oil Country Tubular Limited." Click on this result. The link to this site is as follows:

http://www.octlindia.com/drillpipe.htm

At the bottom of this page, you will find information about the company's use of "phenolic /

epoxy liquid" in their drill pipes in order to keep the drill clean and long-lasting.

The Oil Contry Tubular Ltd. website also has a contacts page:

http://www.octlindia.com/contact.htm

The people listed on this page may be able to supply you with additional information.

I was also able to find an article about coating the interiors of pipes. The citation for the article is

as follows:

Fred F. Farshad, Thomas C.Pesacreta, (2003) "Coated pipe interior surface roughness as

measured by three scanning probe instruments", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 50

Iss: 1, pp.6 – 16.

However, this article is not available on the general internet; I was only able to access it because

I am a student at Drexel University, and I have access to a variety of subscription databases. I

found it through ProQuest.

Still, the article contains a table that shows data for several types of interior coatings, and the

table can be accessed. If you type <thickness AND table AND internal plastic coating> in

Google Images and scroll down to the fourth page, you will find an image of the table. The

number for the image is 1280500101020.png, and it comes from the website emeraldinsight.com.

I can give you the direct address for the image here:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/fig/1280500101020.png

&imgrefurl=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet%3FFilename%3DPubl

ished/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/1280500101.html&usg=__PeakmYt564Togi8axrhpF0Rx

EzU=&h=1451&w=1698&sz=190&hl=en&start=50&tbnid=zusGaUt-

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elj4pM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=142&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthickness%2Band%2Btable%2Band%

2Binternal%2Bplastic%2Bcoating%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1020%26bih%3D539%26gbv%3D

2%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C1539&itbs=1&ei=vkdPTKSvJcncngerpbiWCA&iact=hc&vpx=690&v

py=97&dur=1890&hovh=178&hovw=209&tx=128&ty=98&page=4&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1

6,s:50&biw=1020&bih=539

For your convenience, I have created a separate, shorter URL that can be used to access this

same image:

http://tinyurl.com/28qgss6

These links may not work properly because the image is supposed to be "secure," i.e. not open to

the public. But the Google Image search should work if you follow the aforementioned steps.

Once at this page, you can click "Full-size image" to see the image more closely.

For the copper plating, I suggest that you search for the term "cyanide" as well as "copper

plating," because this will take you directly to a set of results more relevant to the type of copper

plating that you are interested in.

Begin with Google. Search the terms <copper cyanide plating> and press enter. One of the

results should be "Copper Plating, Chemicals, Alk, Non Cyanide Copper Plating ..." Click on this

result. Here is the address for the website:

http://www.epi.com/pages/copper-plating

This is the Electrochemical Productions Inc. page on copper plating. The page contains

numerous suggestions for products and/or services concerning copper plating. Also, at the

bottom of the page is a link, labeled the "online request form." Here is a link to that page:

http://www.epi.com/pages/online-request-form

Here you can request information such as a catalog, product information, etc.

Finally, there is one additional page that may be of use. Go back to Google Advanced Search

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

and into the text box labeled "all these words:" type the three words <copper cyanide plating>.

Set the region, again, to "India." Press Enter.

On the first page of results, there should be a link for a page called “Copper Plating Solution And

Copper Plating Services At Shiv...” Click on this link. Here is the link to that page:

http://www.shivpolishing.com/copper-plating-services.html

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Here you can browse the services of the "Shiv Polishing Works." Click “Send Inquiry” at the

bottom of the page to ask for specific information.

Again, I sincerely hope that these will at least help somewhat with your inquiry. If you have any

further questions, please feel free to contact the ipl2 again.

Thank you for using ipl2! Come back soon!

My Afterthoughts:

The octlindia website took approximately 45 minutes to find. The article containing the table

took several hours. The two sources for copper took approximately an hour.

I do not believe my answers were very satisfactory. I did not fully understand the person’s

question, but I think that was simply because it was of a scientific/engineering nature, and I am

not familiar with the topics involved. In the future I may consider asking for help or trying to ask

the patron for a more specific query I get this confused again.

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Question Two:

Needed by: no need by

Question:

My mother-in-law had a favourite book as a child in the late

1950's early 1960's. She does not rememer the name of the reading

book, only that her favourite story was about an old man who

didn't want to throw away his old boots, so he planted

nasturtiums in them. When they grew up the side of his house it

looked like the house was on fire.

