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[edit] Direct contact
These volunteers that locate and send articles are willing to be contacted to handle complex queries or answer related questions:
- Lotsofissues AOL:Lotsofissues1
- phoebe -- can access most research databases, verify citations, explain journal abbreviations, help with research techniques and interlibrary loan. I can also help you figure out where to get it if I can't get it myself. Please leave a message on my talk page or send wikipedia email.
- DGG I have most professional databases available, except in law and medicine, and can give advice on where to look. Ask at my talk page for assistance. I also have access to anything listed on JSTOR or MUSE, and essentially all available electronic backfiles of academic periodicals except in medicine & agriculture., but I'd prefer article requests by email from my user page, so I can email them back. DGG 01:18, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- German Wikipedians have access to loads of German, Austrian and Swiss libraries and are often willing to fullfill requests. --Flominator (talk) 13:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
- Someguy1221 (talk) I have access to most english-language scientific journals, as well as JSTOR. I also have a few hundred introductory, college level textbooks across all subjects in PDF format. Feel free to email me a specific request, and I'll email you back a PDF if I can find one. If you're looking for something out of a book, please specify the page number. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Filled requests
All filled requests will be moved here.
[edit] New requests
[edit] December 2007
is there any database that covers this first nationwide (now out of print) magazine on bisexuality? -- 172.183.24.4 14:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] March 2008
[edit] Anarchism and unionism in Argentina
It's me again. I hope I'm not coming here too often. Since I'm currently working on anarchism and unionism in Argentina, it would be quite helpful, if someone could help me get access to two sources on this topic: this article on high beam and this paper in the journal Anarchist Studies. --Carabinieri (talk) 00:24, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- I have access to the the paper from the journal Anarchist Studies and placed a copy of the paper here. Let me know on my talk page that you've received it then I will take it down.--droptone (talk) 11:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] April 2008
[edit] Spunk Library
Greetings, we're looking for information on the Spunk Library; Google tells me it can be found in the following places, but I can't get in: TwinCities/com, New Library World, Ohio.com, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Collection Building, Approaching Alternative Media: Theory and Methodology. If anyone could copypaste relevant sections that mention the library from these sources, it would be very much appreciated. Regards, the Anarchism task force. Skomorokh 18:24, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- The "Approaching Alternative Media" paper can be found through archive.org. The "Making the News" paper can be access if you email me at my user name at Gmail. The two links to Newsbank do not return any results nor do they give any citation information for someone else to use to find the items.--droptone (talk) 22:24, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] June 2008
Hi guys, i'm ElessarTheWoodElf from the italian Wiki (here you can see my user page: [1]); first of all, sorry for my bad english ^_^. I'm here because in the Italian Wiki we're having a discussion on the definition of "Guitar hero" (it's the same or not saying guitar hero or shredder? That's the question), and I found some old news about an article appeared on "Classic Rock" (for example this one: [2]). I thought that maybe someone of you could have this article, so I posted my request here. I hope I did it right. If you have it, could you be so kind and send it at my email address? It's elessar [dot] f [at] gmail [dot] com... Thank you so much for your attention, and good luck for everything. Elessar, 12 june 2008, 15:40 GMT+1
Attempting to establish notability for this man as an author and/or as a religious leader (Church of Divine Science, Los Angeles). I am trying to find some older newspaper articles circa 1945-1978, probably from the LA Times or other newspapers of that geography (I think the Daily News and another main paper also served Los Angeles in those days). Of particular interest would be any discussions about his weekly Sunday lectures at the Wilshire-Ebell Theater. Also, any WP:RS book reviews of his writings would be welcome of course. Low Sea (talk) 21:57, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- Here and here are the only things I could find in the historical archives my institution has access to. Someone affiliated with some of the University of California schools may have access to digital archives of the LA Times and Daily News. Again, let me know when you've received the files.--droptone (talk) 19:07, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] September 2008
