Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request

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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.

Instructions & tips:

• A request may be an open question for more information on a specific subject, or you may 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 publications 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 also may 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 then will 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.

Direct contact

These volunteers, who 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 fulfill 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)
• Doc Taxon, feel free to inquire on this talk page about Your requests. I have access to many databases, mostly free to German National Licenses. But I also consult books, magazines and newspapers for You, to help the Wikipedia growing on. Doc Taxon (talk) 15:39, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Filled requests

Requests which have been filled will be archived at the Filled requests subpage .

Requests which have become stale, i.e. remain unfulfilled and have not had any response for a long period of time, may be moved to the Stale requests subpage

New requests

January 2009

Help dating 18th century French painter Antoine Graincourt

Hi friends. I'm attempting to resolve the dating inconsistency in the Antoine Graincourt article and a simple google search is not cutting it. Could someone who has access to an academic library or database help? The article says in the text Graincourt's dates are 1699-1753, but also places him in the category 1748 births and 1823 deaths.

Google searches suggest that the dates 1699-1753 are probably wrong: being actually the birth and death dates for one of the people Graincourt painted, Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais. For example, see this biography of Mahé at Biographie.net ("né à Saint-Malo le 11 février 1699 et mort à Paris le 10 novembre 1753") or this museum page from a museum that has Mahé's portrait in its collection, and attributes the 1699-1753 dates to Graincourt, not Mahé. Google also turned up one source for Graincourt completing a painting after 1753: a copy of Hyacinthe Rigaud's portrait of the Marechal de Tourville; the copy is said to have been made in 1780-82

However, even if 1699-1753 is wrong, google can't help me confirm that 1748-1823 is correct. Those dates don't seem to have any online source except Wikipedia and Wikipedia mirrors/copies. Plus, Graincourt paintings include people who died before 1748, such as François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault (1637-1716) and René Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736) – though I suppose those could also be copies of earlier paintings. I hope all this is enough info. Thanks! WikiJedits (talk) 15:02, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I have found support for the 1748 birth date through google books. See here; likewise (with considerable overlap) for a year of death in 1823 [1]. I find no support for 1699 ([2]); hits are coincidental. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:55, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. BTW, do you have access to the full versions of any of those books? While most simply give his dates in a one-line list-type entry, these two look like they might include some actual biographical text that we could use to expand the article – if we could access it.

1. Vivre et mourir à Saint-Etienne aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles‎ - Page 70 … Antoine Graincourt n'a pas laissé un souvenir important, selon les critiques « son dessin est ... Antoine Graincourt commence sa série de tableaux en 1780. ...

2. L'art de la Picardie‎ … ANTOINE-NOEL-BENOIT GRAINCOURT, né à Corbie en 1748, et PIERRE THUILLIER, né à Amiens en 1799, ont passé leur existence artistique hors de la Picardie. ...

Regardless, many thanks for your help here. Best, WikiJedits (talk) 20:24, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm afraid that I do not, but hopefully somebody else here will. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 20:55, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Some additional support for the 1748-1823 dates at the BNF [3] LeadSongDog come howl! 20:25, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

The former link is for ISBN 9782862721361, OCLC 264090480, which is shown in three libraries: Two in Germany (Mainz) and (Munchen) plus one in Switzerland (Basel). Per the above, German Wikipedians may be able to help access one of these.

The second link is for OCLC 558713555, which is held in the British Library general reference collection at shelfmark 07805.d.25/3. Someone in London may be able to help. LeadSongDog come howl! 19:10, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

 Doc Taxon (talk) 14:21, 14 August 2010 (UTC)...

April 2009

An Occasional Paper

Hi All,

This one might be slightly difficult. The journal (and occ. papers) exist only as hard copy, and no libraries in my vicinity carry a copy. If anyone has access to it as a hard copy, i would be massively appreciative of a copy, or even just the abstract.

Smith, J.L.B. 1968. Studies in carangid fishes No. 4. The identity of Scomber sansun Forsskal, 1775. Occasional Papers of the Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 15: 173-184

Cheers, Kare Kare (talk) 05:19, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

OCLC 623732 says Library of Congress or University of Kansas only. Anyone nearby those that can check? LeadSongDog come howl! 17:02, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

May 2009

Ányos Jedlik and the Dynamo

The dynamo article has a claim that it was invented by Anyos Jedlik. This has been labelled as dubious. This book,

• Andrew L. Simon, Made in Hungary: Hungarian contributions to universal culture, p207, Simon Publications LLC, 1998 ISBN 0966573420

makes the same claim and contains in its bibliography the paper,

• GK Cwierawa, "Ányos Jedlik-wengierski pioner elektrotechniki", Kwartalnik Historiki Nauk i Techniki, No 2, 1971

which I assume is the source of Simon's information. I am not looking for a copy of the whole paper (I don't read Hungarian anyway) merely the citation for Jedlik's original publication of his work (assuming that there is one). Thanks. SpinningSpark 13:32, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

There doesn't seem to be a citation in the article.--droptone (talk) 21:02, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that, please leave it up until user Edison has seen it as well who is also interested. I am surprised you have it in English, presumably that is a translation not the original? SpinningSpark 02:10, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

