Jessica Naatjes Subject Librarian Review

I have met with a subject librarian before but never have I had a one-on-one talk with him about what I wanted to research. Meeting with him was helpful in learning about what is new on the web, including the new RefWorks website. However, I was not on my own computer and neither of us could figure out how to get the new RefWorks page working.
My research topic is about KCl (a salt substitute in food) and its off flavors and what has been done to counteract those off flavors. When I went into the meeting with the subject librarian I didn't know what about KCl I wanted to study, but he helped me to narrow down my research topic. I still need to research what has been done so far on the subject to see if I really want to research that or if I should focus more on the limitations it has in processing as compared to NaCl. He showed me one website that is more directed toward a less educated audience. This would be a good place to start when researching a topic to see the most recent developments on a subject.
I found one article about a sensory pannel one university did with the off flavors of KCl. They mixed KCl and NaCl together at different quantities and saw at what levels people detected characteristic off flavors of KCl.
Overall this experience helped me narrow down my topic and gave me a good starting place for my research paper.