[edit] Monograph of the land and freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles
Is this book available in electronic form? Taylor, J. W. 1894-1914. Monograph of the land and freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles. Vols. 1-3. Taylor Brothers, Leeds. See also: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Gastropods#resources. --Snek01 (talk) 15:28, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
- Few parts or volumes parts are already available at: 1907 http://www.archive.org/details/monographoflandf814tayl part 8-14; http://www.archive.org/details/monographoflandf1521tayl part 15-21; 1921 http://www.archive.org/details/monographoflandf2224tayl part 22-24. Previous volume (volume I) is not available yet. --Snek01 (talk) 20:25, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
[edit] November 2008
[edit] The History of Countries
Does anyone have any links/books/papers on the history of countries (or any country overview topic, as I am building up Country, how they formed, how the borders are defined etc. I've tried searching on google/google books/etc but it is just such a common word that I cannot find anything relevant or useful. I'm sorry if this is too broad, feel free to tell me if it is. I can be emailed if that is easier. Thankyou very much. Foxy Loxy Pounce! 11:21, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
- Well certainly for those of us who watch here to provide individual articles and papers on request, that's way too broad. If I was looking for information, I'd be trying Google with "borders of countries", "definition of borders", "history country border", "country border negotiation", "border treaty" - and variations thereof. For "country", you'd also want to substitute "nation", "nation state", etc. etc. Anyway, way too broad for me, but maybe others will have some comments. Not sure if you could get anything better at the Drawing board or the Reference desks. A trip to your local library to ask the staff there, and a call/email to someone involved in geography and/or history at your local advanced learning institution might turn up some good stuff too. Franamax (talk) 03:39, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Michael appeared on Blue Peter on 24 January, 2007 and received the programme's highest award, a gold blue peter badge, for his achievements after crossing the Atlantic Ocean single-handed (not sure what they're gonna if he finishes his current round the world trip). Unfortunately, there's no way I can reference this yet. Can someone give me access to an entry in a Blue Peter annual or another source that verifies this? I'd hate to leave the article incomplete. You can post to my talk page or use the email option. - Mgm|(talk) 09:12, 25 January 2007 (UTC) 23:42, 17 November 2008 Refactored by Franamax (talk) 02:13, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm doing a rewrite and I'm trying to set up an awards section. I know he won the 2008 Kid's Choice Award for Favourite Winner, but all the references I can find are either copyvio youtube videos or newspapers talking about the event before it happened. It looks like no one bothered to write up the results, but I doubt that's true. All I need is a mention. Can anyone help out? - Mgm|(talk) 11:16, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
- I found a reference for the award. I will paste the ref below, put it in the article if it is helpful. Not sure if this is available without a subscription, I used Factiva, the full text for the entry was:
- Dannii Minogue found a bit of X-factor as she hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards at London's Excel centre. Britain's Got Talent took centre stage, picking up the gong for Favourite TV Show while George Sampson was crowned Favourite Winner. Signature also performed their Thriller routine..
- I did not find a reference for what he danced at the show, perhaps there is another source, or that fact is unverifiable.
- The ref (edit the page to copy/paste):[1]
- --Commander Keane (talk) 11:05, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] December 2008
[edit] that Israel doesn't submit to international law in the case of the arab-israeli conflict
I'm looking for a neutral, good, uncontroversial reference (as opposed to noam Chomsky who says there is "near unanimity" about this) that I can include in an article, which says that Israel chooses not to submit to international law (ie violates it, though this phrasing is POV) in the case of the conflict. Thank you! - Added by 82.120.107.213
[edit] "Telly stars in plot to raise cash"
Can someone dig up the following article? "Telly stars in plot to raise cash; SHOWBIZ: Rhyme and reason to starring roles in new Brum-based flick.", Article from: Birmingham Mail (England) Article date: September 30, 2008, Byline: By Catherine Lillington.
