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October 2020

Article in a 2003 issue of TV magazine Radio Times

  • (can't figure out how to do a citation here) - the article seemingly titled "monster magic" on pg. 38 of the 6 November 2003 issue (issue no. 4156) of Radio Times; it seems to be an article about this TV series and since sources are hard to come by, will probably be useful. It exists as per these; 1, 2.

For Sea Monsters (TV series)

Thanks, Ichthyovenator (talk) 13:56, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Ichthyovenator, how confident are you in the page number? I asked for pages 37–39, and my library claims they couldn't find it in the page range. The first link you provided says "Monster magic: page 38", but it also says "Appears in: Issue 4156, 6 November 2003, Page 78". It seems as if the text on the website is a transcription of (part of) what appears on page 78 of the 6 November 2003 issue. Do you understand "Monster magic: page 38" to be referring to another page in the same issue of Radio Times? Considering that it follows a reference to "(S) BBC BOOK: Sea Monsters, now available price £17.99", could "Monster magic: page 38" be referring to a page of the BBC book instead? --Usernameunique (talk) 09:19, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Usernameunique I am so sorry for not responding to your earlier response more than a month ago - I don't know how I managed to miss it. I am very thankful for your efforts to attempt locating this quite obcure source. As for the page number, your guess is as good as mine if it's correct, I'm just going off based of what the site says (though I'm fairly confident that it's not from the BBC book and indeed from an article titled "Monster magic" in the magazine - no heading or section by that name exist in the book to my knowledge). Ichthyovenator (talk) 13:09, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Usernameunique: You said you'd try to ILL it again; any word? —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:19, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Compassionate727, it's "Awaiting Unfilled Processing" as of February 26, which means that the first library they tried can't fulfill it. They might try another library—seems like the issue is held by a number of them—but I'm not sure. I'll let you know when i hear more. --Usernameunique (talk) 19:23, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Compassionate727 & Ichthyovenator, no luck, unfortunately. After sending the request out for a second time, my library cancelled it, saying they were unable to find a library with it. --Usernameunique (talk) 18:09, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique Considering how difficult it appears to be to track down this magazine article perhaps I could retract my request for it here (not sure how the process works)? I have no idea what they wrote about the TV series in the magazine and any reliable source would be helpful in beefing up the Wikipedia article further, but I'm not sure if whatever they wrote is going to be worth your efforts and seemingly needlessly (it appears the source truly has gone up in smoke) wasting your time. Ichthyovenator (talk) 19:52, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Ichthyovenator: If you would like to withdraw your request, just tag it with {{Withdrawn}}. But perhaps you should wait to see if Usernameunique has any other ideas. —Bruce1eetalk 20:46, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ichthyovenator & Bruce1ee, I've sent an email to the BBC Genome team, asking if they can provide any more information about what exactly appears on page 38; I doubt they'll be able to send a scan of the page itself, but hopefully that can say whether it is an article, blurb, or something else. After that, my next thought would be to reach out to libraries directly and ask them to check their holdings. And no worries about the effort involved—I've gone to great efforts myself to track down information that barely warrants a footnote in an article, so empathize with the desire to find this. --Usernameunique (talk) 21:27, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique As long as you're fine with continuing the search you're welcome to do so; here's hoping the source will actually be useful if you manage to find it! It's clearly difficult to track down - if you run into a dead end or feel like stopping just let me know and we can call it off. Ichthyovenator (talk) 17:16, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

December 2020

Few Iranica entries

I would like to get several articles from the newest fascicle of the Enc Iranica (6).[1]-[2]

  • Khorasan x. History in the Safavid and Afsharid Periods (by Kioumars Ghereghlou)
  • Khorasan xi. History in the Qajar and Pahlavi Periods (by Yousef Motavalli Haghighi)
  • Khorasan xiii. Khorasan in Modern Islamist Ideology (by Amin Tarzi)
  • Khorasan xiv. Ethnology of Qajar and Pahlavi Khorasan (by Pierre Oberling)

Would help me alot in writing quite a few key articles pertaining to Iran, Central Asia and beyond.

