bibliographic requests

[Tamara Al-Kasey]

--On Thu, Mar 18, 1999 1:13 PM +0100 "Annick.DeHouwer"
<vhouwer at uia.ua.ac.be> wrote:

>> Can anybody help me with one of the following questions (or perhaps
>> both)?

Dear readers,

I enjoy reading the discussions of issues relevant to the field and rejoice
when a discussion can lead researchers to a solution they are looking for
or help them to find obscure and/or unpublished sources or a request from
experts for "the best" of something.  Unfortunately, various lists have
become overwhelmingly requests for bibliographies. Many students seem to
believe that such lists are a replacement for going to the library.  If you
have students that are beginning a research project and you don't have the
subexpertise to give them a starter bibliography, please refer them to a
relevant search site or print bibliography rather than helping them to take
the easy way out and let others do the work for them.

Tamara Al-Kasey
Carnegie Mellon