Part of it is listed at Highbeam, but it seems pointless to get a free trial I won't use for anything else. - Mgm|(talk) 21:13, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- Here is the article. Please let me know when you've successfully downloaded the file.--droptone (talk) 13:18, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] January 2009
[edit] Help dating 18th century French painter Antoine Graincourt
Hi friends. I'm attempting to resolve the dating inconsistency in the Antoine Graincourt article and a simple google search is not cutting it. Could someone who has access to an academic library or database help? The article says in the text Graincourt's dates are 1699-1753, but also places him in the category 1748 births and 1823 deaths.
Google searches suggest that the dates 1699-1753 are probably wrong: being actually the birth and death dates for one of the people Graincourt painted, Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais. For example, see this biography of Mahé at Biographie.net ("né à Saint-Malo le 11 février 1699 et mort à Paris le 10 novembre 1753") or this museum page from a museum that has Mahé's portrait in its collection, and attributes the 1699-1753 dates to Graincourt, not Mahé. Google also turned up one source for Graincourt completing a painting after 1753: a copy of Hyacinthe Rigaud's portrait of the Marechal de Tourville; the copy is said to have been made in 1780-82
However, even if 1699-1753 is wrong, google can't help me confirm that 1748-1823 is correct. Those dates don't seem to have any online source except Wikipedia and Wikipedia mirrors/copies. Plus, Graincourt paintings include people who died before 1748, such as François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault (1637-1716) and René Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736) – though I suppose those could also be copies of earlier paintings. I hope all this is enough info. Thanks! WikiJedits (talk) 15:02, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
- I have found support for the 1748 birth date through google books. See here; likewise (with considerable overlap) for a year of death in 1823 [3]. I find no support for 1699 ([4]); hits are coincidental. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:55, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
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- Thank you very much. BTW, do you have access to the full versions of any of those books? While most simply give his dates in a one-line list-type entry, these two look like they might include some actual biographical text that we could use to expand the article – if we could access it.
- 1. Vivre et mourir à Saint-Etienne aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles - Page 70 … Antoine Graincourt n'a pas laissé un souvenir important, selon les critiques « son dessin est ... Antoine Graincourt commence sa série de tableaux en 1780. ...
- 2. L'art de la Picardie … ANTOINE-NOEL-BENOIT GRAINCOURT, né à Corbie en 1748, et PIERRE THUILLIER, né à Amiens en 1799, ont passé leur existence artistique hors de la Picardie. ...
- Regardless, many thanks for your help here. Best, WikiJedits (talk) 20:24, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
- I'm afraid that I do not, but hopefully somebody else here will. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:55, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] February 2009
[edit] Jaye Featherby
I'm looking for the article called "Crashing through flames a real family affair" from the Cairns Post dated June 24, 2005. Has someone got access to this? Please leave a quick note on my talk page if you respond here. - Mgm|(talk) 20:02, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Hunteria article by Gregory S. Paul
I'm looking for the following article by Gregory S. Paul:
- Paul, G.S. (1988). The small predatory dinosaurs of the mid-Mesozoic: the horned theropods of the Morrison and the Great Oolite — Ornitholestes and Proceratosaurus — and the sickle-claw theropods of the Cloverly, Djadokhta and Judith River — Deinonychus, Velociraptor, and Saurornitholestes. Hunteria 2(1): 1–9.
Thanks in advance! FanCollector (talk) 22:35, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
- I doubt this obscure journal was digitally archived. This link [5] will be your best bet. Change zipcode to something suitable.
