Week 10 - Wrap Up
This has been a very fun and educational experience for me - thank you Jane and Julie! My biggest discovery I must say that the Ancestry Database is my new favorite - I looked up one of co-workers dad and found him in the Manuscript Census Report - totally cool - I am going to have to spend some more time checking this one out....
Friday, April 3, 2015
Week 9 History and Genealogy Resources—Ancestry Library, Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps
1. Under quick Links I clicked on pictures then Passenger ships and images - I did a keyword search for Titanic and I got 6 results - several were from the Star Line. I also used the browse function and came up with many more pictures.
2. I clicked on newspapers then on newspapers and publications - I did a keyword search for Hindenburg and came up with 437 newspapers and 4 periodicals and magazines.
3. I used the county I grew up in Gogebic County which is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I searched Stories, Memories, and Histories and came up with a lot of cool stuff about the county including pictures!!
1. Under quick Links I clicked on pictures then Passenger ships and images - I did a keyword search for Titanic and I got 6 results - several were from the Star Line. I also used the browse function and came up with many more pictures.
2. I clicked on newspapers then on newspapers and publications - I did a keyword search for Hindenburg and came up with 437 newspapers and 4 periodicals and magazines.
3. I used the county I grew up in Gogebic County which is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I searched Stories, Memories, and Histories and came up with a lot of cool stuff about the county including pictures!!
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Week 8 - WorldCat and Camio (and I threw in Films on Demand for fun)
WorldCat:
1. I clicked on advanced search and typed in Martin Luther Not king I limited to: books, juvenile books, and biography which came up with 140 records. Two I would recommend are: Martin Luther by Harry Emerson Fosdick at Mitchell Public Library and Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World by Paul Maier at Brookings Public.
2. I clicked on advanced search and typed in Classic and Genre/Form Graphic. Limited to books, Juvenile, and Fiction which came up with 334 results. I would add Bram Stokers Dracula published by Stone Arch Books in Minneapolis.
3. I clicked on advanced search and did a Title Search for "My Fair Lady" and limited to musical scores. The one that I would choose: Accession # OCLC: 26429906.
Camio:
1. I did a basic search using all the terms listed on the sheet - except at different times when the results came up I looked for the dates in the date ranged provided. I found various examples of dresses and I thought the results where not very numerous.
2. We recently subscribed to Films on Demand (a documentary movie database) and I thought I would try there as well and I did in fact find a wonderful documentary called The Victorians which focused on fashion!!
WorldCat:
1. I clicked on advanced search and typed in Martin Luther Not king I limited to: books, juvenile books, and biography which came up with 140 records. Two I would recommend are: Martin Luther by Harry Emerson Fosdick at Mitchell Public Library and Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World by Paul Maier at Brookings Public.
2. I clicked on advanced search and typed in Classic and Genre/Form Graphic. Limited to books, Juvenile, and Fiction which came up with 334 results. I would add Bram Stokers Dracula published by Stone Arch Books in Minneapolis.
3. I clicked on advanced search and did a Title Search for "My Fair Lady" and limited to musical scores. The one that I would choose: Accession # OCLC: 26429906.
Camio:
1. I did a basic search using all the terms listed on the sheet - except at different times when the results came up I looked for the dates in the date ranged provided. I found various examples of dresses and I thought the results where not very numerous.
2. We recently subscribed to Films on Demand (a documentary movie database) and I thought I would try there as well and I did in fact find a wonderful documentary called The Victorians which focused on fashion!!
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Week 7 - Ebscohost E-Books
1. I found a great book on hiking in the Black Hills of South Dakota - I think patrons would like this feature if given a proper demonstration. I know I like people to watch what I am doing and I try to go slow to make sure they are getting it.
2. Search for Fairy Tale and click on Also Search with the full text of the articles. I came up with 1876 results so I limited to Fairy Tales under Subject and the results list were the different color fairy tale books by Andrew Long:
The Violet Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book
The Yellow Fairy Book
The Blue Fairy Book
1. I found a great book on hiking in the Black Hills of South Dakota - I think patrons would like this feature if given a proper demonstration. I know I like people to watch what I am doing and I try to go slow to make sure they are getting it.