Does anyone know the name of this story?

name: Lee [INFORMATION CENSORED]

from: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

confirm: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

location: Singapore

area: Literature

reason: To help my children's school library find old family

favourites (books).

school: Yes

sources_consulted: Google. Book search sites.

My Research:

Internet Archive, BUBL, and perhaps others. All of these had no records on this mysterious

book. Google, Amazon, ipl2, Yippie!, and countless other sites were useless for this search.

Several databases from Hagerty were used, but to no avail. I tried all kinds of ipl2 and Deep Web

Resources, including Yahoo! Directory, Digital Librarian, Gutenberg,

My Answer:

Hi! Thank you for using the ipl2!

You are interested in a story published many decades ago, about a man who plants nasturtiums in

his boots. You do not know the name of the story, but you seem to have implied that it is

contained within a children's book.

I cannot tell you, with certainty, what the book or the story is called. However, I have done some

research into the matter and I can tell you all that I have found.

First of all, at least two other people in the United States are looking for the same book - or at

any rate, a very similar one. I learned this by using Google.

http://google.com/

I searched the terms <nasturtiums and boots> on Google, and I found (eventually, after weeding

through many irrelevant results) two websites on which people were describing a similar story.

One is at the following address:

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http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Arts-and-Literature/Question270828.html

For your convenience, I have created a TinyURL that will link to the same page:

http://tinyurl.com/2dyb7mz

This person writes, "At primary school I read a story in which some old wellies or boots of some

kind were left out in a garden and ended up with nasturtiums growing in them. Can anyone

please help me with a title?"

Does this remind you of anything more in this story?

The second website was at this address:

http://community.livejournal.com/whatwasthatbook/1467119.html

Again, for your convenience, I have created a TinyURL that will link to the same page, since this

long URL may break:

http://tinyurl.com/25ohgtd

This person wrote, "I found this on a nasturtium forum (there's a forum for everything these

days!) - This reminds me of when we use to get told a story when I was 4 at school how a man

grew from seed at the side of his garage nasturtiums, the summer time came and all the children

could hear was fire engines rushing to the mans house, as some one had called the fire brigade as

from a distance they thought his garage was on fire but alas it was the nasturtiums covering the

garage with the flowers so bright in the sun it looked like the garage was on fire. That's the story

that Caroline and I remember. Unfortunately I can't find any more info."

However, neither of these questions has ever been answered. These people do not know any

more than you do what this story is called.

I used Google and Amazon.com to virtually no end, searching for older children's books that

contained the term "nasturtiums," but I found nothing useful.

Eventually I used OCLC WorldCat, which is unfortunately a subscription database and

something you probably do not have access to. If you wish to duplicate my search, I recommend

going to your local library and asking if it is possible to use WorldCat.

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On this database, which searches through hundreds of library computer catalogs across America,

I searched for the term "nasturtium" and I set the audience level to "juvenile," and I searched for

everything published between 1900 and 1965.

This brought me only a few results, one of which is "The Legend of the Lilac and Other Fairy

Flowers," written by Isadora Newman and illustrated by Willy Pogany. It was published in 1926

and contains four stories in it: The Legend of the Lilac; Princess Green-Eyes; A Legend of the

Nasturtium; and Miladi's Ear Drops.

You may notice that the third story contains the word "nasturtium" in it. I cannot prove that this

is the correct story. The internet has virtually no information on this book, and it is a fairly rare

book, not likely to be available at most libraries. Amazon.com has a page for it, but the page

does not have any useful details:

http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Lilac-Other-Fairy-

Flowers/dp/B000SJO766/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280540024&sr=8-1

Here is TinyURL for your convenience:

http://tinyurl.com/2du3lt8

Also, here is a page that contains photographs of several illustrations from the book, drawn by

Willy Pogany:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/43638951/clearance-the-legend-of-the-lilac-and

Here is TinyURL for your convenience:

http://tinyurl.com/2ewc4nj

Finally, here is an additional page containing a variety of illustrations by Willy Pogany:

http://www.americanartarchives.com/pogany,w.htm

I am not sure if this will answer your question. If this is not correct and you still are unsure of the

book's identity, please feel free to write back.

Again, thank you for using the ipl2! Good luck with your library!

