The Resource Request is where you can request information on a subject or request a specific article, if you lack a source for a Wikipedia article.

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• A request can be an open question for more information on a specific subject, or you can ask for a specific article or work you have a reference for but lack the full text of. The resulting article or data will be emailed to you.
• All kinds of sources are possible here: any newspaper or magazine article, searches in a commercial full-text newspaper or journal databases, searches in academic journal databases, encyclopedia articles, court decisions, laws, academic publishings or research results, biographies, etc.
• To place a request: start a new section at the bottom of the 'New requests' section and sign with your username or leave your email address. Request specific titles, dates, or a combination of search keywords. You may also specify which database or work to search in. Add as much detail as possible, it speeds up the whole process.
• Once a request has been fulfilled, add a note to that effect to the request, so that the work won't be duplicated. The request will than be moved to the 'Filled request' section.
• It's also best to keep an eye on your request on this page. Questions and remarks will be posted in your request section.
• Anyone whose library provides access to a relevant database or to an extensive (academic) archive, or anyone who has a personal collection of resources can fulfill requests.

[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] January-February 2007

[edit] George Gould Strong

• George Gould Strong born 1910 died about 1964 in Southampton Hospital, Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York. I have searched for a NYT obituary with no luck, but there should have been a local obituary. Does anyone have access to the archives of the Southampton Press or the Easthampton Star or another local paper? - Nunh-huh 20:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
• JOHN N. STRONG

Specfal to THE NEW' YORE TI:MS. New York Times (1857-Current file); Nov 14, 1942; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2003) pg. 16.

Do you want it? There is sparse mention, it's his dad's obit. I also found a ref to a George Strong who was elected mayor of "The Landing" in the 1930s, is this him? IvoShandor 11:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Ivo for spotting this. I've had a look, and that's him, but unfortunately his dad's obit doesn't carry enough information about the son for "creating-an-article" purposes. I don't know if George Strong was ever elected mayor of anything.... - Nunh-huh 15:52, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Is this George G. Strong a musician (the guy in this article)? Or can you tell me a bit what you do know about him? It would help with my search. Key to the city 09:26, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Nunh-huh responded on my talk page with this:

Yes, George Gould Strong was the guy depicted in the musical Grey Gardens. Basically, I know this: he was born 21 January 1910 in East Hampton, New York, the son of John Young Strong and Fannie (Baker) Strong, growing up in a house on Amagansett Road. He lived for a time in Paris, and in New York City at 725 Lexington Avenue, probably after he lived at Grey Gardens. He was, as depicted in the musical, the personal accompanist of Edith Beale; he was also an accompanist in Paris and New York, and is said to have had a radio show in New York. Though the musical depicts him as gay, it's not that clear that's actually true, and it's certainly not true that he committed suicide (except metaphorically); he died, apparently about 1964 in Southampton Hospital in Southampton, Long Island, the cause of death apparently being gastrointestinal hemorrhage from drinking, complicated by the fact that he had become a Christian Scientist (which may be something he picked up from Mrs. Beale). I wanted especially to firm up his date of death (the 1964 is an estimate based on someone's recollection that he died when she was 12), which is probably only possible if his obituary can be located in the Southampton Bee or Easthampton Star or one of the other local papers. - Nunh-huh 21:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I did some research, but I got to admid that this one is out of my league. I hope an American helps you with this request. But I thought I post the answer anyway, maybe it helps other researchers. Key to the city 09:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] March-April 2007

[edit] Samuel R. Gerber

I'm investigating Samuel R. Gerber. Gerber was a famous forensic scientist/pathologist and known for his work in the Sam Sheppard case. I found he's had an obituary in a 1987 Plain Dealer issue. I think it was May that year. Could someone with access get me a copy? I also want to know if there is a biographical entry for him (National Cyclopedia) or elsewhere. User:MacGyverMagic/WIP lists the sources I already have although the obituary may not be the complete one. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:33, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Been searching in all kinds of biographies (general American, and more specific science and medicine biographies), but no luck. He's not that well-known? I think your best shot would be finding a Wikipedian from Cleveland who wants to get the newspaper from a library archive. Key (talk) 15:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] April-May 2007

[edit] William McCrum

I'm trying to find the obituary of William McCrum. This FIFA page mentions 'In 1932 an obituary appeared in a Northern Ireland paper in Milford, County Armagh'. I don't know the exact date of the obit' or which paper it was in but it must have been in late December as he died 'just before Christmas'. Sorry for the vagueness, any hints appreciated. JMiall 15:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)

This is a bit of a long shot, but I would like the text of the act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.720, No. 262), entitled "An act providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth...". If it's long, anything relating to Route 159 or Union Boulevard would be the most useful. I believe that portion begins "Beginning at a point on West Union Boulevard", and if it mentions anything about Broad Street or Market Street being removed. I am neroute2 at gmail. Thank you very much. --NE2 00:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bethlehem Pike

