Wrap Up - Yay!! I have enjoyed this class - however, I must get my income tax done once I am done with this class!! I have put the links to the Cornerstone Library Development E-Newsletter and the South Dakota Libraries' Guides handouts on my computer - thanks for all of the info!! Happy Easter and Spring!
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Lesson 8
Part 1
1. There are many ways other than keyword in which WorldCat may be searched. Very beneficial to the researcher.
2. I typed in the book title Wonder. Two thousand eight hundred sixty-four libraries worldwide have this book! The top location was the Alexander Mitchell Library in South Dakota.
3. The call number is FIC PAL. Author R.J. Palacio has also written 365 Days of Wonder; The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story; and Pluto: A Wonder Story. When I clicked on the subject Abnormalities, Human I got the same book. I went back and clicked on Self-acceptance and I got 59 fiction results for that search!
Part 2
1. One of my results was "Fierce Winds and a Blank Whiteness" : The Culture of Dakota Winter, 1870-1915. When I clicked on the access link I was taken to the VirginiaTech VTechWorks site. It had an abstract dated 07-25-2011. When I clicked on the Show full item record it took me to a page which showed the author; the abstract; the publisher, etc. When I clicked on View/Open it took me to the file which was the entire thesis written by Daniel James Fischer. This document was 139 pages long including the bibliography. It was an interesting thesis on the history of the early Dakotas!
Part 3
1. I clicked on Warrior His Horse Wounded. I liked how the viewer was able to zoom in and out of the picture to be able to really examine the sketch. The viewer also has the option to download three different sizes of the picture. The print option, reference URL and the save to favorites options are readily available. The description of the art work is very complete.
2.Teachers at my school would love this access to CAMIO. The site would be great for teachers to use when they are discussing different time periods and different mediums of art. I not really sure about the community benefit since we do not have any computers that are set up for community use.
3. I chose to look into the topics of costumes and jewelry. I clicked on an earring, an armlet and a necklace. I exported them to PowerPoint and then had to click to say that the export was okay so that I could manipulate the pictures. I was able to manipulate this pictures with all of the available options on PowerPoint! Plus, the site it was taken from was also on the document, so I had instant access to my citation materials - how cool!!
1. There are many ways other than keyword in which WorldCat may be searched. Very beneficial to the researcher.
2. I typed in the book title Wonder. Two thousand eight hundred sixty-four libraries worldwide have this book! The top location was the Alexander Mitchell Library in South Dakota.
3. The call number is FIC PAL. Author R.J. Palacio has also written 365 Days of Wonder; The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story; and Pluto: A Wonder Story. When I clicked on the subject Abnormalities, Human I got the same book. I went back and clicked on Self-acceptance and I got 59 fiction results for that search!
Part 2
1. One of my results was "Fierce Winds and a Blank Whiteness" : The Culture of Dakota Winter, 1870-1915. When I clicked on the access link I was taken to the VirginiaTech VTechWorks site. It had an abstract dated 07-25-2011. When I clicked on the Show full item record it took me to a page which showed the author; the abstract; the publisher, etc. When I clicked on View/Open it took me to the file which was the entire thesis written by Daniel James Fischer. This document was 139 pages long including the bibliography. It was an interesting thesis on the history of the early Dakotas!
Part 3
1. I clicked on Warrior His Horse Wounded. I liked how the viewer was able to zoom in and out of the picture to be able to really examine the sketch. The viewer also has the option to download three different sizes of the picture. The print option, reference URL and the save to favorites options are readily available. The description of the art work is very complete.
2.Teachers at my school would love this access to CAMIO. The site would be great for teachers to use when they are discussing different time periods and different mediums of art. I not really sure about the community benefit since we do not have any computers that are set up for community use.
3. I chose to look into the topics of costumes and jewelry. I clicked on an earring, an armlet and a necklace. I exported them to PowerPoint and then had to click to say that the export was okay so that I could manipulate the pictures. I was able to manipulate this pictures with all of the available options on PowerPoint! Plus, the site it was taken from was also on the document, so I had instant access to my citation materials - how cool!!
Lesson 9
1. I was disappointed that I only received a Volume 1 that only included my birth date, my address and an old phone number.
2. I typed in my grandfather and found out that he was born in December, 1882 in Canada, England - I never knew this! His father was born in Canada, England and so was his mother - too cool!!
3. I clicked on U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012. I tried to find my husband's yearbook was I was unable. However, I did find his older sister's - too cool! A person would really have to have a lot of time on his/her hands to be able to really get to the information he/she is seeking...