My Afterthoughts:

It took me approximately seven hours to complete this search, and I have no idea whether my

answer was correct or not. However, I hope that the other pages describing a similar book may

help this person’s mother-in-law remember more about this book.

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Question Three:

Needed by: no need by

Question:

which is the best catalouging to use in the library. colon or

udc or ddc

name: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

from: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

confirm: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

location: tamilnadu,coimbatore, india

area: Library

reason: for a betterment of library.

school: No

sources_consulted: no

My Research:

This topic was actually very easy to research, since I already have access to many resources on

library science, and I have studied the different cataloging systems.

My Answer:

Thank you for using the ipl2 website! We are happy to answer any of your research questions!

You wish to do research on library classification systems. In order to improve your library, you

have requested an opinion of which is better: the Dewey Decimal Classification System, the

Colon Classification System, or the Universal Decimal Classification System.

Unfortunately, there is no one correct answer to this question. However, I can give you some

suggestions as to which sources will help you decide which classification system to select for

your library.

I must say, that if your library is an academic library, I suggest that you might also look into the

Library of Congress System. It is the opinion of many librarians that the Library of Congress

System is the best system for organizing a growing academic library.

Now, if you wish to research the Dewey Decimal System, the Colon Classification System, and

the Universal Decimal Classification System, I recommend first looking up all three of them in a

printed encyclopedia to have an overview of them. You should go to your local library and look

for an encyclopedia set, and ask your librarian if the library subscribes to any online subscription

encyclopedias.

If you cannot find any free sources, try searching for the classification systems on the ipl2

website; but I do not recommend this, since I searched through a variety of free reference sources

and found nothing useful for these topics.

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Concerning the Dewey Decimal System:

The DDC is a multifaceted system that can classify books according to very specific details

about a book's topic. It is much more specific than the Colon Classification System, and easier to

understand than the Universal Decimal Classification System.

To find summaries of the DDC and lists of its sections I recommend searching <dewey decimal

system> on Google and simply looking at some of the first pages that come up.

http://google.com/

However, I have a better suggestion. One of the most authoritative sources on library science is

the OCLC: the Online Computer Library Center. Here is the page on DDC:

http://www.oclc.org/dewey/

I recommend exploring the section called "Dewey Web Services."

http://www.oclc.org/dewey/webservices/default.htm

Here you will find several online resources for the DDC. Also, check out the link for

"dewey.info"

http://dewey.info/

This provides information on Dewey in eleven different languages.

Concerning the Colon Classification System:

Every book in the Colon Classification System is classified by means of a series of numbers,

segmented by colons. It was created by a man named Ranganathan.

If you search the terms <colon classification ranganathan> on Google, you should immediately

see a link called "Yahoo!Directory." Here is the URL for that link:

http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/Professional_Resources/Library_Classification/Colon_

Classification/

For your convenience, here is a TinyURL for the same page:

http://tinyurl.com/36d7m3k

Yahoo!Directory has four articles on the topic of "Libraries > Colon Classification." I

recommend browsing all four of them, but the article "Was Ranganathan a Yahoo!?" seemed to

be the most pertinent to your query. Here is the URL for this article:

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http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/PastProjects/toolkit/enduser/archive/1998/euc-9803.html

Again, here is a tiny URL, in case the long URL breaks:

http://tinyurl.com/luqx8q

This article will tell you about similarities and contrasts between colon and other classification

systems such as library of congress.

Concerning Universal Decimal Classification System:

This is hybrid, a cross between the DDC and Colon. It combines DDC's specificity with Colon's

flexibility. It is also known as the Brussels Classification System.

I recommend that you go to Google Advanced Search

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

and perform the following search strategy:

for “all these words,” enter the terms <brussels library>;

for “this exact wording or phrase,” enter the terms <universal classification system>;

for “one or more of these words,” enter <dewey> OR <congress> OR <ranganathan>.

Then click the “Advanced Search” button.

You should immediately see a page called "PDF - Untitled" in the results. Here is the URL for

this page:

http://courses.unt.edu/smiksa/documents/Miksa_Dissertation_2002.pdf

Here is TinyURL for your convenience:

http://tinyurl.com/39xdd8s

This is a research paper written by Shawne Miksa, a Florida State University student earning his

doctorate. Go to page 29 of this report and read his comparisons of the different classification

systems. He contrasts UDC with DDC, saying that the UDC does not work as well as it was

intended to work.