[edit] March 2009
[edit] Nature and / or The Electrical Journal
Does anyone have access to Nature 1956 @ page 1060 (obituary of Stanley Whitehead) and / or The Electrical Journal 1956 page unknown (obituary of Whitehead)? BencherliteTalk 22:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
- I have the nature article. Not in copy-pastable form though. Have an email address I can send it to? Someguy1221 (talk) 01:07, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
- Replied at your talk page and email sent. BencherliteTalk 01:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the Nature article. Can anyone help with The Electrical Journal'? A long-shot, I know! BencherliteTalk 21:25, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- I can make a scan of it from my library, but I won't be near it again for ~ 2 weeks. So if Droptone doesn't beat me to it...Someguy1221 (talk) 21:34, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- By the way, do you have any idea which volume or issue it might have been? Someguy1221 (talk) 21:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- Vol 156 p 1485, perhaps? Another possibility would be vol 139 (1947) at page 1365 - I'm trying to track down his dates at Oxford, which are missing in the obituaries I've found so far... BencherliteTalk 21:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Paris Match article
I am looking for an article from Paris Match magazine, No 724 du 23.02.63 (that's 1963), on Vachislav Michelovitch Zaitsev (Vyacheslav Zaitsev). Any help with this one appreciated. --Russavia Dialogue 17:51, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
[edit] The Mode in Moscow For Soviets, Pursuit of Fashion Is Now Acceptable but Goods Still Hard to Get
I am looking for this article from the LA Times [6] --Russavia Dialogue 13:17, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
[edit] An Occasional Paper
Hi All,
This one might be slightly difficult. The journal (and occ. papers) exist only as hard copy, and no libraries in my vicinity carry a copy. If anyone has access to it as a hard copy, i would be massively appreciative of a copy, or even just the abstract.
Smith, J.L.B. 1968. Studies in carangid fishes No. 4. The identity of Scomber sansun Forsskal, 1775. Occasional Papers of the Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 15: 173-184
Cheers, Kare Kare (talk) 05:19, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Mayors of San Francisco
I am writing List of mayors of San Francisco and require access to a book Biographical dictionary of American mayors, 1820-1980 by Melvin G. Holli, Peter d'Alroy Jones to verify party affiliations for each mayor as well as Maurice Carey Blake (one of the mayors) in particular on the year he served as California State Assemblyman. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks—Chris! ct 03:11, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Folklore of Assam by Jogesh Das
I am looking at the contributions of what seems to be an individual with copyright difficulties dating back some time. Several articles, created as recently as today, are verifiably pasted from previously published web pages, but this contributor has several times cited to the above book. For example: Assamese kinship. Originally published in 1972, this book has been frequently republished by the National Book Trust (a 2000 paperback carries the ISBN of 8123701454) I'm hoping to find somebody who can access to the book to compare the text in that specific article to see if it infringes. There is good reason to believe it may, but I'd prefer not to presume if we can verify. Thanks for any assistance you can offer. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:56, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] May 2009
[edit] Ányos Jedlik and the Dynamo
The dynamo article has a claim that it was invented by Anyos Jedlik. This has been labelled as dubious. This book,
- Andrew L. Simon, Made in Hungary: Hungarian contributions to universal culture, p207, Simon Publications LLC, 1998 ISBN 0966573420
makes the same claim and contains in its bibliography the paper,
- GK Cwierawa, "Ányos Jedlik-wengierski pioner elektrotechniki", Kwartalnik Historiki Nauk i Techniki, No 2, 1971
which I assume is the source of Simon's information. I am not looking for a copy of the whole paper (I don't read Hungarian anyway) merely the citation for Jedlik's original publication of his work (assuming that there is one). Thanks. SpinningSpark 13:32, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
