I used the Oregon online librarian to conduct my librarian interview for the Cultural Research Project. The librarian that I contacted provided me with several new resources detailing different aspects of Maria Goeppert-Mayer‘s life. The most useful article provided was an article written by the subject titled “ON CLOSED SHELLS IN NUCLEI”. The linked location that the librarian offered, however, was difficult to navigate and find the full text of the article. Instead, I used Google’s Scholar search feature to locate the document directly. Not only was it efficient and simple, but Google also provided a handful of other studies performed by Goeppert-Mayer herself.
Overall, I felt that the librarian resource was an excellent way to figure out where to start researching for a project, however, digital technology will always be able to perform analysis and thorough searching more efficiently than a human.