That's from Made in Hungary..., not the original Hungarian article.--droptone (talk) 07:47, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh I see, in that case you have misunderstood, I can already read Made in Hungary on google books preview. It does in fact have a source (although not inline in the text, it's on page 404) which I have quoted above. What we are trying to do is trace the source of Simon's claim since we doubt it is true. I am looking for the Hungarian paper he quotes, not the book itself. Even that is not the end of it since a 1971 paper author could not possibly have direct experience of an 1828 event, that paper itself must have had a source which is what I am ultimately trying to establish. SpinningSpark 10:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Seems it went unpublished:

His experimental machine made in 1861 had a special feature of technological importance; namely, the principle of self-excitation, in other words, the dynamo principle first appeared in the operating instructions Jedlik wrote for this machine. This machine was only used as a demonstration device, and Jedlik did not publish the new construction.[4]

citing Verebely (1931), "Ányos Jedlik A Hungarian Pioneer of Electricity", Elektrotechnika 24, pp. 213-26 and Singer, H., and Hall, W. (1958), A History of Technology, vol. V, part 2.10, p. 187. Apparently the operating instructions appeared in an inventory for the university. The "1828 event" you mention is i think one of 292 experiments listed in 1829 which concludes: "an electromagnetic wire can create continuous rotating movement around a similarly electromagnetic wire", a DC motor w/ commutator, not a dynamo.—eric 16:17, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

One user has inserted claims in several articles tht Jedlik invented the electric motor, the electric motor with electromagnets for the stationary and rotating parts along with the commutator, the electric vehicle, and several other things. I have asked in the Electric motor talk page for a good reference showing what year he publicly demonstrated and published any such inventions, and have not gotten a satisfactory response. A photo of a museum model is shown in the article, which is claimed to be from 1828, with many modern features, but with uncertain provenance. There are many cases of museums having illustrative models constructed in modern times, but falsely claimed to be the device constructed many years earlier. The above sounds like there was an inventory at the university dating to 1861, which is the first documentation, if not publication. This is a pretty weak claim, given that others had published publicly demonstrated, been written up in the scientific and popular press and taken out patents for "electromagnetic wire rotating around electromagnetic wire" long before 1861. A college teacher could be expected to build demo devices to illustrate what was going on ion the field, and it is too easy to attribute decades of developments to the first year Jedlik did any demo of electromagnetism in his classes, back in 1828 or whenever. It sounds like a backdated claim. More translation of what he wrote, and clear statement of when he wrote it, is essential to understand Jedlik's role. Recent web pages or popular articles which simply assert, without references, that Jedlik "invented the electric motor in 1828" are not convincing when other claimants have lots of public presentation of their work at the actual time of their inventions. Edison (talk) 16:43, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't think we need to try and convince anyone here at the library. We just need to say what documents we want them to go find. SpinningSpark 18:23, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

So you are looking for #290 from an 1829 notebook which details 292 experiments used as demonstrations in his classes for the motor, and an 1861 university inventory that contains operating instructions for the dynamo. Or is it enough to show that he did not publish on either?—eric 22:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

February 2010

Interview with Michel Amours (gay adult film actor)

The text of this source, "Interview: Michel D Amours by Erik Milford". Manshots 10.2. November 1997. OCLC 30846924 would be handy to substantiate the article. Any other interview details to support biographical data would be welcome. Ash (talk) 13:23, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Guinness Book of World Records

Anyone with access to the Guinness Book of World Records? Older editions as well which might have listed other items which have since been replaced? I'd like to know what the hottest chili pepper listed circa 1970 is. I would also like to confirm what animal has the largest eyes in proportion to its body size. Thanks in advance for anyone who can help. Lambanog (talk) 20:53, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

From the 1975 edition: "The hottest of all spices is the capsicum hot pepper known as Tabasco, first reported in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny on Avery Island, Louisiana" (p409, Guinness Book of World Records 1975, Sterling Publishing: NY). Does that work?--droptone (talk) 18:21, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello thanks for looking it up! In 1975 they still listed the Tabasco as the hottest? Dang, I should have been more specific earlier about what I was looking for. I'm looking for confirmation that the siling labuyo was listed at one time in the Guinness Book of World Records as the hottest chili pepper. What you gave would have worked otherwise. I've heard lots of anecdotal evidence to suggest it was at one time and if the tabasco was listed I'm pretty sure the siling labuyo was too since it is hotter. In case you or anyone else is still willing to take another look-see it should appear in a year before it starts listing the habanero pepper as the hottest. The animal with the largest eyes relative to its body size should be the tarsier. Thanks again! Lambanog (talk) 18:22, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

The 1971 edition is OCLC 8531369, and the scanned 1962 edition OCLC 615740329 is searchable at Hathitrust. A search of it for "hottest pepper" finds: these pages, but for "siling labuyo" it finds only p.264, which is one of those found for "hottest pepper". For "habanero" it finds nothing. The 1963 edition is OCLC 7898454. As you can see these editions are scattered around libraries in the eastern US. For short queries like yours, it may be worth asking a reference librarian at one to check it for you. An interlibrary loan is unlikely for reference books. LeadSongDog come howl! 19:33, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

March 2010

Marwari horse

Title: The Marwari horse: pride of India Author(s): Singh, M. K.; Yadav, M. P. Source: Livestock International Volume: 8 Issue: 11 Pages: 2, 19-22 Published: 2004

Thanks in advance! Dana boomer (talk) 21:59, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Cited slightly differenctly here (p146 of PDF) as:

Singh M K and M P Yadav. 2004. The Marwari horse: Pride of India. Livestock International. 9: 18-21 abstracted in [www.cababstractsplus.org/abstracts/Abstract.aspx?AcNo=20053016597 this] Cabi Abstract.