Hopefully these pages and suggestions will help you in your research. Good luck with the library

you wish to improve!

Thank you again for using ipl2! If you have any more questions, feel free to write back!

My Afterthoughts:

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I feel that I answered this question reasonably well. I probably could have included more

resources on the Universal Decimal Classification System, such as the URL for the official

website for the system.

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Question Four:

Needed by: 7/23/2010

Question: the value partnerships between SAPS and the community in crime

prevention

name: JAPHTA

from: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

confirm: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

location: south africa

area: Humanities

reason: for the assignment

school: Yes

sources_consulted: N/A

My Research:

First I needed to look up SAPS; I used Google to find an acronym dictionary, then I found SAPS

and used a link to the main website for it. Under “Reference” on ipl2, I clicked directories, then

“Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources.”

My Answer:

Hi! Thank you for using the ipl2, where our main concern is to help out anyone in need of

information, in any way we can!

You wish to know more about the value partnerships between the South African Police Service

and the community the efforts against crime. I am not sure what you mean by "value

partnerships;" however, I can you show you a number of sources that may help you to learn

about the general collaboration that takes places between SAPS and the community.

First, I recommend going to the ipl2 main website, and clicking on the link labeled "Resources

by Subject." Next, click "Reference." Once you are on the "IPL--Reference" page, click the link

on the left-hand side for "Web Directories."

Here is the link to the "Web Directories" page on ipl2:

http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13&cid=1&tid=7529&parent=6996

For your convenience, here is a TinyURL that will link to the same page:

http://tinyurl.com/25hk569

Finally (still with me?) go to the very bottom of this page, to a link labeled "Africa South of the

Sahara: Selected Internet Resources." This contains a variety of resources on African countries.

Here is a link to this website:

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http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html

What I would do on this website is click "Browse By Countries." The resulting page will list all

(or most) of the countries in Africa. Click on "South Africa," and this will bring you to a page

listing all sorts of different topics for studies in South Africa. Click on the link labeled

"Police/Crime." Here is a URL for this page:

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsapolice.html

And here is a TinyURL for the same webpage, for your convenience:

http://tinyurl.com/2835e9y

This webpage lists a variety of resources on crime and police protection in South Africa and

other countries. I recommend visiting the following websites listed:

"Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation"

http://www.csvr.org.za/

"Statistics South Africa"

http://www.statssa.gov.za

"South African Police Service"

http://www.saps.gov.za/

On the "South African Police Service" website, I recommend checking out the "Crime

Prevention" section, on a list on the left-hand side of the main page. If you hover your mouse

over this term, you will see a list of links appear, one of which is "Community." Click this link to

go to a page with a pdf file, "A Manual for Community Based Crime Prevention."

I also recommend using Google - I found several other good sources using Google.

http://google.com

On Google, search this exact phrase: <partnership community SAPS OR "South African Police

Service">. Make sure to leave "South African Police Service" in parentheses.

On the first page, I recommend visiting the following websites:

“city of johannesburg - Community Policing Forums”

http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/88/9/

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> This contains general information about CPFs - Community Policing Forums for South Africa.

"South African Police Service (SAPS) - South African Intelligence ..."

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/rsa/saps.htm

> This has information about the divisions of SAPS and may be useful for future reference, as

well as suggesting names for further research.

"Community Policing Forum"

http://honeydew-cpf.org.za/cpf.html

> This is an official website for the CPF of the Honeydew Police Station.

"About SA - Safety, security and defence"

http://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/safety.htm

> On this page, scroll down until you come to the words "Reducing crime" in bold type. Here

you will see some of the supporters of partnerships between SAPS and the community. These

names could be very useful for future research.

Hopefully these suggestions can give you some ideas as to where to go for research. Good luck

with your assignment!

If you need any more help or direction, please do not hesitate to write back. Thank you very

much for using ipl2.

My Afterthoughts:

I used ipl2 and Google. I think I answered this question pretty thoroughly. It took about an hour

and a half.

