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  1. Nobokov said in an interview, "Egreto perambis doribus!" Apparently this is not entirely Latin or Italian. And the true meaning is unknown?8:33 AM Jul 13th from TwitterFox
  2. Student needed resources about FIRST names from Spain, to use in a sort of dramaturgy project. Needed cultural and historic info.8:47 AM Jul 10th from TwitterFox
  3. Patron needed articles on high school investment clubs where the students used real money.8:46 AM Jun 22nd from TwitterFox
  4. Patron wanting information on Martin Luther the reformer and the culture during the reformation (punishment, plague, education).11:46 AM Jun 18th from TwitterFox
  5. @refchef I will definitely look at that. Doesn't look like we have it electronically. Have to wade in the waters of print. Thank you!8:51 AM Jun 5th from TwitterFox in reply to refchef
  6. Looking for what Chekhov short stories the play "The Good Doctor" by Neil Simon were based on. Very very hard to find any information.7:11 AM Jun 5th from web
  7. Wanted books on the Hmong involvement in the Secret War.11:42 AM May 19th from TwitterFox
  8. Patron came in looking for anything on the words ANTISCII and AMPHISCII. Very hard to find good information. Even the OED wasn't great.9:21 AM May 18th from TwitterFox
  9. Primary documents on samurai. I am extremely lucky that I stumbled upon this book which we have here. http://bit.ly/pS9Il12:31 PM May 2nd from TwitterFox
  10. Needed primary resources on Wordsworth pension he received from the government that Robert Browning disapproved of and wrote a poem about.11:52 AM May 2nd from TwitterFox
  11. Wanted to know if Taliban had opposed poppy seed production. Now poppy is in record production. And the answer is yes. http://bit.ly/2loK9b7:35 AM Apr 30th from TwitterFox
  12. Studying cortesia, which is a Spanish idiom that means courtesy as well as something beyond social behavior.1:51 PM Apr 27th from TwitterFox
  13. Looking for water sanitation and Africa to compare to water sanitation in India. Oddly, India was much easier to find.11:10 AM Apr 21st from TwitterFox
  14. Looking for information on whether or not Aboriginal Australia's participate in polygamy. Was not easy to find good information on this.2:28 PM Apr 17th from TwitterFox
  15. Patron looking for breastfeeding statistics from 1970s to current date. Found some great stats from CDC. Breastfeeding has really grown!11:40 AM Apr 13th from TwitterFox
  16. Student was looking for any scholarly resources on Lil Wayne and how his music has effected culture. Nothing substantial was found.8:59 AM Apr 8th from TwitterFox
  17. Patron wanted primary documents from the puritan era (1600s).8:57 AM Apr 8th from TwitterFox
  18. Looking for a review of a poem from before 1920 about Pocahontas.1:18 PM Apr 2nd from TwitterFox
  19. Caller wanted to know the historical definitions of Me-ism and Me-ist. Me-ist actually dates back the the 18th century!1:16 PM Apr 2nd from TwitterFox
  20. @suzigurl We had stopped for a while, but I hope to continue!1:12 PM Apr 2nd from TwitterFox in reply to suzigurl
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