You might also be interested in

Overdorf, Jason "Saving the Raja's horse: British horsewoman Francesca Kelly brings India's fiery Marwari to the United States in hopes of reviving the breed." Smithsonian June 01, 2004

Hope that helps.LeadSongDog come howl! 17:46, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Yale University Syllabus Browser

If anyone has access to Yale University's Central Authentication Service. I'd like the syllabus to "RLST 152 01 IntroNewTestamentHistory&Lit". The course was held in Spring 2009 in the Religious Studies department:

https://classesv2.yale.edu/portal/site/!gateway/page/d780d746-3438-4060-8003-e0c82dd91ca2

The course on Open Yale Courses seems to omit the syllabus, so I'm getting a kind of an incomplete feel for the course...

Thanks in advance. --ION123456 (talk) 21:57, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Federal News Service (or alternate source of "Inside Washington" transcripts)

I'm looking for the transcript of the July 8, 1995 broadcast of the "Inside Washington" discussion program. Thanks in advance.--Drrll (talk) 19:27, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

The National Police Gazette

I'm trying to figure out if this new Police Gazette is real or not that this user is claiming is still being published. The article previously had it listed as defunct and a new user change it to claim that it is still being published. When asked to source he added references back to the magazine itself. Another user believes this claim might be dubious and maybe a vandal and asked for my help. I'm looking for any "The National Police Gazette" magazine after 1983 and trying figure out if its affiliated with the original at all to prove that is actually not defunct. Thanks a ton!!!! --ZacBowling ^(user|talk) 04:08, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Bulletin for the History of Chemistry

One request from the German counterpart to this page. Does anybody have access to: Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, Number 11, Winter 1991.
Members of the American Chemical Society should have access here: http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mainzv/HIST/bulletin/bull91-3-num11.php --тнояsтеn ⇔ 10:18, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

April 2010

Closure of Wilson ELementary

Here is another one: "WILSON STUDENTS TO BE MOVED TO OTHER AREAS." Belleville News-Democrat. August 4, 2004. 8B. - I want to write more about Washington Park, Illinois - may I see the rest of the article? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 16:14, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Traditions Shattered by Cullen Center

And here is another request: "Traditions Shattered by Houston's Cullen Center." The Christian Science Monitor. July 5, 1963. Real Estate Start Page 10.

I am trying to do research for the Cullen Center article. Would someone mind posting this? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 18:54, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

• As a note, I have received other articles on the Cullen Center that have been helpful in building up that article, and I appreciate receiving them! I still would like to see the "traditions" article to check if there is anything else in that one. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:55, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

James Francis Shillito, FLS

Hello! March 22, 1995 James Francis Shillito, FLS, (born June 27 1906) has died somewhere in Sussex (Hastings and Rother). Is there anybody, who can figure out something about in Sussex newspapers, please? Any obituary or similar? Thank You very much, Doc Taxon (talk) 17:38, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

or maybe there are such entries in papers of the Linnean Society? But up to now I could not find anything... For any help I will be very grateful. Regards, Doc Taxon (talk) 07:09, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Not quite what you're after but he is listed here and here. Scholar also shows several of his publications. LeadSongDog come howl! 19:55, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

What I'm after? I am looking for the place of death ... Doc Taxon (talk) 18:14, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

You might try an inquiry of one of the society staff at http://linnean.org - I couldn't find any evidence of an obit, but they might have some info to refine your search. The library at the Linnean is open to the public. Their catalogue lists five papers by Shillito, who seems to have had a bent for biography, not just biology! LeadSongDog come howl! 18:59, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

June 2010

April 30, 2004 edition of Chronicle of Higher Education

I am looking for a copy of a College Presidential Search advertisement from the April 30, 2004 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education. It also appeared in the two subsequent editions, whatever those dates were. Specifically, I'm looking for the job description for the Presidency of Washington & Jefferson College. If someone has access to that, I'd like to incorporate that document's job description into List of Presidents of Washington & Jefferson College. For more information on the document that I am looking for, see the 2004 presidential search page. Thanks in advance!--GrapedApe (talk) 01:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Zygaenid moths of Australia: a revision of the Australian Zygaenidae

I'm looking for access to the monograph/book "Zygaenid moths of Australia: a revision of the Australian Zygaenidae", see http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/4791.htm and http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_display.asp?IID=276192. Part of it can be found on google books, but I would like to be able to read it all, since I am making species articles. Cheers and thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Renewable power

I'd like to read this article (not the whole issue, I hope) preferably in HTML, but PDF will usually sort-of work for me (on my phone....) Thanks in advance! 208.54.5.56 (talk) 19:22, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Here is the article. Please let me know when you've successfully downloaded the file.--droptone (talk) 19:48, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

July 2010

Hu Shih articles

I've been trying to find these references for Hun and po.