- LouisAragon (talk) 20:05, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@LouisAragon: Requested the other three via ILL. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:28, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IFPI Global Music Report 2020

  • "Global Music Report 2020". London: IFPI. 2020. OCLC 950467517. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

For de:Italienische populäre Musik

I asked this already one year ago, sadly without getting a reply. But I still need the report and can't find it anywhere. Apparently, there is a number of libraries in UK and US that have the report, so maybe someone can access it (but: the IFPI only allows citing if the institution got an external-use license). I need the section about Italy. Would be highly appreciated!

Thanks, XanonymusX (talk) 13:18, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

XanonymusX, I tried ILLing this without any luck. I also reached out via online chat to the NYU and Harvard libraries, which have the report (Harvard doesn't have 2020 yet), but are only providing them to current affiliates at this time. The Harvard librarian suggested a) reaching out to the IFPI directly, as they *might* be willing to spot you one page (they might be even more likely if an older page would work, like from the 2019 report), and b) reaching out to the Berklee College of Music librarian listed here, as they have the current report and, again, *might* be willing to send you a page.
There are enough well-known institutions with electronic and/or hard copies of the report (NYU, Harvard, USC, Stanford, etc.), that another possibility would be finding a current affiliate of one of those institutions; many if not most of them could likely either access it online via a database, or have their school scan and email it. One option would be to reach out directly to people listed at:
Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Harvard University
Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: New York University
Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Stanford University
Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Southern California
The caveat is that most of these are likely to be alums who no longer have the access they once had. (Looking through the userpages might give you a better idea of who's an alum and who's a current affiliate.)
A third suggestion would simply be to chat up more librarians at the libraries listed on WorldCat. Perhaps the answer 9 times out of 10 will be that only current affiliates have access, but if that's the case, it only takes asking 10 times before you find what you're looking for.
Fourth, there might be a better chance of ILLing this once the world returns to normal. --Usernameunique (talk) 20:44, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the effort! I have just sent an email to the Berklee librarian (from my student email account, maybe that helps). Will try some others if this one doesn’t work. The music industry isn’t exactly the best ally of free knowledge, so asking the IFPI directly seems hopeless to me. Of course the issue is that the data would need to be updated every year with the new report, so an easy way to have “permanent” access would be ideal. Let’s see what I’ll achieve! Regards, XanonymusX (talk) 21:11, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
XanonymusX, any luck? --Usernameunique (talk) 19:03, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I have indeed not received the ping! The Berklee librarian has answered after two weeks, but unfortunately same issue there, only for registered students. I have not yet decided which institution to try next, maybe I’ll give the UK ones a try next week. —XanonymusX (talk) 20:57, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ijmusic, I see you are at Berklee. Is there any chance you might be be able to help out? The report can be accessed at this link, by clicking on "2020 Report" under the heading "IFPI's Global Music Report". Cheers, --Usernameunique (talk) 03:20, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@XanonymusX: Requested via ILL because there is no reason not to, but I doubt I'll have any more success than Usernameunique did. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:34, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
XanonymusX, per the messages here and here, it looks like you should get able to get the pages in question. Let us know when you get them. Also giving Compassionate727 a heads up, given the pending ILL request. --Usernameunique (talk) 22:41, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, thank you all so much, I have received the Italy report now! :) Funnily, exactly one day before the release of the 2021 Report (according to IFPI). I will make my long-awaited updates now. Regards, XanonymusX (talk) 23:11, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[Rare UK] Boy Scouts and What They Do

  • Boy Scouts and What They Do: As illustrated at the Imperial Scout Exhibition and Rally held in Birmingham, July, 1913. London: Oldfields. 1913. OCLC 52336898.

For Imperial Scout Exhibition & others.

