As to your being new and ineffective at searches, etc., the best advice I ever heard was "suck up to the reference librarian. Since this advice was from a reference librarian, it would have a *bg* added for an accurate transcription. Seriously, go to the reference desk/most likely/most accessable librarian, tell her/him exactly what your project is, as focused as possible, and do it at a time when the library isn't crowded, and they aren't swamped with questions. I've run out of time here at work, so I'll tell my story tomorrow. Mary