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Question Five:

Needed by: 8/15/2010

Question: Where can I find a reference book of US newspapers with contact

information? Please advise book title and publisher. Thank you.

name: George [INFORMATION CENSORED]

from: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

confirm: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

location: San Antonio, TX USA

area: Library

reason: To contact newspapers on my subjects of interest.

school: No

sources_consulted: none

My Research:

I instantly knew that I could find the answer to this on the ipl2 website. Then I tried WorldCat,

with no success. On Amazon.com I search <newspaper titles subject> in the hopes of finding a

book that listed newspapers by subject matter. I found a book:

“The Complete Directory of Large Print Books &Serials 2008 ,Title Index, Author Index,

Subject Index, Publisher Name Index, Wholesaler &Distributor Name Index Newspapers

&Periodicals, Serials-Subject Index, 2008 publication”

This seemed very difficult to find – it was not even listed on WorldCat – but I googled “The

Complete Directory of Large Print Books & Serials,” and found a link:

http://www.bowker.co.uk/catalog/000046.htm

This page listed another source: Ulrich’s periodicals Directory. I searched for this on the San

Antonio Public Library and gave him the call number.

My Answer:

Hi! Thank you for using the ipl2, where our main concern is getting you the answers you need

for everyday life!

You asked about a reference book of US newspapers, and you want it to contain contact

information.

My first suggestion is to go straight to the ipl2 website:

http://ipl.org/

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You'll see an icon labeled "Newpapers & Magazines." Click on that. On the resulting page, click

on the link "Browse United States." This will take you to a listing of every newspaper in the

United States.

http://ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=11&cid=5&tid=8771&parent=7835

For your convenience, here is a tinyURL for the same website:

http://tinyurl.com/24tgotz

On the left-hand side, you will see a list of the states, in case you wish to search for newspapers

in a specific state. You can click on the links to visit specific sites for each newspaper.

My next suggestion is to use Google.

http://www.google.com

Search the phrase <list of united states newspapers>. This should get you some results that can

show you a similar list of newspapers. I suggest clicking the link "List of newspapers in the

United States - Wikipedia, the free ..."

Here is the URL for that page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States

And here is a TinyURL, in case this long URL breaks:

http://tinyurl.com/25xn44

This page on wikipedia starts by listing the major newspapers of this country, with links to the

official websites.

As for printed sources, I can suggest one book:

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, published by R. R. Bowker LLC. There are different editions of it.

I took the liberty of searching the library catalog at your local library:

http://sapl.sat.lib.tx.us/search/t

If you search here for the term <Ulrich's>, you will see a list of three titles come up. Click on the

first one: "Ulrich's periodicals directory, 2010 : including irregular serials & annuals."

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http://sapl.sat.lib.tx.us/search~S1?/tUlrich%27s/tulrichs/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tulri

chs+periodicals+directory+2010+including+irregular+serials+and+annuals&1%2C1%2C/indexs

ort=r

Here is a TinyURL for your convenience:

http://tinyurl.com/3862wqd

This page shows that the 48th edition is available, in four volumes, at your local library. Here is

the call number:

REFERENCE 050 ULRICH'S v.1

I hope that this helps you with your projects. If you have any more questions or concerns, please

feel free to write back.

Thank you for using ipl2! Have a good day!

My Afterthoughts:

This took me about an hour to answer. The patron later thanked me for my answers, so I know

that I answered his question reasonably well.

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Question Six:

Needed by: 8/21/2010

Question: Does a single web site, source or governing body exist that lists the

legitimate empirical research sites?

name: Michelle [INFORMATION CENSORED]

from: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

confirm: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

location: Monument, CO USA

area: Education

reason: Classroom instruction

school: Yes

sources_consulted: The invisible web and more

My Research:

I used a lot of different “Deep Web” resources, and some worked and some did not. At first I

wasted a lot of time trying to find “the web site for legitimate empirical research sites,” using

Google. This had no useful results.

My Answer:

Hi! Welcome to the ipl2, where our main concern is informing everyone about the topics of their

interest!

You are interested in databases that can offer links to legitimate, accurate, or recommended

websites featuring scientific research.

As far as I can tell, there is no one "governing body" that lists legitimate empirical research sites.

However, I can recommend several websites that name various online resources for scientific

information and research.

