*Drums Fingers Irritatedly On Desk*

[redbrunja]

Okay, this is just ridiculous.

I'm trying to write a 8-12 page paper on efforts to preserve french language in Quebec, and I'm finding nothing. Now, this is a subject my teacher told me would be a snap to research - the morning I went to discuss this with her, she said she'd heard something on this subject on the radio that very morning.

However, those swanky online databases that WWU undoubtedly pays thousands each year so I can search? Giving me no love.

Proquest? Nothing.

Jstore? Nothing written after 1935.

I'm having better luck with wikipedia, google, and npr.org.

Shesh.

Comments

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i would have thought that to be easy to research as well as often as we hear about it even around here

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

You'd think. I've had one person tell me that Quebec isn't trying to preserve there language the way Parisians are, which strikes me as strange because there are deparments in both france and Quebec relating to making sure that there are offical french words instead of just loan words.

However, if people are talking about it, they're doing it in frustrating, ways that are impossible to find.

Suffice it to say, I'm switching my topic to something that actually has information avalible in a format I can work with.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's probably the smartest idea.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I didn't even finish telling this story to my mother before she was like, 'switch topics.' And she mentioned that I should have done that sooner, which was probably true as well.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

sometimes you don't just want to abandon ship because something's a little more difficult. Other times, there's no choice

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

True. However, since I have a habit of beating my head against he wall with situations like this, for me it's more knowing when to cut my loses.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

trust me, i've been there to