Dear Sir or Madam:

I need a book that you have in two of your libraries. The title is: “The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942″ and the writer is John A. Salmond. The call numbers are: 362.7 S172C; 362.70973 S172C; and 362.7 S172C.

Would you consider selling one of these copies to me for a cost [...]

Hi, My name is Dereck Remon Moody. My mother is Rosie Marie Chapman Moody. She’s the daughter of Fannie Bell Chapman. Fannie is my grandmother and would love to recieve information on her. A copy of her video would help. Please contact me in any way you can. Also some of the rest of the [...]

Please renew Duke’s institutional subscription to Science Next Wave (http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/)

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: SCIENCE NEXT WAVE has impressed us as another popular style science magazine, for which we may have sufficient coverage. The job ad feature, however, may make it useful, and it is currently under review. More later.

What’s the deal with the books in the Gothic Reading Room? Are they extras that no one needs and are just put there for show? Or are they part of the catalogue and might someone actually have to search for one in there? I’ve often wondered about this while I was supposed to be studying [...]