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redbrunja ([personal profile] redbrunja) wrote2007-05-23 03:44 pm
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*Drums Fingers Irritatedly On Desk*

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.

[identity profile] cornerofmadness.livejournal.com 2007-05-25 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
sometimes you don't just want to abandon ship because something's a little more difficult. Other times, there's no choice

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2007-05-25 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] cornerofmadness.livejournal.com 2007-05-25 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
trust me, i've been there to