- There doesn't seem to be a citation in the article.--droptone (talk) 21:02, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for that, please leave it up until user Edison has seen it as well who is also interested. I am surprised you have it in English, presumably that is a translation not the original? SpinningSpark 02:10, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- That's from Made in Hungary..., not the original Hungarian article.--droptone (talk) 07:47, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- Oh I see, in that case you have misunderstood, I can already read Made in Hungary on google books preview. It does in fact have a source (although not inline in the text, it's on page 404) which I have quoted above. What we are trying to do is trace the source of Simon's claim since we doubt it is true. I am looking for the Hungarian paper he quotes, not the book itself. Even that is not the end of it since a 1971 paper author could not possibly have direct experience of an 1828 event, that paper itself must have had a source which is what I am ultimately trying to establish. SpinningSpark 10:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- Seems it went unpublished:
His experimental machine made in 1861 had a special feature of technological importance; namely, the principle of self-excitation, in other words, the dynamo principle first appeared in the operating instructions Jedlik wrote for this machine. This machine was only used as a demonstration device, and Jedlik did not publish the new construction.[7]
citing Verebely (1931), "Ányos Jedlik A Hungarian Pioneer of Electricity", Elektrotechnika 24, pp. 213-26 and Singer, H., and Hall, W. (1958), A History of Technology, vol. V, part 2.10, p. 187. Apparently the operating instructions appeared in an inventory for the university. The "1828 event" you mention is i think one of 292 experiments listed in 1829 which concludes: "an electromagnetic wire can create continuous rotating movement around a similarly electromagnetic wire", a DC motor w/ commutator, not a dynamo.—eric 16:17, 9 June 2009 (UTC) - One user has inserted claims in several articles tht Jedlik invented the electric motor, the electric motor with electromagnets for the stationary and rotating parts along with the commutator, the electric vehicle, and several other things. I have asked in the Electric motor talk page for a good reference showing what year he publicly demonstrated and published any such inventions, and have not gotten a satisfactory response. A photo of a museum model is shown in the article, which is claimed to be from 1828, with many modern features, but with uncertain provenance. There are many cases of museums having illustrative models constructed in modern times, but falsely claimed to be the device constructed many years earlier. The above sounds like there was an inventory at the university dating to 1861, which is the first documentation, if not publication. This is a pretty weak claim, given that others had published publicly demonstrated, been written up in the scientific and popular press and taken out patents for "electromagnetic wire rotating around electromagnetic wire" long before 1861. A college teacher could be expected to build demo devices to illustrate what was going on ion the field, and it is too easy to attribute decades of developments to the first year Jedlik did any demo of electromagnetism in his classes, back in 1828 or whenever. It sounds like a backdated claim. More translation of what he wrote, and clear statement of when he wrote it, is essential to understand Jedlik's role. Recent web pages or popular articles which simply assert, without references, that Jedlik "invented the electric motor in 1828" are not convincing when other claimants have lots of public presentation of their work at the actual time of their inventions. Edison (talk) 16:43, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- I don't think we need to try and convince anyone here at the library. We just need to say what documents we want them to go find. SpinningSpark 18:23, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- So you are looking for #290 from an 1829 notebook which details 292 experiments used as demonstrations in his classes for the motor, and an 1861 university inventory that contains operating instructions for the dynamo. Or is it enough to show that he did not publish on either?—eric 22:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] June 2009
[edit] Time (1933)
I'm looking for Time vol. 22, no 11, page. 4 , from September 11, 1933. There should be a note about prof. Otto Kalischer from Berlin. I have found this via Google Books [8], and for unknown reason it's not available through Time's website. Thanks, Filip em (talk) 13:53, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- It's not on page 4 of that issue. I will browse around to see if I can find the article.--droptone (talk) 17:25, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- that would be great. Filip em (talk) 10:55, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
[edit] August 2009
[edit] Small Wars & Insurgencies, Volume 20, Issue 2 June 2009
Resolved There are several good articles in this journal, that could be used as sources in 2008 South Ossetia war. Does anyone have access to this journal? Especially useful would be:
- The roots of Russian conduct
- America and the Russo-Georgian War
- The fatal flaw: the media and the Russian invasion of Georgia
Thanks. Offliner (talk) 19:45, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