4. The first thing I clicked on was Search Census. I searched my dad. It was cool how it brought up the census results! I did not know that my grandfather was born in Canada. My grandmother was 30 when she had my dad and my grandfather was 43. My dad had siblings who were 15, 14, 4, 2, 10, and 8 when he was born. Another sister was not born until he was 4. It was strange that my dad had told me that he was born in 1924 and that is what his death certificate said, but the record said that he was born in 1925. Maybe the abt above the year means about... Next I searched the Family History Books and Directories. Since I do not know anything about my ancestry, I searched and searched using my dad's and mom's last names, but I did not come up with anything here. I searched the Revolutionary War and several Hazzards were listed. I am not sure if any are related to my family. I look forward to using this site to dig further!!
5. I chose Rapid City for my town and September 1930 for my date in Sanborn Maps. I found two buildings that are still in use today. They are the South Dakota School of Mines and the Alex Johnson Hotel. I am not very good with maps so this was kind of difficult for me. I think that my husband would be very interested in Sanborn Maps since he grew up here and I did not.
2. I typed in my grandfather and found out that he was born in December, 1882 in Canada, England - I never knew this! His father was born in Canada, England and so was his mother - too cool!!
3. I clicked on U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012. I tried to find my husband's yearbook was I was unable. However, I did find his older sister's - too cool! A person would really have to have a lot of time on his/her hands to be able to really get to the information he/she is seeking...
4. The first thing I clicked on was Search Census. I searched my dad. It was cool how it brought up the census results! I did not know that my grandfather was born in Canada. My grandmother was 30 when she had my dad and my grandfather was 43. My dad had siblings who were 15, 14, 4, 2, 10, and 8 when he was born. Another sister was not born until he was 4. It was strange that my dad had told me that he was born in 1924 and that is what his death certificate said, but the record said that he was born in 1925. Maybe the abt above the year means about... Next I searched the Family History Books and Directories. Since I do not know anything about my ancestry, I searched and searched using my dad's and mom's last names, but I did not come up with anything here. I searched the Revolutionary War and several Hazzards were listed. I am not sure if any are related to my family. I look forward to using this site to dig further!!
5. I chose Rapid City for my town and September 1930 for my date in Sanborn Maps. I found two buildings that are still in use today. They are the South Dakota School of Mines and the Alex Johnson Hotel. I am not very good with maps so this was kind of difficult for me. I think that my husband would be very interested in Sanborn Maps since he grew up here and I did not.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Lesson 7
1. I did a search for Alzheimer's Disease. There were 52 results. I chose to look at search result 2 - Alzheimer's Disease Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment. Options were for PDF Full Text; Table of Contents and Most Relevant Pages. From this eBook I clicked on Chapter 6 - Causes. Chapter 6 could then be broken down even further to allow the student/reader to narrow down his/her search. When I clicked on the option to view the most relevant pages from this eBook a reference page came up. I didn't really understand what it was for. I was not impressed with the publication dates as they were from 1991 - 2002. When I searched for newer publications, it said that there were none.
2. When I searched Constitution Day under the Basic Search there were no results found. When I clicked on Advanced Search, I got 20 results. Looking through the titles of the eBooks I was unsure as to whether or not they even related to Constitution Day, so I googled Constitution Day. I found out that it was the same thing as Citizenship Day. The Basic Search for Citizenship Day yielded 11 results. To me, none of them looked like they pertained to the topic. Maybe I just need someone to help me with this resource since I really was no able to find anything that I could recommend. It would also depend on what age group we would be looking at.
3. I chose to do a search on Nebraska. The search results numbered 88. Next, I typed in western history in the "and" box - results numbered 3. Then I narrowed down the publisher dates to 2000 to 2015 (going back to just the search of Nebraska with no western history included.) The results numbered 41. The majority of the eBooks were about Native Americans. All were published by University of Nebraska Press. All in all, I really don't think that I would ever use this resource.
2. When I searched Constitution Day under the Basic Search there were no results found. When I clicked on Advanced Search, I got 20 results. Looking through the titles of the eBooks I was unsure as to whether or not they even related to Constitution Day, so I googled Constitution Day. I found out that it was the same thing as Citizenship Day. The Basic Search for Citizenship Day yielded 11 results. To me, none of them looked like they pertained to the topic. Maybe I just need someone to help me with this resource since I really was no able to find anything that I could recommend. It would also depend on what age group we would be looking at.
3. I chose to do a search on Nebraska. The search results numbered 88. Next, I typed in western history in the "and" box - results numbered 3. Then I narrowed down the publisher dates to 2000 to 2015 (going back to just the search of Nebraska with no western history included.) The results numbered 41. The majority of the eBooks were about Native Americans. All were published by University of Nebraska Press. All in all, I really don't think that I would ever use this resource.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Lesson 6
Gale Virtual Reference Library
1. I chose World War II Reference Library, 2000. First, I looked at the table of contents and then at the Reader's Guide in the table of contents. It provided insight to what the library would provide to the reader. The site was easy to navigate and I liked how the articles could be listened to. You had the option to download an MP3 or download PDF to an eReader - very cool! The "Where to Learn More" in the table of contents provides the reader with other books and online resources (links should he/she need more information. I have many students who are interested in World II. As our school library resources are quite limited, I can't wait to show them this tremendous resource!