Neither IA nor Google Books have it; even ABE has no copies. There's a copy on eBay, but at a silly price. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:03, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Andy Mabbett: According to WorldCat, Boston University Mugar Memorial Library has a copy. —Bruce1eetalk 12:47, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks; I'm a long way from Boston MA. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:38, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
... but hopefully there is someone closer who can help you. —Bruce1eetalk 00:36, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Pigsonthewing, I almost put in an ILL request, but then realized that the Boston copy is "Not loanable." (It looks like the British Library has one or two copies, though a loan from there would also be unlikely. OCLC 559550034, 752740531) But the work is cited in a book (n.18) by Tammy M. Proctor (contact info), and another (n.4) by John C. Mitcham (contact info). Admittedly the odds aren't great, but perhaps you could try reaching out to them, and see how they came about it. --Usernameunique (talk) 05:52, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Pigsonthewing, I see the copy on eBay sold. I don't suppose you were the one who picked it up? --Usernameunique (talk) 19:30, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No; like I said, it was a silly price. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:56, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough, I just figured that sometimes people do silly things. Here's a 2017 article that takes extensively from the book, including a number of photographs. It's written by Marek Popiel, who is the editor-in-chief of the magazine (source). Pigsonthewing, If I were you, I would reach out via the first email on the magazine's contact page; it's a recent article and has clearly digitized part of the Boy Scouts and What They Do book, so he may well have a scanned copy. --Usernameunique (talk) 14:48, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Pigsonthewing: Requested via ILL because why not, but I'm not optimistic about obtaining it. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:38, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

January 2021

Oricon weekly #1 singles from 1993-2004

This is to be able to create the redlinks found in the Number-one singles in Japan template. According to Worldcat, this book is found in the Yale University Library and the National Diet Library (in Japan). I don't have access to either of those. I don't know page numbers, and it will be a lot of them as I need the weekly #1 singles for every week within 1993-2004 to be able to create the articles.

Thanks for any help! Please ping me on any reply. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:04, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nihonjoe, 17 articles appear to use this work as a reference. Pinging the users who added them, in the hope that someone can assist. Incidentally, it looks like you added this as a source to three articles; how were you able to obtain the work then?
--Usernameunique (talk) 20:22, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Usernameunique: I had access to it for a brief time, but I no longer have access to it (and no way to regain access at this time). I was remembering a different book used for a different set of refs. For these ones, the reference indicates that the cited site uses this book as a reference. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Good point, Nihonjoe—I didn't read that closely. --Usernameunique (talk) 02:22, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Following up: Anyone with access to Yale University Library (or the National Diet Library in Tokyo) willing to help out with this project? Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:34, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
CiNii record (holding libraries: The University of Kitakyushu Library, Tokiwa University Media and Information Technology Center, General Library Yamaguchi University, Kobe Gakuin University Library Arisekan, Setsunan University Library, Tokyo University of Technology Media Center). — Pajz (talk) 01:50, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Nihonjoe: Requested via ILL, but this seems like a long shot. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:46, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Compassionate727: Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:12, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Nihonjoe: Yeah, I couldn't get this. Sorry. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 04:23, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Compassionate727: Thanks for trying. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:06, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. I used the refs for KM articles based on forum archives of someone who allegedly bought the 1968–2005 book and posted the highest ranks per artists by request (the thread has been archived). Most of them are Western artists. I know it's not that reliable as a source but this is the only way for me to have access to the book. Here's the link if you're interested. Damian Vo (talk) 06:40, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Damian Vo. Nihonjoe, that user last posted on the forum in November 2020, so sending a message through there might work. --Usernameunique (talk) 06:44, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Glad that I could help. Sorry for the late reply, I must have missed the notification earlier this year. Damian Vo (talk) 06:55, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not at all, Damian Vo. I had a number of failed pings at the time, and this one probably didn't fire—possibly because I signed the comment in a separate paragraph from the ping. --Usernameunique (talk) 19:05, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CharaBiz (Japanese language) sources for List of highest-grossing media franchises

For List of highest-grossing media franchises

Thanks, Maestro2016 (talk) 20:02, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Maestro2016: Trying to obtain 20 separate sources via ILL is… quite a burden. Is there no other way you could obtain this data? —Compassionate727 (T·C) 16:42, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think the website should contain much of the data. If we can just access the website, that should be good enough for now. Maestro2016 (talk) 17:12, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian Review

