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Barkeep, give me a juice box, neat!
By Library Answer Person On August 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Culture, Food, Language, Library resources
I’ve done a little research and haven’t found the answer to my question, so please help. Where do all the bar/alcohol terms we use come from (like straight, neat, on the rocks…)? And more importantly, are you a rube if you still use them or a rube if you don’t?
Neat?! Who are you, Sinatra? [...]
Duke Libraries' LGBT fiction collection
By Library Answer Person On February 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Duke Libraries, Library resources, Literature, Lobby Book
Can the library get a larger section of LGBT fiction? You have very little… [3574C]
[written in answer space: Erotic Fiction?]
Sorry to be the one to break it to you, Secret Scribbler, but LGBT fiction and Erotic fiction are not synonymous.
One of the Libraries’ missions is to build collections that support the University’s [...]
Exciting graffito
By Library Answer Person On October 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Library resources, Quotations, Study
While taking a break to use the bathroom in the library, I discovered written upon the stall door the exact text needed to pull my thesis together. But, how do I cite it? I looked through the MLA, APA and Chicago guides, but there is no listing for bathroom graffiti. How should I cite this?
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Great books
By Library Answer Person On August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Library resources, Literature, Lobby Book, Study
Why is the Great Gatsby such a good book? How about Catch 22? I’m not even an English major and I think they’re great. [3557C]
One doesn’t need to major in English to appreciate great works of literature. One mark of great writing is its impact on future writers. Another is the work’s ability to [...]
Where's the erotica?
By Library Answer Person On July 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Duke Libraries, Library resources, Lobby Book
Is there an erotic book section in the Perkins library collection? [3551B]
There are erotic elements in many poems and novels sprinkled throughout the library, though the Library of Congress classification range HQ450 – HQ472 is positively overflowing with erotica. This section is on lower floor 2 of Perkins Library.
Hi, I am a new employee of Duke University. I tried to login to my library account using my NetID (xxxx) but the system would not let me login. Could you check what is wrong? Thanks.
Your question has been forwarded to the Circulation Dept. They should get back to you.
I am going to be working on Capital Hill this summer, and I need to refresh on some of the hot button political issues. Are there any sources you know of that provide thorough, but not book length, policy briefs. Something in the 40-80 page range would be ideal. Also, the less partisan the better. [...]
I just wanted you to know that since 2002 the International Development Studies Bulletin (monthly journal received at Duke) is available to subscribers from Ingenta, but the link is not in the library catalog record.
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: You are absolutely correct! Answer Person has already contacted the guru in charge of adding those records, [...]
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