- My library has access to this (only the 2009 issues). Drop me an email and I can provide you with the pdfs if you still need them. Dr pda (talk) 21:33, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
- Sent to user on November 5 2009. Dr pda (talk) 22:22, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] October 2009
- J. Murray Barbour "A Geometrical approximation to the Roots of Numbers" American Mathematical Monthly vol. 64 (1957) p.1-9
- Isaac J. Schoenberg "On the Location of the Frets on a Guitar" American Mathematical Monthly vol. 83 (1976) p.550-2
The AMM website says that volumes through year 2003 are available through JSTOR. - Mireut (talk) 16:39, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
- The papers are here and here. Let me know when you've successfully downloaded the files.--droptone (talk) 11:40, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
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- Thanks. Mireut (talk) 18:54, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Inter Press Service article
Hi all, I'm looking for the fulltext of "AFRICA-POLITICS: RWANDA'S REVENGE", IPS News Wire, A. Lama, Jul. 11, 1996 as previewed here: [9]. Highbeam offers a 7-day free trial, but a few screens in they casually ask for a credit card number "just in case" - that's usually where I click the X to make screen disappear now. I'm trying to straighten out just what the heck the neologism "Lima syndrome" actually means, so if anyone wants to research the term more generally, excluding the thousands of Wikipedia mirrors, that would be great too. It's a bit of a long shot, but if anyone can pull it off, most appreciated! Franamax (talk) 21:27, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
[edit] The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
I need some facts of stoat in fi-wikipedia. They can maybe found next book:
The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
Authors: Don E. Wilson and Sue Ruff
ISBN 9781560988458
Thank you! – EtäKärppäKhihi 16:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
- Hello, I can obtain that book, but I am going to need more specific information as to what information you are looking to from of it. --ThaddeusB (talk) 14:13, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
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- I need more information of stoats evolution, behavior and nutrition. If you found something, please sent them to me by e-mail. You found that on my user page. – EtäKärppäKhihi 17:02, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
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- I'll see what I can find. --ThaddeusB (talk) 03:51, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
- Here's the entry in that work on the animal. Let me know when you've successfully downloaded the file.--droptone (talk) 16:36, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] 1898 Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen sammlung
Eduard von Martens 1898. "Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Seychellen nach den Sammlungen von Dr. Aug. Brauer". Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Sammlung des Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin 1,1-94.
Can somebody get this? (It is in public domain already). --Snek01 (talk) 11:08, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
[edit] November 2009
[edit] Wall Street Journal
Hello, I'm looking for the following
- quote="Where [The Epoch Times] and [NTDTV] are controversial is in their unwillingness to identify themselves as having any association with the group, despite ample evidence to the contrary."
- author=Susan V. Lawrence
- title= Falun Gong Adds Media Weapons In Struggle With China's Rulers
- work=Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition)
- date=April 14, 2004
- page=B.2I
So far I looked at google for the content and for the title
I emailed wsj.com and got the following response: "Wall Street Journal Online subscribers can access WSJ.com articles that have appeared within the past 2 years. Through the advanced search feature, WSJ.com subscribers can browse past print and online editions via Factiva; there is no charge to view headlines, and a charge of $2.95 to view articles. WSJ print articles going back to 1979 and WSJ.com articles to November 8, 2006, are available. Please visit wsj.com. Current print subscribers receive a discounted Wall Street Journal Online rate of $49.00 for the first year. Should you have any questions, please contact The Wall Street Journal Online at onlinejournal@wsj.com or by phone at 1-800-JOURNAL (568-7625). Factiva provides access to The Wall Street Journal print edition database via a Factiva subscription. Visit Factiva at http://www.factiva.com for subscription details or call 1-800-369-0166."
So I searched factiva, see here.
And now I'm a bit lost, because all the searches show that this article does not exist, yet, it is repeatedly inserted again: this source, reinserted here and here, after notifying the author.