For Second Battle of Oituz

The google preview (at least via the search) yields a text beginning

November 10 is the date of the second great battle of Oituz , right in the area of action of the mentioned group . The fights lasted until November 15 , 1916 , and the initiative belonged to the Romanian army . During November 11 , 12 , and 13, the strategic detachments of the “ Oituz " group attacked the enemy on all six main directions , in order to provoke heavy losses and to prevent them from transferring any other reinforcement from that point to other sectors of the front. The adversaries attacked and counterattacked constantly , until November 16 , when the " Oituz " group switched to a strategy of defence , on the entire front line . After more than one month of continuous military actions , the defenders of the pass of Oituz practically locked up this region , and defeated the enemy ' s plans to pierce the Romanian front towards the South of Moldavia . (page 123) The valley of Olt was also taken into account by the enemy HQ , as a possible piercing point through the Carpathian barrier , as the region had a huge traffic potential , in favour of the troops rapidly advancing on the highway and railway. Moreover, the valley offered good conditions for actions of encircling particularly on the valleys open towards the Olt . The " Krafft " group was created for this mission , and it consisted of 20 battalions and 16 artillery batteries . Its main mission was to resume the attacks on the route of Curtea de Arges - Piteşti . The area was defended by the 1st Romanian Army Corps , namely by the 13th and 23rd infantry divisions , the 1st cavalry brigade , 33 infantry battalions , 6 cavalry squadrons , and 28 artillery batteries . There was a machine - gun ratio with the enemy of 2 . 2 to 1 , and they had a machine gun for each of their combat unit , besides its 12 mountain artillery batteries . The Romanian troops , though , had only 3 mountain artillery batteries , and no machine - gun . On October 14 , the Romanian troops were on defending positions , with the 23 infantry division placed east of the river Olt , 2 km west of the Negoiu peak and the town of Cîineni . The 13th infantry division stood west of Olt , and was spread until the Pietrosul peak . The 1st Army Corps had one squadron and 3 pioneer companies as reserve . In its first stage , the offensive plan of the German and Austrian - Hungarian troops was to open the pass of Turnu Roşu and to penetrate the territory up to Curtea de Argeş , through a front attack , and to outflank on both sides the 1st Romanian

on p. 122–123. This is clearly about this battle, but I am unable to see anything further. I'd like the have the given page, and any subsequent/preceding pages that refer to this as well.

Thanks, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 02:56, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RandomCanadian, one thing that would be helpful to do is to click on "Report an Issue" at the bottom of the Google Books page, select "I have a question or feedback about a book," and ask them for the citation information of that passage. They typically respond within a couple days, and should be able to tell you the issue, date, author, article title, and page range. --Usernameunique (talk) 03:02, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
RandomCanadian, I was able to expand your quote using my Google Books magic powers. (t · c) buidhe 04:33, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Buidhe: Thanks! This is far more interesting (at least from the NPOV side of things, as now I am not just dealing with German sources); although the bit that is relevant to the battle is only the first few sentences - reading the text it appears like it is a continuation of something coming before, so I've gone ahead via the route Username suggested. Hopefully there's more to it (though I can't be sure as it appears to give an outlook on a far larger scale than what I'm looking far). RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:09, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
RandomCanadian, did you get any further information from Google? --Usernameunique (talk) 20:28, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Usernameunique: Somehow I missed the ping. I tried, but apparently, despite me explicitly asking for citation information, the request was misconstrued as a request to make this available for online view... So nothing on that front so far, although I have sent a clarified request and am awaiting a response. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 16:27, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@RandomCanadian: Any word? —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:50, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Compassionate727 & RandomCanadian, just FYI, my library said they would retrieve their copy and take a look; I'm reasonably confident that I'll be able to get this one. --Usernameunique (talk) 20:13, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Compassionate727: I tried but got the same response again so don't think it's worth pursuing there. @Usernameunique: Thanks! Tell me when you have further news. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:19, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
RandomCanadian, turns out my library is missing the issues in question—seems like it's in issue 1, 2, 3, or 4—but it has put in an ILL request. --Usernameunique (talk) 19:58, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Works Entwisle, Barbara

