Timeline for Hard-to-find historical grey literature - any tips?
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| Jun 26 at 8:31 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 26 at 8:14 | comment | added | Sursula | Does this answer your question? How can I find an old, obscure, or otherwise inaccessible paper when the usual methods fail? | |
| Jun 25 at 20:20 | vote | accept | Mari153 | ||
| Jun 25 at 19:02 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 25 at 15:07 | comment | added | Jon Custer | To be clear, I have done this - I was looking for a report from a foreign entity from the early 1960s, often referenced back then for charged particle bunching techniques. My local research librarian found one of the few (out of several hundred) remaining copies that had been provided to universities in my country at the time. I scanned it to PDF and OCR'd it, and returned the physical copy and the file to the institution that provided it. But the hard work was done by the librarian. | |
| Jun 25 at 12:40 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 23 | |
| Jun 25 at 12:31 | comment | added | Jon Custer | As noted by @MaartenBuis, something like this would be the highlight of the summer for a good research librarian. Let the professionals work on it. | |
| Jun 25 at 11:54 | comment | added | Maarten Buis | Have you talked to your librarian? They are pretty good at tracking stuff down. | |
| Jun 25 at 11:50 | comment | added | Buffy | Or contact the library of the university. They often keep such resources and are unlikely to ignore you. | |
| Jun 25 at 11:45 | comment | added | Mari153 | @buffy - yes i agree its worth a follow up | |
| Jun 25 at 11:42 | comment | added | Buffy | You could contact the department head/chair under these circumstances, I think. Or is there some reason your original message didn't go through? | |
| Jun 25 at 11:21 | comment | added | Mari153 | @Buffy - it's been six weeks now. I am not sure whether its 'polite' to follow up as that feels akin to stalking! I can always be more patient :) | |
| Jun 25 at 11:14 | comment | added | Buffy | How long have you waited for a reply? These things can take time, but I'd be surprised if you were ignored. | |
| Jun 25 at 11:00 | history | asked | Mari153 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |