Mann Reference Question Examples
Although Mann's collection focuses on agriculture, life sciences and social sciences, reference librarians and staff are trained to help with a wide variety of questions. Whether you are beginning a research project or just have a question, we can help. Here are some examples of the kinds of questions that we can answer:
- Can you help me find information on nesting habits of the red winged black bird?
- I keep trying to open up the CU Library Catalog from my computer at home and I keep getting
error messages. What do I do? - I have a citation to an article and I cannot find the article anywhere. Can you help me?
- I am looking for information on Sickle Cell Anemia. Can you give me some suggestions on
resources? - What is and how do you spell the full name of the bird illustrator Fuertes?
- I am looking for a particular FAO document. Do you have any of these at Mann?
- I am looking for statistics put out by the USDA. I understand that you have some sort of
USDA statistics service. Where is it and can you tell me about it? - I received the error message "Connection refused by foreign host". What does this mean?
- What are the hours for the Entomology Library?
- I need basic information about an enzyme. Do you have a resource that will have this
information? - I heard a really interesting interview on NPR's Morning Edition last week. Can I get a copy of
that interview? - I am just starting my research on office ergonomics. Where should I start?
- How do I open a .pdf (Acrobat Reader) file?
- I am looking for a quote about mountains by John Muir. Can you help me locate it?
- I am looking for graduate schools that have programs in human ecology. How do I do this?
- I need newspaper articles about tobacco company lawsuits. Where do I get some?
- How do I get in contact with the governor of New York?
- I need data on the climate in various places in New York. Do you have access to this data?
- Do you how I can get in touch with Ithaca's Ecovillage?
