Re: Journal of Radiation Protection Dosimetry

[Jeff Pettigrew <jpettigrew@halnet.com>]

Thanks to all of you that were helpful in your replies.  I even received a
fax from one gentleman with all the necessary information!

I'll try not to take Mr Schoenhofer's remarks personally, as he is
"apparently" not speaking about my request. I don't particularly like his
style though. :) But let me just respond, that in this case I spent over two
hours after normal quitting time (what a concept) looking for this elusive
journal through various web search engines including the UIUC Radsafe
Archive Gopher (which appears broken) and individually searching each
archive file without much success. I did find one reference in the UK to a
journal with a similar name.   My search for this journal was at the request
of one of our in house PHDs. He did not know or was not sure of the exact
title of the publication so I tried various permutations thereof without
really knowing if the one hit of a different name was what he was looking
for.  The last thing I did was post to Radsafe.

Notice the time of day when the message was sent. Lazy?

I appologize if my request used up too disk space, memory, bandwidth, etc.

Mr. Schoenhofer might want to try his hand at searching various web search
engines and see how quickly he finds the publication in question.

Email is a very dangerous media for communication as it allows one to
deliver (perceived? veiled?) insults at long range without having to worry
much about the repercussions to one's personal wellbeing.  It is also easy
to misunderstand the tone of another's remarks and take offense when none is
given.

Does one need to avoid taking advantage of this excellent forum for fear
that (s)he will be second guessed by how hard they looked elsewhere before
asking a question?  Wouldn't be easier to say nothing if you have nothing to
contribute?  Some of you have too much time on your hands!

Jeff Pettigrew
jpettigrew@halnet.com

Speaking for myself. 




At 06:43 PM 8/20/96 -0500, you wrote:
>At 19:49 19.08.1996 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>Dear Radsafers,
>>
>>Has anyone heard of the Journal of Radiation Protection Dosimetry?
>>If so, please provide contact information for subscribing and/or obtaining
>>back issues.
>>Any help is appreciated.
>>
>>
>>**********************************************************************
>>Jeffrey S Pettigrew                    Voice: 713.496.8319         
>>Radiation Safety Officer                 Fax: 713.496.8394
>>Halliburton Energy Services
>>PO Box 42800                
>>Houston, TX 77242-8042                   jpettigrew@halnet.com       
>>                                               or
>>                              esg.jeffpet@memo.halliburton.com 
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>
>Is it really not possible for a radiation safety officer in a big town like
>Houston to get information about such an outstanding and important journal
>like the JRPD? I would be surprised, if this information would not be
>available even in internet, not to mention libraries at universities or
>bookshops for scientific literature.
>
>Sorry to mention this in connection with Jeffs question, but I have during
>the last weeks and months the impression that an increasing number of issues
>in radsafe are simply raised, because some persons are too lazy to search
>for the contacts and the information themselves. And I believe that most of
>them are very easily available. 
>
>Well, most of you know my way of commenting already......
>
>Franz Schoenhofer
>Federal Institute for Food Control and Research
>Kinderspitalg. 15
>Vienna, AUSTRIA
>Schoenhofer
>Habichergasse 31/7
>A-1160 WIEN
>AUSTRIA/EUROPE
>Tel./Fax:	+43-1-4955308
>Tel.:		+43-664-3380333
>e-mail:		schoenho@via.at
>
>
>

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Jeffrey S Pettigrew                    Voice: 713.496.8319         
Radiation Safety Officer                 Fax: 713.496.8394
Halliburton Energy Services
PO Box 42800                
Houston, TX 77242-8042                   jpettigrew@halnet.com       
                                               or
                              esg.jeffpet@memo.halliburton.com 
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