Good day. To work on The old-age-security hypothesis, I need these Brown University theses:

  • Entwisle, Barbara (1975), "The effect of pension programs on fertility: a replicative study"
  • Entwisle, Barbara (1980), "Education, pension programs, and fertility: a cross-national investigation, with special reference to the potential held by education and pension programs as fertility reduction policies"

--Vyacheslav84 (talk) 10:35, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to two previous requests to prevent duplication: 2019, 2020. Vyacheslav84, have you tried reaching out to Brown through any of the emails at their dissertation guide? Their archivist (Jennifer Betts), or the "archives@..." email address, might be good points of contact. --Usernameunique (talk) 14:26, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique Thank you, I wrote there and there. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 05:52, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, Vyacheslav84. Any word back? --Usernameunique (talk) 20:25, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 06:04, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique More precisely, they sent a request to the library website, I wrote it and sent it, after which there was silence. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 10:08, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique They sent a scan of the table of contents itself, but the whole work itself was not. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 07:13, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Vyacheslav84, are they able to scan any portions of them? --Usernameunique (talk) 21:57, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique Yes, but I suspect not all work. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 07:41, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Vyacheslav84: I have requested #2 via ILL. I would like you to convince me that #1 meets RS requirements before I order it, because master's theses as a rule do not unless they demonstrably had "significant scholarly influence." —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:55, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Compassionate727: Thank you so much! Well, I'm not sure if it will be useful, but maybe it will be useful. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 09:51, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Vyacheslav84: Regarding #2, I don't find "maybe it will be useful" sufficiently compelling. Per WP:SCHOLARSHIP, the burden is on you to demonstrate that the source is not merely useful but clearly reliable, as demonstrated by its being widely cited. In the meantime, #1 has arrived. However, the dissertation turns out to be almost 300 pages, a number which I cannot legally scan, and frankly don't want to, either. Please email me, and I will send you the table of contents so you can identify which sections will be most helpful. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 20:13, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Compassionate727: Ok, send the content of the work. How many pages do the conclusions from the work take? Can only send the conclusions themselves? --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 10:08, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Compassionate727: I had another idea: maybe you yourself will supplement the article The old-age-security hypothesis based on the work of Entwisle? Then you will not violate copyright and will be able to use the work to the fullest. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 11:57, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Vyacheslav84: Sorry, but I definitely do not have time to read and summarize a 300-page dissertation for you. Also, I cannot email attachments through Special:Email, so I need you to email me via that function and then I can reply with the attachment. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 16:29, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Compassionate727: Done. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 07:21, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Vyacheslav84: Oops, forgot to notify you I Yes Sent it. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 23:15, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Vyacheslav84: I was expecting you would reply which sections you wanted (using the table of contents I sent to help you decide). Do you still want the conclusion section, or does something else interest you? —Compassionate727 (T·C) 15:11, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

February 2021

Anyone in Chicago?

  • Little, Kenneth; McNalis, Joe (1996). History of Chicago Fire Houses of the 19th Century. p. 193. OCLC 36689517.
  • Little, Kenneth; McNalis, Joe (2000). History of Chicago Fire Houses of the 20th Century. Vol. Vol. I: 1901-1925. p. 193. OCLC 54106304. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

For Engine Company 21 (Chicago)

I'm looking for something that supports "[Approximately 1925], the department took its discrimination against black firefighters to the ultimate level. Members of Engine Company 21 were directed to switch engines and firehouses with Engine Company 19, moving from their downtown station at 1213 S.Plymouth Court to 3440 S. Rhodes."

Also for any explanation why. The above quote is from an undergrad senior thesis, the ref is the source she provides for that statement. Obv I can't use the thesis, so I've been tracking down her sources. This is a source I suspect will be easy to find in Chicago, but it's not available from Ohio interlibrary loan. It looks like there are two volumes, one for 1858-1900, the other for 1900-1925, and I assume this is in the second, but I don't know for sure.

