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The Resource Request is here for when you are lacking a resource for a Wikipedia article you are working on, and you can't find something useful in the Shared Resources, you can request an article or data on your topic. We can also attempt to find the full text of a article that you have the citation for. The resulting article or data will be emailed to you.

All kinds of requests 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 publishings or research results, biographies, etc.

Note that an interlibrary loan service is available at most local libraries, consider this as an option when you have a specific work in mind. Such a service will always be faster and more reliable than this project. Also Note that articles from journals and newspapers published in or after 1923 are almost always copyrighted; you are not allowed to publish them, pass them on, use them for commercial purposes or use them verbatim for Wikipedia articles.

Instructions

To request a search in one of these databases, start a new section under Requests and sign with your username or leave your email address. Request specific titles, dates, or a combination of keywords; you may specify which database to search in. Exact citations, if you have them, are best.

The email you will receive sometimes contains links that cannot be used without paid subscription, but the actual article will be attached to that email and can be saved to your computer. Once a request has been fulfilled, add a note to that effect to the request, so that the work won't be duplicated.

It's also best to keep an eye on your request on this page. Questions and remarks will be posted in your request section.

Direct contact

These volunteers that locate and send articles are willing to be contacted to handle complex queries.

Anyone whose library provides access to a relevant database or to an extensive academic archive can fulfill requests. Sign up here.

  • 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)[reply]
  • Key to the city - I can find you anything from the K.U.Leuven libraries. The K.U.Leuven has access to all the big, academic electronic databases and the electronic databases of all Flemish newspapers. Besides those databases I can look something up in any work you can find here: searchable database, that includes a lot of newspapers and magazines (scientific as well as popular) from all over the world.
  • Zginder (talk) (Contrib)-- can access most research databases.

New requests

Add new requests in this section. Please put new requests at the bottom of this section. Exact citations are preferred; include the source name and any citation information you have. Please indicate if you are looking for only that particular article or other information as well. Include a way to get in touch with you (email preferred; we'll need it to send you any digitized articles we find).

January-February 2007

George Gould Strong

  • George Gould Strong born 1910 died about 1964 in Southampton Hospital, Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York. I have searched for a NYT obituary with no luck, but there should have been a local obituary. Does anyone have access to the archives of the Southampton Press or the Easthampton Star or another local paper? - Nunh-huh 20:28, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • JOHN N. STRONG

Specfal to THE NEW' YORE TI:MS. New York Times (1857-Current file); Nov 14, 1942; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2003) pg. 16.

Do you want it? There is sparse mention, it's his dad's obit. I also found a ref to a George Strong who was elected mayor of "The Landing" in the 1930s, is this him? IvoShandor 11:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Ivo for spotting this. I've had a look, and that's him, but unfortunately his dad's obit doesn't carry enough information about the son for "creating-an-article" purposes. I don't know if George Strong was ever elected mayor of anything.... - Nunh-huh 15:52, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is this George G. Strong a musician (the guy in this article)? Or can you tell me a bit what you do know about him? It would help with my search. Key to the city 09:26, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nunh-huh responded on my talk page with this:

Yes, George Gould Strong was the guy depicted in the musical Grey Gardens. Basically, I know this: he was born 21 January 1910 in East Hampton, New York, the son of John Young Strong and Fannie (Baker) Strong, growing up in a house on Amagansett Road. He lived for a time in Paris, and in New York City at 725 Lexington Avenue, probably after he lived at Grey Gardens. He was, as depicted in the musical, the personal accompanist of Edith Beale; he was also an accompanist in Paris and New York, and is said to have had a radio show in New York. Though the musical depicts him as gay, it's not that clear that's actually true, and it's certainly not true that he committed suicide (except metaphorically); he died, apparently about 1964 in Southampton Hospital in Southampton, Long Island, the cause of death apparently being gastrointestinal hemorrhage from drinking, complicated by the fact that he had become a Christian Scientist (which may be something he picked up from Mrs. Beale). I wanted especially to firm up his date of death (the 1964 is an estimate based on someone's recollection that he died when she was 12), which is probably only possible if his obituary can be located in the Southampton Bee or Easthampton Star or one of the other local papers. - Nunh-huh 21:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I did some research, but I got to admid that this one is out of my league. I hope an American helps you with this request. But I thought I post the answer anyway, maybe it helps other researchers. Key to the city 09:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

March-April 2007

Samuel R. Gerber

I'm investigating Samuel R. Gerber. Gerber was a famous forensic scientist/pathologist and known for his work in the Sam Sheppard case. I found he's had an obituary in a 1987 Plain Dealer issue. I think it was May that year. Could someone with access get me a copy? I also want to know if there is a biographical entry for him (National Cyclopedia) or elsewhere. User:MacGyverMagic/WIP lists the sources I already have although the obituary may not be the complete one. - Mgm|(talk) 08:33, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Been searching in all kinds of biographies (general American, and more specific science and medicine biographies), but no luck. He's not that well-known? I think your best shot would be finding a Wikipedian from Cleveland who wants to get the newspaper from a library archive. Key (talk) 15:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