First on all, go to the ipl2 website:

http://ipl.org

Click on "Resources by Subject," and then click on "Reference." On the left-hand side of the

page, click the link for "Web Directories." Here is a link to this page:

http://ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13&cid=1&tid=7529&parent=6996

And here is a TinyURL to the same page, for your convenience:

http://tinyurl.com/3a7bu7m

On this page, click on "dmoz Open Directory Project." Here is a link to this website:

http://www.dmoz.org/

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Go to the link for "Science." Next, click on "Organizations," and then click on "Associations."

You should now be at the following page:

http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Organizations/Associations/

Here is a list of various scientific websites. I recommend the following page: "University of

Waterloo Scholarly Societies Project." Here is a link to this page:

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html

This page contains links to many different scholarly societies and websites.

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Next, go back to the "Directories" page on ipl. Go to the "Best of the Web Directory." Here is a

link to this page:

http://botw.org/

Click on "Science," and then click on "Reference." You should now be at this website:

http://botw.org/top/Science/Reference/

I recommend looking at the sites "Beta-Theta,"

http://www.beta-theta.com/

and "GrayLIT Network"

http://www.osti.gov/RETIRED/graylit/index.html

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Third, I used info.com.

http://www.info.com

I searched the terms <science research database> and found a website called "Science Direct."

Here is a URL:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/

On this page, click on "SciTopics." Here is URL for this page:

http://www.scitopics.com/

Click on "List of SciTopics pages »"

http://www.scitopics.com/topicindex.jsp

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This contains a list of articles, which may possibly be helpful.

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Finally, I recommend a website called SDRN - "Sustainable Develoment Research Network."

Here is the URL:

http://www.sd-research.org.uk/index.php

Click the term "Links," and then click "Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

(EPSRC)." Here is the link for this website:

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk

From here, on the left-hand side of the page, click on the link "Facts and Figures."

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/about/facts/Pages/default.aspx

Then click on the link "Centres."

http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/about/facts/Pages/centres.aspx

This contains links to some research organizations.

Hopefully this will help you with your class. If you have any further questions or comments,

please do not hesitate to write back.

Thank you for using ipl2! Have a nice day!

Afterthoughts:

This took me nearly three hours, mostly because I kept trying to find one official website for

empirical research. However, I know that my answers were helpful, since the patron actually

wrote back to thank me for the information.

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Question Seven:

Needed by: no need by

Question: Please I Need full history about the rise and fall of late muhammed

Reza Shah of Iran.

name: IMRANA [INFORMATION CENSORED]

from: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

confirm: [INFORMATION CENSORED]

location: Katsina Katsina state, Nigeria

area: History

reason: highly confidential

school: Yes

sources_consulted: I have no any source.

My Research:

At first I was confused – I tried to use ipl2 and found surprisingly few resources. I wasted a lot of

time in the “history” section of ipl, which gave me absolutely no information about Iran.

My Answer:

Hi! Thank you for using the ipl2, where we strive to inform citizens around the world about

every conceivable topic!

You asked about "muhammed Reza Shah of Iran," which I took to mean Mohammad Reza

Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran before the revolution which dissolved the monarchy of Iran forever.

If you mean his father, Reza Pahlavi, who ruled until around 1940, please write back and I will

give information on him. However, I assume you mean Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

My first suggestion is to use Google:

http://www.google.com/

Search on Google using this exact phrase: <shah iran mohammad "reza shah" biography>. Be

sure to include the parentheses. On the first page, at the bottom, you should see a website listed

entitled, "Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Biography." Here is the URL:

http://biography.yourdictionary.com/mohammad-reza-shah-pahlavi

This website has a biography of Mohammad Reza. Also, it suggests sources for further reading

and additional biographical information.

Also, I suggest Wikipedia:

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http://www.wikipedia.org/

If you search for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, you will find the following page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad-Rez%C4%81_Sh%C4%81h

This contains a biography that may be a bit more complete, in addition to a long list of

references, resources, and external links.

After these searches, I suggest going to the ipl2 website:

http://www.ipl.org/

If you go to the "Resources" page, you should see a heading entitled "References." Click this

link, and you should come to a page with a long list of reference websites. On the left-hand side

of the page, there is a list of subheadings. Click the subheading "Biographies."

http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13&cid=1&tid=7087&parent=6996

And here is TinyURL for the same page:

http://tinyurl.com/ygyvytn

Once on this page, I recommend visiting the following websites:

Biography ("Official site of A&E's Biography television series)

http://www.biography.com/

If you search "Mohammad Reza Pahlavi," you should come to the following page:

http://www.biography.com/articles/Mohammad-Reza-Pahlavi-9431856

This is a brief biography of the man.