Thanks for any help, —valereee (talk) 02:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Valereee: WorldCat doesn't list this book, which suggests that it's not in any library. It appears to only be available by mailorder (see these forum posts here and here). Apparently two volumes have been published and two more are on the way. —Bruce1eetalk 06:37, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
All four volumes have been published and are in Worldcat, but took some finding. The title changed with the second book. You probably want the first volume with the new title (which is the second book overall). --Worldbruce (talk) 07:04, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Worldbruce – I was searching for "... Firehouses [oneword] ..." —Bruce1eetalk 09:06, 19 February 2021 (UTC) [reply]
Ah, thanks, both! The volume's not available to me under the new title, either. I'll leave this open in case someone has access to it! —valereee (talk) 14:18, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Valereee: what is the new title?! ——Serial 14:34, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Serial Number 54129, it's above, corrected by Worldbruce I believe! It had been Firehouses, now is Fire Houses. —valereee (talk) 14:51, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the thesis that cites the book (link; see pp. 46, 46 n.96, 50), it appears to be citing the first book: that is, ... Fire Houses of the 19th Century. It's possible that the citation is incorrect (and the date is incorrectly given as 1997, rather than 1996), but the thesis jumps ahead 20 years to treat this story as the demise of Engine Company 21, and it's also possible that the 19th-century volume found it more practicable to include the entire history of Engine Company 21, rather than split it across two volumes. --Usernameunique (talk) 05:29, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Valereee, looking at the libraries that have this work, at least one looks like an email might be worth it. The National Emergency Training Center is "open for business", including "processing interlibrary loans, [and] answering reference questions", according to its website (link). That link contains an email address; meanwhile, their ILL page outlines what look like pretty accessible policies, and the work in question is marked "Available" for loan (catalog entry). They also have the 1900–1925 volume for the 20th-century title (catalog entry), and it is also marked "Available" for loan. All that is to say that if I were you, I would send them an email detailing the query and ask if they might check the relevant page(s)—and if the entire 550-page volume would be useful, you might be able to follow the instructions on their ILL page to get your hands on it. --Usernameunique (talk) 05:42, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Usernameunique, thank you, I'll check that! I've never tried to borrow a book outside my own library's interlibrary loan system, which covers the whole state but doesn't seem to go beyond that so these hyper-local books tend not to be available. —valereee (talk) 13:56, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

August 2013 review in PC Gamer

Working on Draft:Starseed Pilgrim, looking for the PC Gamer review of the game (not sure if US or UK version of the magazine). Metacritic says the review is in the August 2013 issue, page 73. Could the front pages of the magazine also be sent along (i.e. the page that has all the publishing details about the mag: editor, publisher, etc. so I can fill out a reference completely)? Many thanks. Zupotachyon (talk) 05:48, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is an article about the game published 9 April 2013 and available online: [3] Not sure if that's what you're looking for. (t · c) buidhe 06:11, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not that article, unfortunately. It's a news release about the game being released, but not a review of the game. Zupotachyon (talk) 19:36, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Zupotachyon: Are you expecting to find something specific in the news release? My (admittedly very limited) experience with such things is that they often contain nothing more than a brief (one or two sentence) description of the game along with a note that it has been released. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 16:44, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, perhaps I was not clear. I am looking for a review of the game (see my original comment), not the news release linked above. I wonder why some of these older reviews were never digitized... Zupotachyon (talk) 19:44, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Zupotachyon: Nope, I'm the one who read it wrong. Buidhe linked to a press release, and I thought it was the review. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 22:32, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Zupotachyon: Requested via ILL. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 15:55, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SERGEOMIN

Greetings, has someone access to "Sergeomin, Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería: Carta Geológicade Bolivia, Escala 1 : 100 000 – Hoja 6026 Volcan Putana conMemoria Explicativa. Sergeomin, Servicio Nacional de Gelogícay Minería, La Paz (1996)"? For Putana (volcano)

Thanks, Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:40, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

March 2021

Dissertation available only "on UCF campus"

Thanks, Looking4Dolphins (talk) 20:38, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly, but unless anyone here knows of a banned user with an interest in bottlenose dolphins, there is nothing to be done here. We can't exactly fish for masters. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 13:40, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cracking Chestnuts

This might be an impossible request, as the book does not appear to be in any commercial libraries, but I'm looking for the 12 pages which talk about the dance Money Musk. For Draft:Money Musk.