April-May 2007

William McCrum

I'm trying to find the obituary of William McCrum. This FIFA page mentions 'In 1932 an obituary appeared in a Northern Ireland paper in Milford, County Armagh'. I don't know the exact date of the obit' or which paper it was in but it must have been in late December as he died 'just before Christmas'. Sorry for the vagueness, any hints appreciated. JMiall 15:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Backmasking

Doing some research for backmasking. This JSTOR article will be helpful: 'More Popular Than Jesus': The Beatles and the Religious Far Right. Also, either of the following articles cited here:

  1. McIver, T. (1988). Backward masking, and other backward thoughts about music. Sceptical Inquirer, 13, 50-63.
  2. Walker, M.W. (1985). Backward messages in commercially available recordings. Journal of Popular Music and Society, 10, 2-13.

Any other articles on backmasking (a.k.a. "backward masking") not already used in Backmasking are welcome. Contact me with Special:Emailuser/Audacity. Λυδαcιτγ 20:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replied regarding first request. –Outriggr § 23:41, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)

This is a bit of a long shot, but I would like the text of the act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.720, No. 262), entitled "An act providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth...". If it's long, anything relating to Route 159 or Union Boulevard would be the most useful. I believe that portion begins "Beginning at a point on West Union Boulevard", and if it mentions anything about Broad Street or Market Street being removed. I am neroute2 at gmail. Thank you very much. --NE2 00:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bethlehem Pike

Could you guys find out any information on the 19th century turnpike of this historic route. I eould really appriciate I you would find any additional information about the route. I am allentownalbert@aol.com. Thanks. -- JA10 T · C 06:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Pennsylvania Route 739

I need to replace a few refs in Pennsylvania Route 739 and need one for its establishment. Thank you.Mitchazenia 23:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does [1] help? --NE2 07:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, but alot of the references are from books and I was hoping to get a newspaper article. -- JA10 T · C 01:36, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

July-August 2007

Snickersville Turnpike (the first toll road in the U.S.)

I would like the full text of chapter xxx of the Acts of 1785 of the U.S. state of Virginia. This includes "leading into the town of Alexandria from Snigger's and Vesta's Gaps". neroute2 at gmail. Thank you. --NE2 00:21, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Homerun (film)

Finding referenced information on Singaporean movies is difficult. I have expanded this article as far as I can with web-based references alone. However, I will need newspaper references to expand it further. Around the day the movie was released in cinemas, The Straits Times published an article about the differences between Children of Heaven and Homerun (I could write an entire section comparing the two movies, solely based on that reference). Furthermore, The Straits Times and Channel NewsAsia are likely to provide enough references to write a decent Production section (a neccesity if I ever push the article for GA status). Other newspapers may provide referenced information that I could use to expand the Political satire and Reception sections. Could somebody search LexisNexis, Factiva and/or Newslink for newspaper articles about the movie, and e-mail their full text and citation information to hildanknight(AT)gmail(DOT)com? --J.L.W.S. The Special One 13:41, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jelqing

"There has been only one study on “jelqing” done by Dr. Brian Richards in the late 1970s. The British Journal of Sexual Medicine published the results. According to the study, 87 percent of men had positive results." [2]. Does anyone have access or exact bibliographical reference? [3] -- Thanx Cherubino 12:46, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The only remotely similar reference I could find in Pubmed was Richards BA. "Mechanical aids to sex." Br J Sex Med. 1975 Oct;2(5):33-5, 37. No abstract available. PMID: 830127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]." This is probably it, but I don't have access to the journal. The term doesn't appear anywhere in PubMed, which is pretty suspicious. -- phoebe/(talk) 01:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

October 2007

Louis R. Vitullo

I already have plenty of newspaper articles about the guy (Chicago Sun-Times), but I wonder if the National Cyclopedia of American Biography I requested for Paul Kirk also has info on Vitullo. I came up empty in my own library, but they lack a lot of publications. Any other biographical entry is welcome too. - Mgm|(talk) 18:27, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Wornum, George Wilkinson (music publisher)

Michael Kassler in "Broderip, Wilkinson and the first English edition of the '48'" Musical Times, Summer 2006 quotes a little from an advertisement with details about the fire at 315 Oxford street in The Times but NewspaperArchive seems to be missing the issue from October 13, 1812 - I don't know if Gale has it. threesixesinarow@yahoo.com

  • The Times October 13, 1812, p.2

- Mireut 14:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

November 2007

History of California's state highway system

If anybody could get me the text of chapter 767 (page 2034) in the 1933 California state statutes, it would be much appreciated. Thank you. --NE2 21:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

December 2007

Anything That Moves

is there any database that covers this first nationwide (now out of print) magazine on bisexuality? -- 172.183.24.4 14:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Filled requests

These requests have been addressed; additional information may be welcome. Please also sign below the request or make a note when a request has been filled, so we know it's ok to archive.

