Midterm for Advanced Online Searching; hypothetical client situation.

1. What are the Connections Between
Barbie, Bolivia, and Cocaine?
Fawn Russell
LIBR245
Case Study/Research Scenario
Spring 2012

2. Background
• Mr. Najowski is a political science major looking for more articles to include in his
thesis.
• A 'general-to-specific' approach, finding general definitions for terms and
background on the topic.
• Several different points of access.
• Finished search results to be presentedand delivered via e-mail containing the
following in a .doc format:
– Table of contents
– Results summary
– References of Raw Data
– Relevant Results, including Raw Data

3. Search Strategy
• Approach this research project from a 'general-to-specific'
perspective.
• The term concept of 'Klaus Barbie': a former S.S. Gestapo of Lyons
during World War 2; known as the 'Butcher of Lyon'.Relocated to
Bolivia and changed his name to 'Klaus Alltman'.
Search Engines
• Dogpile: a metadata engine that brings much of the same
information as Google search;, but also pulls from other engines;
such as Yahoo and Bing.
• GoogleScholar: a 'free' search engine of academic or peer-
reviewed articles and documents. Whilst the search is free, generally
the articles are not.

4. Search Strategy
Online Databases
• DialogClassic: Allowing for refined terms and publishing years in specificity.
Drawing from many international sources, Dialog is for collecting full text
articles. OneSearch function gives accessibility to multiple databases
simultaneously.
• JSTOR: Used for most academic research. Provided by most university
libraries. 1 million primary sources and images with access to thousands of
journals.
• ESCOHOST: An additional service available called Academic Search
Premier, specializing in only peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts and full
text published studies.

5. Steps in Conducting Research
• An initial metadata search with Dogpile collected basic information
regarding the topic; many blogs or online encyclopedia articles which
could be gleaned for main terms or concepts related to the topic.
• Google Scholar also revealed many resources, but almost all results
shown had limited accessibility and required a paid subscription or
purchase for a copy of the full text.
• EBSCOHOST's Academic Search Premier pulled up the exact same
documents as Google Scholar; I was able to save and retrieve the full
texts through EBSCOHOST through the subscription service available.
The advanced search function, narrowed the search to only include
results available in the English language, articles only selected to keep
book reviews out of the retrieval list, and narrowed the years to 1972-
1999; since Klaus Babrie died in the 1990s.
• JSTOR produced relevant results as well. Using the advanced search
function with the same terms as the EBSCOHOST search, the articles
were very similar with the exception of less documents and in a PDF
format.

6. Steps in Conducting Research
•
In DialogClassic, 'Klaus Barbie' as a term used in
combination with 'Bolivia' narrowed down the
geographical area.
•
Linking Barbie to 'cocaine', and used in conjunction
with 'Klaus Barbie' and 'Bolivia', the information was
heavily saturated about other persons involved in drug
trafficking. Performing searches with and without the
term 'cocaine' provided many of the same documents
as well.

7. Summary for the Client
• All those who were involved in the paramilitary coup with Barbie had
enterprises in several areas of corruption including cocaine trafficking to
help raise funds for the political maneuver.
• Barbie was more involved in the trafficking of arms, training and advising in
the overthrowing of the Bolivian government.
• Some speculation about U.S. involvement with Klaus Barbie after his move
to South America; there is mention of sympathetic relations with the CIA
due to Barbie's anti-communist sentiments.
• Barbie's involvement with many illegal activities and the level of power he
had accumulated living in exile provided enough attention of the right
authorities for apprehension and arrest of the “Butcher of Lyon”.
• He died in a French cell, riddled with cancer, and alone.