Could anyone help me on this, and check if this publication exists? Thank you in advance. --HappyInGeneral (talk) 08:10, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- I have a subscription to Factiva (via a university). The article does exist on there, 540 words. I can easily email it to anyone who needs it.--Commander Keane (talk) 08:30, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- Great, thank you! Could you please email it to me and to Peter.guan, he asked about this source here? Thank you again! --HappyInGeneral (talk) 21:03, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- BTW, I just got a trial subscription on http://iworks.factiva.com , which will work for 7 days, but I'm not quite sure how to look in the archives. Do you have a bit of advice on that? Thank you! --HappyInGeneral (talk) 21:04, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- I'm not really sure about that version. For the usual version there is a search bar, so to bring up the article i put in the full title "Falun Gong Adds Media Weapons In Struggle With China's Rulers" and it popped up as the only entry. The search works on exact phrases so to combine phrases I use "AND". For example "Falun Gong AND media" is a search that will probably bring up relevant articles. I don't use the inverted commas in any of the searches.--Commander Keane (talk) 07:09, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Methotrexate
Resolved For expansion of Methotrexate, Aminopterin and History of cancer chemotherapy:
These are both historical articles, and may thus be a little difficult to get a hold of. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 14:50, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
- I have the Pharm. Rev. review. If you send me an email, I'll return you the PDF. But my library's subscription to the Journal of Clinical Oncology doesn't go back as far as 1993, apparently. Someguy1221 (talk) 01:35, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, got it. I could still use the J Clin Oncol paper if anyone can get it. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 18:58, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
- Here's the article. Please let me know when you've successfully downloaded the file.--droptone (talk) 16:20, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
- Got it, thank you. Once again the Resource Exchange proves how helpful it can be :) Thank you both. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 12:40, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Exemplary Justice
For the expansion of the Romualdas Marcinkus article I am looking for Andrews, Allen's book Exemplary Justice.(1976) ISBN 978-0245527753, there should be relevant parts about Marcinkus in there. Would be thankful for any help with it.M.K. (talk) 12:01, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
- Here are the pages marked as relevant by the book's index. Let me know when you've successfully downloaded the file.--droptone (talk) 17:19, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] December 2009
I would very much like to get a look at the exchange of letters above. Thanks! Unomi (talk) 06:22, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
- Here and here are copies of the letters. It doesn't look like much though, was there more that you wanted? In any case, let me know when you've downloaded the files.--droptone (talk) 14:08, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! If it wouldn't be too much of an imposition, and since you ask :) I would be very interested in reading the review by Humphries et al (2008) as well as any other letters that may have been published regarding it, I note that the letter by JD Fernstrom is not among the pdfs you so graciously made available. Sorry for fawning :) It has been incredibly frustrating to be met with barriers to information access. Thanks Again! Unomi (talk) 14:32, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
- Which article is Humphries et al (2008)? I am not seeing it in the references of the two papers I posted.--droptone (talk) 13:04, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
- Here is the review by Humphries, and here is the letter by Fernstrom. Let me know when you've successfully downloaded the files. Dr pda (talk) 22:22, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Ivory and khutu
I would like to get access to three articles regarding ancient use of various ivories. Two are available on JSTOR and are here and here. The last one is more recent and seems to only be available through Edinburgh University Press: Archives of natural history. Volume 35, Page 306-318. Very many thanks. Matt Deres (talk) 03:05, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
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- Here & here are first two articles. Let me know when you successfully download the files.--droptone (talk) 12:40, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
- Got them! Thanks very much! Matt Deres (talk) 17:06, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
- Here's the Edinbugh University Press one. Let me know when you've successfully downloaded it. Dr pda (talk) 22:22, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
- Got it! Thank you very much! Matt Deres (talk) 00:52, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Might I trouble you for another JSTOR article, please? Could I get this tiny article? Again, many thanks. Matt Deres (talk) 04:02, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
- Here. Let me know when you've successfully downloaded the article.--droptone (talk) 12:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
