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Posted by Jessica O'Brien:

In this chat, Nina Exner was assisting a student who had a rather detailed research question and was directed to use articles and books for research. Nina took the time to explain to the patron why the topic was better suited to articles and also explained how the topic could be contained within a book on a broader topic. She successfully answered the question, while at the same time, was able to educate the patron. Nina was also considerate of the person on the other side of the chat, and took the initiative to explain why she had used caps (usually indicates “shouting” and is considered to be poor etiquette) in the preceding message.








Question History






Patron:
19:43:22 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Chat Transcript: Where should I be looking to find articles and books that would provide understanding and info on the lack of students in urban communities attending college right after high school???

Librarian:
19:43:22 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Note: Patron's screen name:

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:43:43 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Librarian 'NC A&T Librarian Nina' has joined the session.

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:43:53 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Hello ! Welcome to NCknows. I am looking at your question...

Patron:
19:44:14 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


ok

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:44:27 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


That's pretty complicated. It sounds liek a godo topic for articles, but you might not find books that specific

Patron:
19:44:48 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


So what do you suppose I look up instead??

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:45:06 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Book topics alot of times are more general, like a book on urban higher education.

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:45:19 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


That might include your topic and lots of others as well

Patron:
19:45:54 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Also like students who feel like that cant make it in school.....are there any books or topics on things like that??

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:47:37 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Some. Again, articles might be easier. Let me see what kind of books I can find

Patron:
19:47:38 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Maybe somebody has made a book or article on ways they have tried to address this issue of the lack of students from urban places attending college..would all this only fall under urban higher education??

Patron:
19:47:49 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


ok thankyou

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:48:16 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Books and articles use different search engines, so let me try to deal with some books first and then do articles, oK?

Patron:
19:48:34 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


I am looking for articles as well so that is fine.

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:50:00 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


There's a book titled "City comp : identities, spaces, practices" about case studies of urban universities. In the A&T STACKS at LC5131 .C52 2003. There's also a book "Teaching city kids : understanding and appreciating them" that looks helpful. It's in the A&T STACKS at LC5131 .T42 2007

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:50:29 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Those look liek the best books

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:51:28 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


On your second topic, reaching students who don't think they can do college, you might also look at "Condition of access : higher education for lower income students" in the A&T STACKS at LC4069.6 .C66 2002

Patron:
19:52:04 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Thank You!!! Is there any way to hold those book??

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:53:26 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Unfortunately I can't hold books :( You could call Access Services and see if they can, but normally Bluford doesn't pull and hold books. If you want to check with that department jsut in case their number is 285-4164 though

Patron:
19:53:56 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Well thanks...

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:54:55 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


FOr articles, I see a few things. In your second topic the best I see is "THE INVESTIGATION OF STUDY STRATEGIES THAT MAXIMIZE LEARNING FOR UNDERPREPARED STUDENTS"

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:55:09 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Sorry for the all-caps, that's how they typed it on the article ;)

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:55:22 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Does that sound interesting?

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:55:51 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


There's another article called "Aligning Planning and Budgeting: Creating Transformational Change for Underprepared Students" that would have more to do with how the college can help

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:57:01 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


If those sound interesting I can email them to you

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
19:58:05 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Alysha are you still there?

Patron:
19:58:40 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Patron is no longer connected.

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
20:07:07 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Librarian ended chat session.

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
20:07:10 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Note: Set Resolution: Answered

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
20:07:16 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


Note: Set Description: Research

Ninaexner At NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE U (NC Knows A):
20:08:22 2010/02/08 (GMT-6)


I e-mailed a couple of articles, but none of them were directly on your initial topic. You might want to disit the "DATABASES" tab and under "Databases by Title" pick the "Academic Search Premier" database. It's a good place to try for articles on all kinds of topics