8. Client Comments
•
None as of yet.

9. References
An upstanding citizen. (March 19, 1973). Time, 0040781X,, Vol. 101, Issue 12. Retrieved from EBSCOHOST, Academic Search
Premier on 3/22/2012.
Binder, Guyora. (May, 1989). Representing nazism: advocacy and identity at the trial of Klaus Barbie. The Yale Law Journal, Vol.
98, No. 7 pp. 1321-1383. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/796747 on 3/20/2012.
Callan, Paul. (September 02, 2008). The nazi cocaine connection. Express Newspapers, Ltd. Retrieved from DialogClassic, Dialog
Global Reporter on 3/20/2012
Cole, Richard. . (August 11, 1984). Nazi-linked 'cocaine minister' found guilty. Associated Press. Retrieved from DialogClassic,
APNEWS on 3/20/2012.
'Cocaine minister' takes stand, denies abuses, trafficking . (January 08, 1991). Associated Press. Retrieved from DialogClassic,
APNEWS on 3/20/2012.
Lawyer confirms role in death plot on barbie. (1985, Jan 24). New York Times, pp. A.3-A.3. Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com/docview/425282053?accountid=10361 on 3/17/2012. McFarren, Peter. . (August 11, 1984). The
government says two neo-Nazis it has arrestd received instructions from Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie to organize
paramilitary groups and seize power. Associated Press. Retrieved from DialogClassic, APNEWS on 3/20/2012.
Scott, Peter Dale. (Autumn, 1985). Why no one could find mengele: Allen Dulles and the German SS. Three Penny Review. No. 23,
pp. 16-18. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4383422 on 3/20/2012.
Smith, David. (December 23, 2007). News: Barbie 'boasted of hunting down Che': The CIA made use of a Nazi war criminal's
anti-guerrilla skills. Guardian Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved from DialogClassic, Dialog Global Reporter on 3/20/2012.

10. Relevant Results
Google Search, query: Klaus Barbie and Bolivia, about 253,000 results
Bolivia Web – The Outsider – Klaus Barbie - Jun 20, 2003
www.boliviaweb.com/outsiders/barbie.htm
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Foreigners who made history, for better or for worse, while living in Bolivia.
From Nazi Criminal to Postwar Spy: German Intelligence Hired...
www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,740393,00.html
Jan 20, 2011 – Klaus Barbie was a notorious Nazi war criminal known as
the "Butcher of Lyon" ... BND intelligence agency while in hiding in Bolivia after
the war.
Klaus Barbie
http://www.nazis.dk/Barbie.htm
Klaus Barbie was born in Bad Godesberg, near Bonn, October 25, 1913. ...
Klaus Barbie was identified in Bolivia at least as early as 1971 by the Nazi
hunters ...

11. Relevant Results
GoogleScholar Search, query: Klaus Barbie and Bolivia, about 157 results
Representing Nazism: Advocacy and Identity at the Trial of Klaus Barbie
http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPagecollection=journals&handle=hein.journals/ylr98&div=59&id=&page
G Binder - Yale LJ, 1988 - HeinOnline... Entering the timber trade, Barbie became a Bolivian citizen in 1957
under the name of Klaus Alt- mann. In 1961 he was identified by German prosecutors, who informed the
French security services in 1963. However, neither country had an extradition treaty with Bolivia. ...
Denaturalization of Nazi war criminals in the United States:is justice being served
http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPagecollection=journals&handle=hein.journals/hujil7&div
M Lippman - Hous. J. Int'l. L., 1984 - HeinOnline... The Bolivian regime's willingness to
extradite Barbie may have been influenced by a French offer to assist in the liquidation of
Bolivia's international debt and to donate wheat to Bolivia. Bower,supra note 9, at 219; E.
Dabringhaus, Klaus Barbie. ... Klaus Barbie was born in Bad Godesberg, near Bonn,
October 25, 1913. ... Klaus Barbie was identified in Bolivia at least as early as 1971 by
the Nazi hunters ...

12. Relevant Results
JSTOR, query: Klaus Barbie and Bolivia, 52 results
Representing Nazism: advocacy and identity at the trial of Klaus Barbie, The Yale
Law Journal, Vol. 98, No. 7 (May, 1989), pp. 1321-1383.
Why no one could find mengele: Allen Dulles and the German SS, The Threepenny
Review, No. 23 (Autumn, 1985), pp. 16-18.
EBSCOHOST, query: Klaus Barbie and Bolivia, 7results
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Representing Nazism: advocacy and identity at the trial of Klaus Barbie,The Yale
Law Journal, Vol. 98, No. 7 (May, 1989), pp. 1321-1383.
An upstanding citizen. Time, 0040781X, 03/19/1973, Vol. 101, Issue 12.