Nov
30
2004
I got stuck with my RA work now. Dr. Jean asked me to find quotes of some advertising people. Quotes that “focus on creative (strategy or writing). Something memorable about the business, perhaps inspirational.” I have no idea where to start. I googled some quote collection websites and found nothing specific about the topic. I recall there was a function on Google that can locate quotations but can’t find it now. Maybe my memory goes wrong or I am just daydreaming.
Seems I need more sleep to keep my head clear. But not tomorrow. I have to meet Dr. Havice at 9 am tomorrow and I promise I would be there on time. “Where there is a will, there is a wake.”
Updated: I got exempted from the task but still wonder if there is any way I can get it done. I happened to find an excellent article concerning digging the Web by Robert J. Lackie, who is an Associate Professor-Librarian at Rider University. You may check “Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed” here.
What’s specifically the Dr. wants? The quotes in the ads? I guess every business would like to use this as its ad lines.
I think she needs something *fresh* and inspirational. She is teaching a couse on writing so I guess it might be a part of her class. Some quotes about writing and creativity.
I’ve asked for help from a librarian at Univ of San Francisco. He suggested some indexes of advertising quotes but I doubt if the indexes are too old to contain lately quotes. He showed me a quote site from UT Austin, but seems the quotes there are way too old.
Did you try the Ad*Access? http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
Try this
http://scholar.google.com/ It may work
Thank you guys. Dr. Jean changed her mind…I don’t have to do that. Yeah!!!!
Sounds like my boss. If I said it’s kind of impossible, he would say, “let’s do another one.”