LSU Library!

Well the visit to the library today was not what I expected, and that's not a bad thing! I thought we would be going into basically a big building with so many books it was overwhelming to look at. But then again, I've never actually been in a legit college library so my expectations didn't have much support.

The mini "lesson" we got from that guy was helpful. I appreciate how he went around to each of our topics and made database suggestions. I haven't gotten to check out all of them, but I definitely won't have any walls in my research. The only wall I may be approaching is search terms and specifically what I need to be researching now. See I've been using print books and researching just general development so it's helpful information, but it doesn't require me to think of a few keywords because it's all so useful!

I don't think this even needs to be said, but the special collections visit was awesome! I love old books like that just their appearance and this sounds weird but sound. Seeing Marie Antoinette's accounting book kind of blew my mind. Thinking about her actually using and referring to that very book before was a bit surreal. Definitely gave me much more of an appreciation for artifacts. I also realized about myself, the information was more interesting when I heard things spoken about the artifact. For example, I wasn't nearly as intrigued when we browsed the upstairs. I don't know, just something I noticed about myself...

So in conclusion (ha) I learned how to use the online databases to more of my advantage. I also learned which particular databases could benefit me the most. Hopefully, I have access to those. If not, I can always use my brother's PAWS account(: I'm excited to research more and see what these databases reveal! I already found one article in like 10 minutes.