randomIMer (1:13): hello..??? jessamyn (Autoreply) (1:13): cooking downstairs, leave a message? 1:13 : hi randomIMer (1:13): i found your sn on a site about Barthelme... 1:13 : jessamyn.. somthing 1:15 : i was just wondering if you know whether there are any literary criticisms written about Concerning the Bodyguard (by Barthelme) 1:15 : its a story from the book Forty Stories. jessamyn (1:16): you'd have to check the reader's guide for that 1:16 : or an online database of magazine articles 1:16 : I don't know off the top of my head randomIMer (1:16): how do i chek readers guide?? jessamyn (1:16): your library could probably help you find some 1:17 : it would be worth seeing if they have some 24/7 ref staff 1:17 : maybe you could IM them randomIMer (1:17): oh.. k 1:17 : how do you check readers guide??? 1:18 : online? jessamyn (1:18): it's a reference source 1:18 : and it depends what library you have, whether they have it onlin eor offline randomIMer (1:18): ohhhh jessamyn (1:18): your library may have ways of checking it online randomIMer (1:18): okay. jessamyn (1:18): but it's not like through google randomIMer (1:18): i get it. jessamyn (1:18): but if you start with their website 1:18 : and see if they have something like Expanded Academic Index, for example 1:18 : that would have lit crit in it maybe randomIMer (1:19): yeah.. jessamyn (1:19): problem with Barthelme 1:19 : is that his stuff is old 1:19 : and so some of the stuff that came out isn't online 1:19 : even though you can find it in old magazines 1:19 : but that is a pain randomIMer (1:19): i see.. coz i wasn't able to find what i was looking for anywhere.. online. jessamyn (1:19): yeah that's a problem with older authors, since he wrote mostly in the 60s and 70s randomIMer (1:20): i see.. alright then. 1:20 : thank you. =) jessamyn (1:20): sure thing randomIMer (1:21): i was suprised to see someone would put their aim sn online for anyyyonee to seee.. and it surely helped u put it there. jessamyn (1:21): yeah, I'm a lirbarian for my job [but I'm not at work] so I like to help people find things randomIMer (1:21): cool. thank you. jessamyn (1:21): sure thing, good luck randomIMer (1:22): =)