• Hu Shih, "The Concept of Immortality in Chinese Thought," Harvard Divinity School Bulletin (1946):26-43.
• Hu Shih, "The Indianization of China: A Case Study in Cultural Borrowing," in Independence, Convergence and Borrowing in Institutions, Thought, and Art, Harvard Tercentenary Publications (Harvard University Press, 1937).

Any help would be appreciated. Keahapana (talk) 01:21, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I have the second one for you (see your e-mail inbox). --тнояsтеn ⇔ 17:06, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Great! Thank you very much. Best wishes, Keahapana (talk) 19:24, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

White-winged Tit

Looking for a couple of references: Shyamal (talk) 11:39, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

• Hussain,SA; Tiwari,JK (1992) Status and distribution of White-winged Black Tit in Kachchh, Gujarat India. Bird Conserv. Intl. 1992(2):115-122.
• Tiwari,JK; Rahmani,AR (1997) The current status and biology of the White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis in Kutch, Gujarat, India. Forktail. 12:79-85.

I have the first one for you (see you e-mail). --тнояsтеn ⇔ 10:06, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

The second is from Forktail ISSN 0950-1746, OCLC 16862668 which journal is held in 19 major university and depository libraries. Both the authors were published in that journal in 1996, so the spelling of the author names is surely correct. Rahmani worked with the BNHS in 2006, he may still be there for email contact. One citation I found used the "Kachchh" spelling vice "Kutch" in the title. LeadSongDog come howl! 14:24, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again. Shyamal (talk) 10:48, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Bukit Timah Monkey Man

Hi, I've got this book in my list, but I can't access it as it isn't widely available. I just need page 189 (or if you can, up till page 198) of the book Extraordinary Animals Revisited by Karl Shuker (Google Books link). If you've found the resources, would you mind just alerting me at my talk page. Thanks for the help! AngChenrui (talk) 13:24, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I also need help accessing the articles:

1. "Condo dwellers alarmed by BTM sightings". The Straits Times (Singapore).

2. "Beware the BTM!" and "Myth or Make Believe, Our own Bigfoot?". The New Paper (Singapore) - Published sometime between 1994 to 1999. Thanks a lot! AngChenrui (talk) 13:58, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Himalayan Snowcock

Would help if these papers are available. Shyamal (talk) 13:50, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

• Potapov R. L. Adaptation to mountain conditions and evolution in snowcocks ( Tetraogallus sp. ). Gibier Faune Sauvage, 1992, 9:647-660.
• Mayers J. Studies of the ecology of Himalayan Snowcock (himalayensis) in Hunza. World Pheasant Assoc J, 1985, 10:72 — 86
• Ma L. The breeding ecology of the Himalayan snowcock ( Tetraogallus himalayensis) in the Tian Shan Mountains ( China). Gibier Faune Sauvage, 1992. 9:625-632

Percy Cyril Claude Garnham

• http://www.worldcat.org/title/obituaries-and-biographical-memoirs-of-fellows-of-the-royal-society-1830-2000/oclc/46608744
• http://www.worldcat.org/title/obituaries-and-biographical-memoirs-of-fellows-of-the-royal-society-1830-2002/oclc/52300983
• http://www.worldcat.org/title/obituaries-and-biographical-memoirs-of-fellows-of-the-royal-society-1830-2003/oclc/55727897

Hello! Can anyone look here for the death location of Percy Cyril Claude Garnham (1901-1994). It should be somewhere in Buckinghamshire? Please quote the entry about Garnham, thank You ... Doc Taxon (talk) 20:46, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

or possibly here:

• http://www.worldcat.org/title/medical-directory-1995-part-1-general-alphabetical-list-a-g-part-1-general-alphabetical-list-h-q-part-2-general-alphabetical-list-r-z/oclc/60276101

--Doc Taxon (talk) 07:18, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Shenxian zhuan

Are these references available?

1. Bumbacher, Stephan Peter. 2000. "On the Shenxian zhuan, Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques 54:729-814.
2. Penny, Benjamin. 1996. "The Text and Authorship of Shenxian zhuan," Journal of Oriental Studies 34:165-209.

Thanks for any help, Keahapana (talk) 22:54, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

no. 2 is in process, or have you already got it? Doc Taxon (talk) 17:21, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I just got it. Many thanks for your assistance. Best wishes, Keahapana (talk) 18:38, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Dave Meltzer, Junkyard Dog, and Who Dat?

I have been trying to locate a copy of the following book in order to verify a fact about the history of the Who Dat? sports chant.

• Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers by wrestling expert Dave Meltzer, ISBN 9781553660859[5]

The Who Dat? chant is now closely associated with the New Orleans Saints, but it has a long and complex history, including, apparently, use by fans of the professional wrestler Sylvester Ritter, aka Junkyard Dog, in the early 1980s. This connection has been mentioned at Talk:Who Dat?, but hasn't been verified in a reliable source and therefore hasn't been added to the article. A Google Books search implies that Meltzer's book includes text that would verify the connection.[6] Unfortunately, the Google Books search result provides only a hint of the text (without even a page number), and according to Worldcat the nearest library copy of this book is 400 miles away from me, so I have been unable to verify the information satisfactorily. I previously asked about this at Wikiproject Professional Wrestling and received no response[7], so this is probably a long shot. But, if anyone here has access to the relevant text and cite, it would be very helpful to the article. Thanks very much.--Arxiloxos (talk) 22:08, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

August 2010

Article from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia

There is a document that is the only source for the article on Sheltered Workshops, written by a phd who is currently employed at Notre Dame University in Australia. The article is: Treloar, Stephen Dr. (2002) "Models of vocational employment for ‘people with a disability’ in Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States of America". The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia. Retrieved on: August 6, 2007.

There is little material written on these types of programs. I'm in the US, relying on US searches. The article appears to have been written by a Brit, based on the spelling used. The subject of reliable sources is mentioned on the talk page. What to do? thanks, Moon Rising (talk) 01:19, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I believe the document you are looking for is available here. I have a copy - if you need it, just let me know and I'll send it your way. - Bilby (talk) 02:18, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Angolan python

I am very hoping that you are able to provide following:

• Logan, T. 1973: A note on the Attempted Breeding in Captive Python anchietae. in: Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, vol. 10, page 8 and maybe following.

I will be very grateful, if you can help me to get this article. Thank you very much in advance. Doc Taxon (talk) 08:01, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

In 1973, the Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa was ISSN 0441-6651, OCLC 499379207. It should be available in the British Library, St Pancras. It is also OCLC 318340363 at University of Frankfurt's Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, shelfmark SZq 2689. Good luck LeadSongDog come howl! 05:04, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

no, not in Frankfurt, not that volume! Doc Taxon (talk) 14:28, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

The White Game / Den vita sporten

Does someone have access to the archives of Varity. I would like to read an review of the Swedish documentary The White Game (Den vita sporten) published 15.10.1969 in an article about the Nordic film days in Loeeck. Thanks in advance. (Any other English review of the documentary would also be appreciated) P. S. Burton (talk) 21:18, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

If you can find the exact pages, I can make a request for the item.--droptone (talk) 17:02, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know the pages. P. S. Burton (talk) 21:47, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Jewish World Review

I've cleaned up much of the Douglas Macgregor article, but I haven't been able to find this source.

• Paul Greenberg, "A Tale of Two Colonels", Jewish World Review, 5 May 1999 (ISSN 1529-2487). Thanks. -Shootbamboo (talk) 10:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Does this work?--droptone (talk) 17:02, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The Holy Bible (album)

I have submitted this article for GA, but there are a number of references missing page numbers:

• Rees, Paul (August 1994), "Richey Manic: The Truth", Kerrang! (Bauer Media Group)
• "Manic Depression", Melody Maker (IPC Media), 6 August 1994 - alternative sourcing could be used
• Oh, Aaah, Street Preach-ah", Melody Maker (IPC Media), 10 December 1994 - alternative sourcing could be used
• Holy Bible Album Review, Price, Simon (27 August 1994), Melody Maker (IPC Media)
• Melody Maker top 100 albums of all time", Melody Maker (IPC Media), 5 January 2000
• List of all-time great rock albums, Kerrang! (Bauer Media Group), 19 February 2005

This one has a page number, but is missing the name of the person who wrote the piece:

• "Manic Street Preachers: Their Design for Life Without Richey", NME (IPC Media): 30, 11 May 1996

Many thanks in advance if you are able to help --FormerIP (talk) 10:49, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Operation Parallax / Cash Peters - Sunday Times

The article on Cash Peters says that an April Fool joke he executed on a London radio show about two Thursdays being cancelled to bring the UK calendar in line with the rest of the world "was subsequently nominated by The Sunday Times as one of the top ten April Fool's jokes of all time". Does anyone have access through the paywall to help source this? Bencherlite^Talk 10:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

This is the only info I could find. I do not have access to the Sunday Times though.--droptone (talk) 17:02, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Ethanol data page

I wonder if anyone had access to definitive data for both flash point and freezing point that could be added to this very useful page?
Thanks and regards, Wayne

The freezing point is at -114 °C (listed as melting point in the article which is the same). Flash point is at 13 °C and also mentioned in the infobox (see "hazards"). Or are you looking for references? Then have a look at Wikipedia:Chemical infobox#References. --тнояsтеn ⇔ 07:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

John Robert Radclive

I'm planning to write an article on John Robert Radclive (also known as Radcliffe) (the first Canadian hangman who also lost his mind after hanging a corpse).

I'm looking for the following pages from official reports/debates of House of Commons,Parliament in Canada. (The OCLC given doesn't seem to be correct.)