On the "Biographies" page of ipl2, also try this website:

Encyclopedia.Com

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

If you search "Mohammad Reza Shah," you should come to the following page:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchresults.aspx?q=mohammed+reza+shah

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Here is a TinyURL, for your convenience, leading to the same page:

http://tinyurl.com/2b6jqpd

This page has links to several separate pages on Mohammad Reza Shah.

Finally, I recommend visiting a website called BUBL:

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/

The main page has an alphabet listing at the top, and if you click on the "I" you will come to a

listing of all topics that begin with "I". Click on "Iran." You should now come to this page:

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/i/iran.htm

This contains several excellent resources on Iran. I recommend the following two sources:

"Iranian: Revolution, Chronology of Events"

http://www.iranian.com/History/Feb98/Revolution/

This page has a lot of information about the last years before the revolution in Iran. You can

learn about Mohammad Reza Shah's policies during these years.

"Library of Congress Country Studies: Iran"

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/irtoc.html

On this page, if you click on the link labeled "World War II and the Azarbaijan Crisis," you will

find some history of the beginning of Mohammad Reza Shah's reign. I recommend reading all of

the following links:

"Mossadeq and Oil Nationalization"

"The Post-Mossadeq Era and the Shah's White Revolution"

"State and Society, 1964-74"

"Renewed Opposition"

"The Coming of the Revolution"

"The Bakhtiar Government"

"The Revolution"

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This should take you through the different events of this man's reign, up to the revolution that

ousted him from power.

I hope this answers your questions. If you are still uncertain about how to research the life of

Mohammad Reza Shah, please do not hesitate to write back.

Thank you for using the ipl2! Have a nice day!

Afterthoughts:

I do not know how well this answered the patron’s question, but I looked closely at the Library

of Congress Country Studies page on Iran, and it seemed to cover the span of time that the

person had asked about. This search took about an hour and a half.

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Reactions:

I suppose the greatest impression this project made on me was that of a deep appreciation

for organizations such as the IPL. Research on the internet is very dicey, and it can often rely on

websites whose credibility cannot really be tested. When I was in grade school I often used

random websites in small research projects, and I am not sure now whether the information I

found on those websites was credible or not. But I definitely took risks; furthermore, the sources

that I found were probably not as thorough or as meaningful as my teachers would have liked.

However, when I read the guidelines for the QRC website and saw the great emphasis on

accurate sources, I knew that I would have to be very careful about where I sought the answers to

patrons’ research questions, and I recognized the difficulty of this. For this reason, I am very

grateful that websites such the IPL, BUBL, Yahoo! Directory, Intute, and others offer reliable

information. I see now that the patrons using the “Ask an ipl2 Librarian” service need help, not

only to research a given topic, but guidance in developing their study skills. To mislead these

patrons would be a terrible misuse of authority.

The twenty-four hour time frame and the impersonal exchange of messages make a large

difference in the method of approaching a patron’s questions. Without the immediate pressure of

finding sources for a patron as quickly as possible, a librarian is given the opportunity to

examine the sources proffered to the patron. The librarian is able to read over the sources, and to

decide whether or not they really address the question the patron asked.

At the same time, the absence of an actual “library” on which to rely made the task of

answering the questions very challenging. To suggest certain sections of a library that I already

know well, through years of working there, may come easily; to suggest how to use the

information of the internet is quite different. This goes back to my point about the importance of

websites offering reliable information. As digital resources are more commonly used, librarians

will need to investigate websites such as these, learn their layout as thoroughly as they must

learn the layout of the physical library in which they work, and look into creating additional

websites that can boast of the same credibility.

When I first decided to study library science, I did not anticipate learning anything of this

nature. I assumed that everything I learned would be related only to the practice of working in a

physical library, with little or no emphasis on the use of the internet. Of course, I now see that

attitude as a gross underestimation of the sweeping tide of our “digital age.” The use of digital

technology to send, spread, and acquire information continues to increase, and to view

librarianship as limited to the volumes of one isolated building is foolishness. My task now, I

believe, is to continue exploring the different recommended websites for authoritative

information, so that I will know where to find the resources that patrons need.