- Got it. Thanks again! Matt Deres (talk) 23:12, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis, a Featured article, is undergoing review of its featured status, but unfortunately copy editors are not working on prose and style issues before content and sourcing have been addressed. The entire October issue of Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine was dedicated to reviews of cystic fibrosis; MEDRS don't get much better than this, and these articles could really be used to spruce up the article and perhaps save it at FAR. I realize this is a very tall order, but maybe if several editors contribute... Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:20, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I've put copies of the articles in this folder, with names like 503-Cystic-fibrosis.pdf, where the digits are the page number. I don't want to leave them there indefinitely, so let me know when you no longer need them. Hope you find them useful for saving the article. Dr pda (talk) 03:58, 12 December 2009 (UTC) Thank you! Got them all, please go ahead and remove them. I owe you big time :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 15:23, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
It turns out I didn't have access to the full text after all. If anyone else can provide these that would be great. Dr pda (talk) 21:21, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] OED definition
Could someone please check the online Oxford English Dictionary for the definition cited in the lead sentence of Neuro-linguistic programming? This is currently under discussion on the Talk page, but I don't have access to the online edition. Thanks. Keahapana (talk) 23:16, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
- The quoted words are exactly what OED online says (and should be attributed as such). Franamax (talk) 00:09, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for your quick and helpful reply. I only recently learned about WRE and appreciate your assistance on this article. Living on an island, I'm sometimes unable to obtain materials for Wikipedia. Thanks again. Keahapana (talk) 20:24, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
- Not to mention having to send all your internet packets by ship. ;) Franamax (talk) 21:13, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] New York Times article
Hi I'am trying to improve the article on Tom Wolfe's anthology The New Journalism. Does anyone have access to this article: The Watershed of Modern Lit?; Books of The Times Esthetic Revolution Third-Person View, by By Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, published in the NY times, June 27, 1973? If so, I would greatly appreciate if you could e-mail it to me what.is.the.1404[at]gmail.com. --The Ministry (talk) 18:20, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Klippel-Feil syndrome (Clin Orthop Relat Res) - Full article access
I am attempting to obtain a full copy of Klippel-Feil syndrome: clinical features and current understanding of etiology. and cannot find a copy online anywhere. Any assistance would be tremendously helpful. Thank you. Basket of Puppies 19:01, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
- As am I. Thanks in advance. NativeForeigner (talk) 19:08, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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- NF and I are working on Klippel–Feil syndrome and hoping to majorly improve it and get it to GA in a few months time. In order to do so we'll need the article listed above as it's the most recent and very comprehensive. Basket of Puppies 19:23, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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- Are you aware of this page which is for just such requests from editors? SpinningSpark 19:51, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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- Was about to say the same thing. While I'm sure someone here can help you, asking there is likely a more effective option. Also Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange provides some further details Nil Einne (talk) 19:54, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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- I am doing the silly-dance because I placed my request at the wrong project. Sorry! Basket of Puppies 20:18, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Timing and a Diversion: The Cocoa Game
I am currently trying to improve the article on Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson's anthology The New Journalism. I am trying to find out when the article "Timing and a Diversion: The Cocoa Game" by George Goodman (under the pen name "Adam Smith") was published in the (New York) World-Journal-Tribune.
Your assistance would be much appreciated. The Ministry (talk) 13:47, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- New York Public Library has the whole paper on microfilm. And since the paper was only published between Sept. 12, 1966 and May 5, 1967, it would probably be ezsy for someone living in new york to go to the library and go true the whole paper.The Ministry (talk) 14:04, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
[edit] The New Journalism, 1: Not Necessarily What is New in Journalism
I am working on the article The New Journalism, a would like the access this article The Review of Politics, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp. 306-309. Also trying to find and access the article, The New Journalism, 1: Not Necessarily What is New in Journalism. By Don R. Pember in Journal of Communication Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 185 - 189. 1975. Thanks in advance what.is.the.1404[at]gmail.com. The Ministry (talk) 21:22, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Disorganized schizophrenia
Hi, I'd like to expand the article about disorganized schizophrenia and following article would be helpful. Can anyone help me please?
- G. E. Berrios and R. Hauser. The early development of Kraepelin's ideas on classification: a conceptual history. Psychological Medicine, Volume 18, Issue 04, November 1988, pp 813-821 doi:10.1017/S0033291700009740
Best wishes, Filip em (talk) 18:21, 3 January 2010 (UTC)