• page 1959 of this 1916 book

• page 1764-1766 of this 1915 book which is the same as this one

If possible, also the conversation of Radcliffe, the hangman, published in the Maritime Baptist of 9th October, 1912.

I'm also looking for several articles in in which Radclive/Radcliffe is mentioned:

• a 1906, 1909 interview with the Starr
• a 1906 headline Hangman Radcliffe a Nervous Wreck
• a 1910 interview with the Telegram
• a 1910 editorial with The Globe

I'd appreciate any historic interview/editorials on Radclive...I've searched a few databases myself to no avail=(. Smallman12q (talk) 21:55, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Re the first, at this Hathitrust image we see p.1959 is from volume 2 of 1916 Hansard Debates, and that it is public domain when viewed in the US. Re the second, we see here that pp.1764-6 are from vol 2 of 1915 Hansard Debates. The newspapers should be available at least from microfilm in major Canadian libraries. There is some material on "John Robert Radclive" in google news archives, including this and this. It is clearly a pseudonym, akin to "John Law" though less widely known. He is briefly quoted here as having "said that visions of the prisoners he hanged between 1892 and 1910 'haunt me and taunt me until I am nearly crazy'". The archives at [8] may also be helpful, though you may need to register to use them. Good luck. LeadSongDog come howl! 19:10, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

You may also find this helpful too.LeadSongDog come howl! 19:23, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Inmate tent camps

I'm trying to do research on the Coffield Unit and several other area prisons.

The article is

• Hoppe, Christy. "Inmates bitter over tent camps Nonviolent offenders ease housing, clean public parks." The Dallas Morning News. June 5, 1994.

I particularly want to see how it relates to the Cayuga School, which is mentioned somewhere in the document. I would like the full document because the concept of the tent camps and how they developed could be inserted in those articles. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

September 2010

Development of the insulin unit (copy request)

Moved from: Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science#Development_of_the_insulin_unit_.28copy_request.29
--Seren-dipper (talk) 17:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Is there anyone here who would be so kind as to help me with a PDF-COPY of this article?

Scheller JC, Galloway JA (1975). "The development of the insulin unit". Am J Pharm Sci Support Public Health. 147 (1): 29–32. ISSN 0002-9467. PMID 1091154.

(I have very limited means and no affiliation to any library or institution who could help me).
--Seren-dipper(email me) (Optimistic and Hopeful :-) 13:13, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request is the place for requesting such things. You should probably include the URL of this page, or that of another subscription site where the work can be found, in your request to save people the trouble of searching. Deor (talk) 14:24, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! I did not know of WP:REX. I will now move this request (t)here. :-)
--Seren-dipper (talk) 17:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately I myself do not know in which database(s) this article may be found.
Could you please help me?
--Seren-dipper (talk) 19:09, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Kirkus Reviews -- Fledgling Jason Steed

http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/childrens-books/mark-cooper/fledgling-2/ is being cited to establish notability at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jason Steed (Young adult novels). Can anyone verify that it says what's being claimed? Thanks. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:09, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

I have access, and it is a regular full review there, and concludes with the evaluation "Well constructed, full of adolescent wish-fulfillment and almost believable, this is an undemanding page-turner in the spirit of Alex Rider and Co. that will appeal to parents as well as kids. Let the sequels begin." BTW, I consider Kirkus a selective professional book review service, very widely relied on by librarians,and a RS for notability of a book-- in conjunction with another RS review. DGG ( talk ) 22:43, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

The president who proved the medical guidelines wrong — by playing golf

I remember reading about this, not too long ago, but now I am unable to find the details. (I hope WP:RX is an appropriate place for this request).

What I remember is: There was a President of the United States who had had some kind of heart condition for which he received medical attention. Afterwards he was told that he had to refrain from every kind of physical exertion, for a long time, while recuperating, or else it would probably kill him. The advice was along the standard medical guidelines at the time. It therefore really worried his physicians when he completely refused to give up his weekly rounds of golf.
Surprisingly, he did not only survive, but made a remarkable quick recovery. So much so that subsequently the guidelines was changed from warning against physical exercise into, now, encouraging it.

Now I wonder:

1. Which US president was it? (May it have been Gerald Ford?)
2. When did this incident happen?
3. Was he acting or former president at the time?
4. Exactly what was the condition? (a heart attack? bypass surgery?)
5. How long did it take, after the incident, before the official treatment guidelines was changed?
6. Has this story been published in any acclaimed scientific biomedical journal?