I was wondering if someone could help me with the work I'm doing on Rudolf Rocker. Getting access to any or preferably all of the following sources would help me a lot:

I think I can find some of those. I'll be working on it. But for the New York Times article, you should contact the people who have listed the NYT archives in the Shared Resources section. That will speed things up. Key to the city 13:32, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have send seven of the requested articles. I'll mark them in the list. There are still some remaining though. Key to the city 17:56, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tricky one

Not quite sure if this is doable, but on Eddie Campbell's blog [4] he references an article from The Guardian by Waldemar Januszczak from 1984 which contains the following text: "... since the neurotics appropriated the comic strip we have seen the perfect marriage of form and content... They have subverted its innocence , and filled its thought bubbles with their wretched, guilt-sodden soliloquies." Is that small info enough to work from? I've asked Campbell for a date but figured I'd get the ball rolling. Hiding Talk 19:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have full-text access to the Guardian from that far back, sorry. -- phoebe 00:17, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Darn. My own access only goes back to 92, too. I'll have to track down fiche copies I guess, see if I can better source the date. Thanks anyway. Hiding Talk 01:05, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, good old Mr Campbell gives me the date as July 24 1984, page 9 if that is any help to anyone else in tracking this down. Thanks in advance. Hiding Talk 01:43, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Found it. I'll e-mail it to you. Gzkn 09:09, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Guess I didn't find it...I neglected to actually match the text above to the article I found ;). I tried to do a full-text search on some of the phrases above, but got nothing...sorry! Gzkn 00:57, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I requested a copy of that page in a library, I'll probably have it in a couple of days/weeks. Key to the city 11:20, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Kirk

I asked about this on the science reference desk, but received no reply. Is there a page similar to this for books instead of newspapers and magazines? I've found there's an entry for Paul L. Kirk in volume 56 of the "National Cyclopedia of American Biography", but unfortunately my local academic library doesn't cary it and since it's a reference work, I can't have it brought in from another library. Can someone who has access send me a copy of the text and the info I need to properly cite the book? I would also like to see if there's a obituary carrying more information about this man. - Mgm|(talk) 11:15, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you could provide the page numbers for vol56, I might be able to put in a research ILL request. --Gwern (contribs) 16:31 29 March 2007 (GMT)
Left a note on yr talk page with more potential citations. I don't have page numbers either. -- phoebe/(talk) 00:58, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Article send. Key to the city 12:24, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Research for NBCC article

I'm trying to flesh out the content in the National Black Chamber of Commerce article. Any information regarding its local or international chapters and/or affiliation with companies such as ExxonMobile, ATT, Hewlett-Packard, Lord Abbett or Altria (used to be Phillip Morris) would be appreciated. "Email this user" is available for my account. Thanks!--LtlKtytalk | contribs 03:57, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again, if you haven't found any, never mind. Lots of things are now coming up in Google. Thanks, anyway!--LtlKtytalk | contribs 04:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I found two minor articles in a database. I've e-mailed them, hope you can do something with them. Key to the city 12:06, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since google solved some of the request and I did a search in most of the economical and news databases, I'm going to consider this request as filled. You can put it back up if you're not completely satisfied. Key to the city 09:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A name to redirect to Virginia Tech massacre

Someone with a New York Times article subscription, please look at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/us/20070417_SHOOTING_GRAPHIC.html

I want to find the name of a girl who escaped Liviu Librescu's class in Norris 204. I think she described herself as the third to leave. I want to redirect her name to the V-Tech article to prevent creation of redirects. This is an internet source, but now requires subscriber access to view. WhisperToMe 21:58, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I replied at his talk page with the answer. Key to the city 11:25, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cross Bronx Expressway

I would like a copy of New Bridge Completes L.I.-to-Jersey Bypass, April 14, 1963 at neroute2 at gmail. Thank you. --NE2 23:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I requested a copy by ILL, but NE2 had already received it. Superm401 - Talk 05:43, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bot J Lin Soc

If I could access this paper:

Burgess, N.D. (1991). "Classification of uppermost Ordovician to lower Devonian tubular and filamentous macerals from the Anglo-Welsh Basin". Botanical journal of the Linnean Society. 106 (1): 41–66. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

I'd be very grateful! Many thanks. Verisimilus T 17:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I placed an ILL-request, I should have your article in a couple of days. Key to the city 11:06, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article has been send. Key to the city (talk) 12:57, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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