Could you guys find out any information on the 19th century turnpike of this historic route. I eould really appriciate I you would find any additional information about the route. I am allentownalbert@aol.com. Thanks. -- JA10 ^{T · C} 06:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Pennsylvania Route 739

I need to replace a few refs in Pennsylvania Route 739 and need one for its establishment. Thank you.Mitchazenia 23:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Does [1] help? --NE2 07:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, but alot of the references are from books and I was hoping to get a newspaper article. -- JA10 ^{T · C} 01:36, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] July-August 2007

[edit] Snickersville Turnpike (the first toll road in the U.S.)

I would like the full text of chapter xxx of the Acts of 1785 of the U.S. state of Virginia. This includes "leading into the town of Alexandria from Snigger's and Vesta's Gaps". neroute2 at gmail. Thank you. --NE2 00:21, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Homerun (film)

Finding referenced information on Singaporean movies is difficult. I have expanded this article as far as I can with web-based references alone. However, I will need newspaper references to expand it further. Around the day the movie was released in cinemas, The Straits Times published an article about the differences between Children of Heaven and Homerun (I could write an entire section comparing the two movies, solely based on that reference). Furthermore, The Straits Times and Channel NewsAsia are likely to provide enough references to write a decent Production section (a neccesity if I ever push the article for GA status). Other newspapers may provide referenced information that I could use to expand the Political satire and Reception sections. Could somebody search LexisNexis, Factiva and/or Newslink for newspaper articles about the movie, and e-mail their full text and citation information to hildanknight(AT)gmail(DOT)com? --J.L.W.S. The Special One 13:41, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jelqing

"There has been only one study on “jelqing” done by Dr. Brian Richards in the late 1970s. The British Journal of Sexual Medicine published the results. According to the study, 87 percent of men had positive results." [2]. Does anyone have access or exact bibliographical reference? [3] -- Thanx Cherubino 12:46, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

The only remotely similar reference I could find in Pubmed was Richards BA. "Mechanical aids to sex." Br J Sex Med. 1975 Oct;2(5):33-5, 37. No abstract available. PMID: 830127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]." This is probably it, but I don't have access to the journal. The term doesn't appear anywhere in PubMed, which is pretty suspicious. -- phoebe/(talk) 01:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] October 2007

[edit] Louis R. Vitullo

I already have plenty of newspaper articles about the guy (Chicago Sun-Times), but I wonder if the National Cyclopedia of American Biography I requested for Paul Kirk also has info on Vitullo. I came up empty in my own library, but they lack a lot of publications. Any other biographical entry is welcome too. - Mgm|^(talk) 18:27, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robert Wornum, George Wilkinson (music publisher)

Michael Kassler in "Broderip, Wilkinson and the first English edition of the '48'" Musical Times, Summer 2006 quotes a little from an advertisement with details about the fire at 315 Oxford street in The Times but NewspaperArchive seems to be missing the issue from October 13, 1812 - I don't know if Gale has it. threesixesinarow@yahoo.com

• The Times October 13, 1812, p.2

- Mireut 14:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

• It seems that paper is so old, that there is no digital copy available; Lexis Nexis doesn't have it either. I think you'd have to ask The Times directly, or head for the British Library. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:57, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] November 2007

[edit] History of California's state highway system

If anybody could get me the text of chapter 767 (page 2034) in the 1933 California state statutes, it would be much appreciated. Thank you. --NE2 21:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] December 2007

[edit] Anything That Moves

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

[edit] Classic Rock (magazine)

Hi guys, i'm ElessarTheWoodElf from the italian Wiki (here you can see my user page: [4]); 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: [5]). 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

[edit] Sea water power station

This is a fake page of newspaper clippings but the pieces in it, according to the site, are genuine newspaper articles from the 1920s. I am interested in the story titled Tropical Sea Water to Generate Power. I would like to use this in an article I am constructing on Paul Boucherot, but I would need to cite the original publication which is not given. The plant was built in 1926 (or possibly 1930) so the newspaper story reporting the proposal must be prior to this. Can anyone find the original newspaper? Thanks SpinningSpark 16:49, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dr. Joseph Murphy (author)

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)

[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)

[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)

[edit] Michael Perham

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)

[edit] Deinosuchus

I am looking for the following article, which was the original scientific description of Deinosuchus. However, I have been unable to find it online.

• Holland, W. J., 1909, Deinosuchus hatcheri, a new genus and species of crocodile from the Judith River beds of Montana: Annals of the Carnegie Museum, v. 6, p.281-294.

If anyone has access to this and could provide it, it would be greatly appreciated. FanCollector (talk) 04:34, 19 November 2008 (UTC)