2. Search for Fairy Tale and click on Also Search with the full text of the articles. I came up with 1876 results so I limited to Fairy Tales under Subject and the results list were the different color fairy tale books by Andrew Long:
The Violet Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book
The Yellow Fairy Book
The Blue Fairy Book
Week 6: Gale Reference Library
1. Under subjects I clicked on Nations of the World - next I explored Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holiday and Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World. These are both awesome resources I found a recipe for Chocolate Mousse - YUM!! I explored rituals from Spain and found a recipe for Paella - it looks very ambitious!
2. I explored the book Geographical Concepts - I have an MA in Geography so it was neat to see some of the terms I learned from both grad and undergrad!!
1. Under subjects I clicked on Nations of the World - next I explored Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holiday and Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World. These are both awesome resources I found a recipe for Chocolate Mousse - YUM!! I explored rituals from Spain and found a recipe for Paella - it looks very ambitious!
2. I explored the book Geographical Concepts - I have an MA in Geography so it was neat to see some of the terms I learned from both grad and undergrad!!
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Week 5 Proquest:
Proquest is my go to database - lots of subjects with lots of full text options!! This is where I tell students to begin their research projects!!
1. Here is what I did:
I typed in "literary criticism" and "les miserables" and clicked on full text.
On the next page I excluded review, theater, motion pictures, film studies, music, and musical theater.
I finally came up with 550 results - I thought that was still a bit unmanageable so I limited to only articles published since 2000 and my final number was 293 which I thought was a good number and I gave the results list a quick once over and thought there were a lot of good articles here!
2. I typed in "hurricane sandy" and librarians in the search box and then limited it to articles just from 2012 came up with 91 really good articles.
Proquest is my go to database - lots of subjects with lots of full text options!! This is where I tell students to begin their research projects!!
1. Here is what I did:
I typed in "literary criticism" and "les miserables" and clicked on full text.
On the next page I excluded review, theater, motion pictures, film studies, music, and musical theater.
I finally came up with 550 results - I thought that was still a bit unmanageable so I limited to only articles published since 2000 and my final number was 293 which I thought was a good number and I gave the results list a quick once over and thought there were a lot of good articles here!
2. I typed in "hurricane sandy" and librarians in the search box and then limited it to articles just from 2012 came up with 91 really good articles.
Week 4:
SIRS Discoverer:
1. Solar System and Lexile Score between 100 - 1120. Lots of great information on the solar system.
2. 1. Search for Volcanoes limit to Graphics and Pictures 2. Click on Pictures search for Volcanoes. I liked both types of searches and I really enjoy SIRS - such a wide variety of topics and TONS of information!!
SIRS Issues Researcher:
I tell all the speech classes about SIRS Issues Researcher - such a great place to go to get speech topic ideas!!!
1. Leading Issues: Teenagers, Suicidal Behavior, I then clicked on Suicide Prevention and came up with 4 websites. I think so these sites have been through a vetting process and will be more reliable then just googling.
2. I searched "water use" which brought up leading issue - such a wealth of information - and so well organized.
SIRS Discoverer:
1. Solar System and Lexile Score between 100 - 1120. Lots of great information on the solar system.
2. 1. Search for Volcanoes limit to Graphics and Pictures 2. Click on Pictures search for Volcanoes. I liked both types of searches and I really enjoy SIRS - such a wide variety of topics and TONS of information!!
SIRS Issues Researcher:
I tell all the speech classes about SIRS Issues Researcher - such a great place to go to get speech topic ideas!!!
1. Leading Issues: Teenagers, Suicidal Behavior, I then clicked on Suicide Prevention and came up with 4 websites. I think so these sites have been through a vetting process and will be more reliable then just googling.
2. I searched "water use" which brought up leading issue - such a wealth of information - and so well organized.
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