Apparently People Don't Die of AIDS

[delacosta]

Apparently people do not die of AIDS. I make this conclusion based on the fact that the two keywords "AIDS" and "Funeral" turn up no results in GEORGE, the catalogue for the Georgetown University library system. I spent about an hour with the reference librarian this morning trying to find stuff, and OMG it was exhausting. However, I do have some

Comments

[chelsearar]

...library searches are some of the most impossible parts of being a college student.

[delacosta]

I know! It's like every time I find something which might possibly be relevant, a rare occasion in itself, it's always checked out for some ridiculous period of time, like until 2009 or some bullshit.

[chelsearar]

I hate when professors assign the same topic for research projects here, because a similar thing happens... all of the relevant material goes to the first person who checks it out... and they never do the research early, even though they've checked it out early... they just keep it out until the project is due. :/

[delacosta]

Not even do they keep it until the project is due... but for days or weeks afterwards so that major procrastinators and late-turners in such as myself can't even do it.