Thanks, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 06:47, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sdkb, the link that Bruce1ee just added gives you the option of buying the work for $20. But if it were me, I'd probably reach out to the authors (David Smukler contact info; David Millstone contact info) first, and see if they might spot me the pages given the intended use. --Usernameunique (talk) 07:06, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sdkb, any luck with the above approach? --Usernameunique (talk) 19:06, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Usernameunique, thanks for following up. I don't really feel comfortable asking them to give their work away for free. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:15, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Afrikaans articles

Hi! I am looking for an article in the Afrikaans newspapers about the opera singer Marita Napier.

  • Die Burger of 23 April 2004
  • Rooi rose, v25 n11 (Dec 5 1990):18-20
  • Musicus, v23 n1 (Mar 1995):118-121

Also I have found a few mentions of her (not sure if they are passing or the coverage is significant) in other articles which are under subscription:

  1. https://www.netwerk24.com/Stemme/MyStem/saterdag-is-n-lekkerleesdag-vir-my-20190814
  2. https://www.netwerk24.com/Vermaak/Musiek/repetiteurs-hou-nooit-op-werk-nie-20160221
  3. https://www.netwerk24.com/Vermaak/Musiek/Sangers-van-oorsee-in-afskeidskonsert-20150826
  4. https://www.netwerk24.com/Vermaak/Connell-prys-beloon-dramatiese-soprane-20140211
  5. https://www.netwerk24.com/Vermaak/Connell-prys-beloon-nou-jong-soprane-20140210

Also I've found a few articles on journals.co.za if anyone has subscription

Will be grateful for any help - there's not much coverage in English.

For Marita Napier

Thanks, Less Unless (talk) 18:12, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Conlinp: Sabinet subscriptions through The Wikipedia Library are waitlisted. If you still have access, are the two journal articles something you could work on with Less Unless? --Worldbruce (talk) 21:04, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Less Unless: I don't at the moment, will let you know when I do. But try the following if you haven't already:
  1. https://archive.org/details/sim_south-african-panorama_march-april-1991_36_2/page/n9/mode/2up?q=Napier
  2. https://archive.org/details/sim_south-african-panorama_1978-07_23_7/page/16/mode/2up?q=Napier
  3. https://archive.org/details/chronikderwiener0000unse/page/26/mode/2up?q=Marita+Napier
  4. https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22Marita+Napier%22&sin=TXT&page=2

Two articles from SuperSummary

For See You in the Cosmos.

Thanks, GeraldWL 04:50, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for sources for critical reception of the Family Guy episode "Padre de Familia" (Season 6 Episode 6)

Specifically if any critics mention anything regards to the racial slur "Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees" being used in the episode.

Thanks, Prisencolin (talk) 20:38, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adaheli claim to fame or dubious conjecture

I'm trying to see if there's any truth to the claim that Adaheli is used in the song "Orinoco Flow". It's not in any official or unofficial lyrics, and it might simply be OR. Google, Gbooks, Gscholar yielded nothing, and since the song was really named for "Orinoco Studio" in England rather than the river specifically, it makes the claim more dubious.