--Seren-dipper (talk) 06:06, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

RS reviews - Fledgling: Jason Steed

Could someone please help by suggesting where to look for RS reviews of this new Young Adult book. It has been reviewed positively by Kirkus, but needs at least one other RS review. As I'm not sure what RS means, I am a bit stuck. Is this one any good? [9] It seems to be an independent website full of teen book reviews - good, bad and indifferent - rather than a blog.--Itshayfevertime (talk) 06:06, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Well, you may have been unsure about "degree of reliability", but if you were asking for the meaning of the abbreviation: "RS", then:
In Wikipedia, RS can refer to the policy requiring the use of reliable sources.
--Seren-dipper (talk) 04:18, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Sally Pero / Equalizers

In a paper by Sidney Darlington it is mentioned that Sally Pero (nee Sally Pero Mead) may have been the first person to build an equalizer. I am trying to get a date for this which Darlington unfortunatley does not give. We are talking ATT here so the publication platform is likely the Bell System Technical Journal. If someone can find the index to this, please let me know when (or if) she published. The invention was in connection with submarine telegraph cables so the time-frame is early 20th century, maybe 1920ish. SpinningSpark 17:01, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Check http://crinklydoodle.com/bstj/papers.php . There are three papers by Sallie Pero Mead:

• Wave Propagation Over Parallel Tubular Conductors: The Alternating Current Resistance (April 1925, Vol. IV, Issue 2, Page 327)
• Phase Distortion and Phase Distortion Correction (April 1928, Vol. VII, Issue 2, Page 195)
• Mutual Impedances of Parallel Wires (July 1935, Vol. XIV, Issue 3, Page 509)

--тнояsтеn ⇔ 18:11, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

The second one is the relevant subject. It seems to be a later development than the one Darlington describes judging by the abstract, but maybe she gives a date of the earlier device in the paper. SpinningSpark 23:52, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

See OCLC 25514710 for a reprint avail at Gallaudet University Library in Washington, D.C. LeadSongDog come howl! 03:07, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Are you saying I can see that online? I could not work it out. SpinningSpark 13:28, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

No, it is available at this library's general stack, see http://aquadev.wrlc.org/?skin=ga&q=pero+mead --тнояsтеn ⇔ 12:28, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Joseph Merrick

I'd appreciate copies of the following articles, if anyone can help:

• Cohen, M. M., Optiz, J. M. and Reynolds, J. F. (1988), Further diagnostic thoughts about the elephant man. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 29: 777–782. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320290407
• Cohen, M. M. (1988), Understanding Proteus syndrome, unmasking the elephant man, and stemming elephant fever. Neurofibromatosis, 1(5-6):260-80. PMID: 3152479
• Ablon, Joan (June 1995) ‘The Elephant Man’ as ‘self’ and ‘other’: The psycho-social costs of a misdiagnosis . Social Science & Medicine, Volume 40, Issue 11, pages 1481-1489 doi:10.1016/0277-9536(94)00356-X

Thanks, --BelovedFreak 14:00, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Number 1 and 3 are on the way to you (see your e-mail inbox). --тнояsтеn ⇔ 14:10, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I've received them - thanks very much!--BelovedFreak 14:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

1980 Constitution of Cabe Verde

Can anyone provide me a copy of Cape Verde's 1980 constitution? I need specifically the articles that describe the national symbols, to clarify the issue being discussed at Talk:National emblem of Cape Verde. Thanks! --Waldir ^talk 08:36, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Ten U.S. and UK libraries have one of the four books containing it. See here on worldcat.LeadSongDog come howl! 02:48, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I live in Portugal and am currently in Spain; in neither of these countries worldcat found libraries with these books... :( --Waldir ^talk 20:15, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Jewish Law Annual 1989 (volume 8)

Does anyone have access (preferably electronic) to this publication? If so, please could you drop me a line? Thanks! ╟─TreasuryTag►prorogation─╢ 22:20, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

"Hunt is on for escaped killer"

I found:

• Ward, Mike. "Hunt is on for escaped killer." Austin American-Statesman. June 29, 1999. A1.

Google News has the text: "Despite Jones' escape from what was touted as Texas' ``super max prison -- the most secure of all 112 units and the prototype for four more high-security[...]"

Who is "Jones"? And what prison did he escape from? WhisperToMe (talk) 04:58, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

I've put a copy of the article here. Let me know when you've got it. Dr pda (talk) 23:50, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

1975-07-16 issue of Chemical Weekly

A trade magazine, with an article quoting the Chair of the Board of DuPont, denying ozone depletion. -- Jeandré, 2010-09-18t07:19z

Gay and Gay, Encyclopedia of political anarchy, ABC-CLIO 1999 article spanning pp61-2

Gay and Gay, Encyclopedia of political anarchy, ABC-CLIO 1999 (ISBN 0-87436-982-7) has an article of interest with at least two pages over pp61-62. If someone has access, could they determine if the article is signed, or not signed, and provide a copy of the article? Google Books Snippets doesn't provide adequate context to substantiate or deny an editorial point. Fifelfoo (talk) 05:35, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Atlanta Journal Constitution and Lexington Herald-Leader:Lester Coleman

There are two sources that talk about another conviction Lester Coleman has:

"COLEMAN SOUGHT IN PROBATION VIOLATION, TALK-SHOW HOST NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE KY." Lexington Herald-Leader. August 24, 2002. C1 City&Region.

and

"CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Outlandish claims can hit close to home." Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 30, 2000. C5.

Some text inside: "... of the theory's primary author a man by the name of Lester Knox Coleman ... Coleman has since been convicted of federal charges of perjury and state ... "

I would like to have the entire article for both of those sources. I am doing research on Lester Coleman.

