Buddy Holly Rq

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4. My collection development teacher keeps talking about the journal “RQ”, but the library doesn’t have a current subscription. Where can I find it? (3) I assumed the question referred to the physical copy subscription to this publication, but just to be sure I wanted to verify that there was not, in fact, a physical copy in the catalog. I searched the UT OPAC to find that it had been moved into storage, and that we do not have a current copy or subscription. Our online subscription ends in 1997. So I turned to WorldCat to search for somewhere that might carry this publication. In my search in WorldCat I discovered that much was the same, and that Hodges Library was listed as carrying the journal. So I did a quick google search of RQ and …show more content…

So I turned to the History collection. I tried the American Memory database and searched using “buddy holly” and got no results. Next I searched Historical Abstracts with Full Text using the same search terms “buddy holly,” and got two results. After striking out with “Rave On: The Biography of Buddy Holly (Book),” 2000, I turned to “Buddy Holly,” 2009, but struck out again [13, 14]. Next I turned to New York Times: ProQuest Historical Newspapers database, thinking reports of his death would have his full name. I searched “Buddy Holly” on date 1959, and chose the second result, “Iowa Air Crash Kills 3 Singers,” 1959, but the article failed to mention the musician's real name …show more content…

I then tried changing the terms entirely to “folklore,” “legends,” “wolves,” but was still coming up short. Finally I changed from searching the UT OPAC to searching Worldcat for materials. Very quickly, searching all keywords as, “native american” and “wolves” and “folklore,” I was able to find White wolf woman: Native American transformation myths, 1992 [19]. The book, available in both print and electronic formats, contains a collection of thirty-seven myths and stories form the oral tradition of Native American tribal groups. Eight total stories are specifically focused on wolves. Though this book only contains transformative myths, it is a large portion of the interest area I have in this topic regarding wolves, and therefore immediately relevant. The book however, extends far beyond the area of my interest including stories about bears, snakes, and other animals revered by Native