I was wondering if this WSJ article has any mention? Cheers, Estheim (talk) 12:36, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Estheim: That Wall Street Journal article makes no mention of "Orinoco Flow". I'll do a bit more searching to see if I can find anything. —Bruce1eetalk 12:43, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Bruce1ee:, If you happen upon any sources about "Adaheli" the diety, I'd love that too; Gscholar came up blank. Cheers, Estheim (talk) 13:12, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Estheim: I haven't found anything linking Adaheli to "Orinoco Flow". But of course that doesn't mean it's not used in the song – I just didn't find anything. If you're looking for sources about Adaheli, the Internet Archive has several myth and legend encyclopedia here that mention Adaheli. —Bruce1eetalk 14:13, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Bruce1ee:, I'll take a look at those, appreciate it. I'm a bit disappointed I couldn't unravel the lyrical anomaly, mainly because that means I have been singing along with this song incorrectly for over 20 years. (I only hear "deh-ha, deh-ha"- I think this is going to haunt me foreverrr) For now I'll just add an unsourced tag. Cheers Estheim (talk) 15:28, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Need full ref info for "Interstellar Colonization and Multi-Generational Space Ships" article

For a new article being written about the author. I need the full reference information so I can include it in his list of works. Thanks, ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:08, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nihonjoe: Meaning just the bibliographic information? Looks like it's available here: https://www.jbis.org.uk/paper/2013.66.213 ... do you need a copy of the paper itself? Go Phightins! 22:15, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Go Phightins!: If I can get a copy of it, that would be helpful. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:26, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. I don't seem to have library access to full text. The first page is readable at that link ... I'll poke around a little more. Go Phightins! 22:45, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

EBSCO article

For Assassination of Talat Pasha. Unfortunately, I could not find this article on TWL's EBSCO access. Thanks, (t · c) buidhe 06:09, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I need help finding a copy of an article in Human Events from 1978

For Mass killings under communist regimes I have not been able to find the following: Todd Culbertson, "The Human Cost of World Communism," Human Events, August 19, 1978, pp. 10-11 (cited here). The website for Human Events has very little archived, as far as I can tell. The closest I have come is this hardbound edition of back issues from 1978 at Amazon, which is unavailable. Does anyone know a way to locate a digital version or how to maybe obtain a copy from the Library of Congress or elsewhere through an interlibrary loan? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, AmateurEditor (talk) 07:29, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't meet the reliable sources standard required for that article as this is not a peer-reviewed journal and the author is not a qualified historian (or demographer); instead he is a "member of the Editorial Page staff of the Richmond Virginia News Leader". (t · c) buidhe 07:33, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
User:buidhe, the source is cited by Benjamin Valentino, a Dartmouth College professor, in a source directly about the topic. See the links provided. I am interested in independently confirming its contents. AmateurEditor (talk) 10:45, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Being cited by one otherwise reliable source does not make this a RS for the subject. Anyway, figures from forty years ago are not reliable given that the Soviet archives later revealed many earlier estimates to be totally off base. (t · c) buidhe 21:47, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree it is not a reliable source for the current state of knowledge. Any advice on locating it? AmateurEditor (talk) 02:37, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Volunteer editors here are unlikely to help you if it is not suitable to cite in an actual Wikipedia article. The purpose of this board is only for concrete improvement to Wikipedia articles not general edification. If you cannot show that the source is reliable, then why is anyone going to spend time getting it for you? (t · c) buidhe 14:08, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sex chromosome tetrasomy and pentasomy, Pediatrics, 1995

Here again. Thanks immensely for the help last time. I've run into a DOIless article that even ProQuest only has as an abstract. No libraries anywhere on my continent hold it (the closest to Australia is, apparently, Botswana).

For Tetrasomy X

Thanks, Vaticidalprophet 14:05, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Vaticidalprophet: I have access to this article (from Pediatrics). Please Wikimail me and I'll send it to you. —Bruce1eetalk 14:27, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Bruce1ee: Sent! Thank you immensely. Vaticidalprophet 14:34, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Vaticidalprophet: Yes Sent. —Bruce1eetalk 14:36, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Vaticidalprophet: Did you receive the article I sent you? Can your request be tagged as resolved? —Bruce1eetalk 21:34, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I did indeed! Sorry for forgetting to get back to you, I was too busy making use of it :) Vaticidalprophet 21:37, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved
 – —Bruce1eetalk 21:38, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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