Talk out loud

MacOdrum Library is now offering a limited curbside pickup & mailing service for print materials in our collection.  In this first phase only materials not available online will be eligible for a contactless pickup or mailing for students, faculty and staff. Faculty, staff, and students can start placing requests today and they will be filled on a first come, first served basis.  See the service guidelines and make your request online . The library building remains closed at this time. Note: Curbside pickup does not mean the resumption of interlibrary loans for print materials. If you have any questions, please email me at martha.attridgebufton@carleton.ca

Problem Last month, I got the following research question from Prof. Ummni Khan (Law and Legal Studies):      I'm trying to f ind early  feminist writing that is not academic (so magazines mostly) from      the 1980s or  early 1990s that  addresses the topic of rap music & lyrics, specifically the       argument that  rap music is degrading to  women / demeaning or encourages violence.      I know there was quite a bit of this from my memory, but I can’t figure out how to search      for m agazines. I was thinking that Ms. Magazine must have articles about this topic, but        I don't know  if there's a way to search their archive?      Do you have any suggestions on how I might do this?      Thanks so much for your help!  Solution The short answer to Ummni’s question is, “Use Academic Onefile to search for back issues of Ms. Magazine.” Academic Onefile is one of the Gale databases to which we subscribe. But how did I figure this out? I used anoth