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 16:47, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

I've put a copy of the second article here. Let me know when you've got it. Dr pda (talk) 23:50, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

I got the 2nd article now. Thank you very much! WhisperToMe (talk) 18:11, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

October 2010

More Lester Coleman resource requests: Chicago Tribune, Lexington Herald Leader

• "DID DEFENDANT PASS FRAUDULENT CHECKS? JURY TO DECIDE CASE FILLED WITH TWISTS, TURNS." Lexington Herald-Leader. March 16, 2000. B1 City & Region.
• O'Connor, Matt. "PASSPORT FRAUD, WEB OF LIES SNARE EX-U.S. INFORMANT." Chicago Tribune. September 9, 1997. Metro Chicago Start Page 5.

WhisperToMe (talk) 19:01, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Dorman (1945)

In Coates (2005) Notes and queries p. 171 [doi=10.1093/notesj/gji207] (which I have a copy of) he cites Bernard E. Dorman, The Story of Ely and its Cathedral, 1st edn (Ely: Mason and Dorman Ltd., 1945), 3. Is there a copy of that edition of Dorman available for download? Specifically, I am looking for anywhere (in Dorman's book) that Dorman uses the term roddens [sic], which in this context is a geographical feature (see roddon) not a surname. Thank you in advance --Senra (Talk) 14:35, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Maybe not for download, but here are 23 libraries that have in in North America and in Britain. Perhaps one is close enough for you to visit? If not, we might be able to find someone who can do so for you. LeadSongDog come howl! 20:20, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

OK, fair enough. I thought it might be available for download - thanks for looking --Senra (Talk) 23:40, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Two Pterophoridae articles

Resolved

I am looking for access to: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a922468225~db=all~jumptype=rss Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species and http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a919783680~frm=titlelink?words=pterophoridae A taxonomic review of the genus Nippoptilia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with description of a new species. Any help appreciated! Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 15:04, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Both articles are on their way to you. --тнояsтеn ⇔ 15:09, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Peritia

I need http://brepols.metapress.com/content/t26056893u1m2332/ for a number of biographies, including Ivar of Limerick, Maccus mac Arailt, Gofraid mac Arailt, Ivar of Waterford, and Echmarcach mac Ragnaill. From the same journal [10], [11], [12], [13], and [14] would also all be helpful to various articles, including Kingdom of Dublin, History of Dublin, History of Limerick, History of Waterford, Cormac mac Cuilennáin, Irish genealogy, Psalter of Cashel (in the creation of), and so on. But I only need the first article for those biographies. Thank you for any help! DinDraithou (talk) 18:12, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

That journal is carried in 92 libraries. Perhaps one is close to you? LeadSongDog come howl! 20:37, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, but unfortunately the nearest are over 40 miles away and in Washington, D.C., meaning they're at least an hour and a half away. I currently live in a rural area in one of the neighboring states. So I was hoping I could get the pdf(s), from someone with an institutional login, and then share them with my very small community here. Not one American university appears on this online publisher's list. A friend I have in England tried but his scientific institution does not pay for access to all the history stuff. DinDraithou (talk) 21:18, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

I see a great many US universities listed, including Georgetown, Catholic University of America, and UVa Charlottesville. On the WorldCat page, just put your Zip Code where it asks for a location, and it will list them by proximity to you. Or you might just ask at your public library if they can get it on ILL.LeadSongDog come howl! 07:12, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

The first two you mention are the ones I was referring to in Washington, D.C. By no American universities listed I mean at the online publisher's website, who have the files. Considering it would cost me a whole day going into Washington, getting it all done, and then going out, it will be cheaper to pay for access to one or two of the pdfs, approximately $30 apiece after fees, and leave the rest for later. DinDraithou (talk) 14:45, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

More Lester Coleman stuff: Lexington Herald

• "EX-DRUG AGENT'S SUIT IS THROWN OUT OF COURT, COLEMAN KNOWN FOR PLANE-CRASH THEORY." Lexington Herald-Leader April 24, 2004 - B3 City&Region
• "CONSPIRACY THEORIST SUES GOVERNMENTS AND PROSECUTOR, PRISON TERM VIOLATED HIS RIGHTS, HE SAYS." Lexington Herald-Leader. April 20, 2004 - B4 City&Region

And my request for the following is still outstanding:

"COLEMAN SOUGHT IN PROBATION VIOLATION, TALK-SHOW HOST NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE KY." Lexington Herald-Leader. August 24, 2002. C1 City&Region.

WhisperToMe (talk) 01:37, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Articles from Science Magazine Classic (1880-1996)

Could you please help me with PDFs of these three:

1. Tversky and Kahneman (1974). "Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases" (PDF). Science. 185 (4157): 1124–1131. doi:10.1126/science.185.4157.1124.

1. Tversky and Kahneman (1981). "The framing of decisions and the psychology of choice" (PDF). Science. 211 (4481): 453–458. doi:10.1126/science.7455683.

1. Gerich; et al. (1973). "Lack of Glucagon Response to Hypoglycemia in Diabetes: Evidence for an Intrinsic Pancreatic Alpha Cell Defect" (PDF). Science. 182 (4108): 171–173. doi:10.1126/science.182.4108.171. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)

--Seren-dipper(E-mail to)03:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)