2. At first I typed in "What foods have zinc in them - I got 0 results. Next, I typed in zinc and foods - I got 628 results. I chose the second choice on the list. I learned that evidence shows that zinc is unlikely to prevent upper respiratory infections, but beginning a supplement promptly when symptoms occur can significantly shorten the duration of the illness. I learned that meats are the best sources of zinc.
3.Look at 2 or 3 other bloggers - comment if you like. I always enjoy reading the blogs of other people. Many of the other people in this class are way more creative than I am - I really liked the search on dwarfism - thank you for sharing!
1. I chose World War II Reference Library, 2000. First, I looked at the table of contents and then at the Reader's Guide in the table of contents. It provided insight to what the library would provide to the reader. The site was easy to navigate and I liked how the articles could be listened to. You had the option to download an MP3 or download PDF to an eReader - very cool! The "Where to Learn More" in the table of contents provides the reader with other books and online resources (links should he/she need more information. I have many students who are interested in World II. As our school library resources are quite limited, I can't wait to show them this tremendous resource!
2. At first I typed in "What foods have zinc in them - I got 0 results. Next, I typed in zinc and foods - I got 628 results. I chose the second choice on the list. I learned that evidence shows that zinc is unlikely to prevent upper respiratory infections, but beginning a supplement promptly when symptoms occur can significantly shorten the duration of the illness. I learned that meats are the best sources of zinc.
3.Look at 2 or 3 other bloggers - comment if you like. I always enjoy reading the blogs of other people. Many of the other people in this class are way more creative than I am - I really liked the search on dwarfism - thank you for sharing!
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Lesson 5
Proquest
1. I chose developmentally-appropriate curriculum as my topic. There were 3845 results. I was able to sort them by source type and by publication date. I liked both of those features. It was really cool that there were options to narrow your results by publication type, document type, and location type. A person could also narrow their results by language such as French and Spanish.
1a. I checked out the blog's post by "I Love to Read" He/she is a very thorough blogger! I copied and pasted some of his/her blog for week 6 so that I may use it for my need to teach civil discourse to my students. His/her blog discussed Spring festivals from around the world:
The first article she read was the "Mimouna Festival." This article was found in the Encyclopedia of Modern Middle East and North Africa. The festival is a Jewish festival which will be great to use as we have been reading "Number the Stars." He/she also found an article called "China." It was found in the Junior World Mark Encyclopedia of Holidays. I will be able to find more information in the manner that this blogger did to expand our civil discourse studies. Thank you "I Love to Read!" blogger!
2. The search for media specialist in subject, in title, title begins with, and in publication summary all yielded 0 results - as did informational media specialist and library media specialist. Finally, I just typed in library and 105 publications came up. I clicked on American Libraries. It showed the coverage for this publication to be from Jan. 1988 to present. I then clicked on "View most recent issue. I liked how the site broke down each section of the journal so that you could just view what you wanted. You could also do a quick preview of the text before you downloaded, just in case it wasn't what you were looking for. Next, I went back and typed in "teaching" in the search box. Eighty-one publications came up. I scrolled down and found a publication called "Education and Information Technologies. I clicked on the most recent issue and found one interesting article about profiling Greek kindergarten teachers attitudes towards computers... I never knew that I could find publications this way in Proquest!
1. I chose developmentally-appropriate curriculum as my topic. There were 3845 results. I was able to sort them by source type and by publication date. I liked both of those features. It was really cool that there were options to narrow your results by publication type, document type, and location type. A person could also narrow their results by language such as French and Spanish.
1a. I checked out the blog's post by "I Love to Read" He/she is a very thorough blogger! I copied and pasted some of his/her blog for week 6 so that I may use it for my need to teach civil discourse to my students. His/her blog discussed Spring festivals from around the world:
The first article she read was the "Mimouna Festival." This article was found in the Encyclopedia of Modern Middle East and North Africa. The festival is a Jewish festival which will be great to use as we have been reading "Number the Stars." He/she also found an article called "China." It was found in the Junior World Mark Encyclopedia of Holidays. I will be able to find more information in the manner that this blogger did to expand our civil discourse studies. Thank you "I Love to Read!" blogger!
2. The search for media specialist in subject, in title, title begins with, and in publication summary all yielded 0 results - as did informational media specialist and library media specialist. Finally, I just typed in library and 105 publications came up. I clicked on American Libraries. It showed the coverage for this publication to be from Jan. 1988 to present. I then clicked on "View most recent issue. I liked how the site broke down each section of the journal so that you could just view what you wanted. You could also do a quick preview of the text before you downloaded, just in case it wasn't what you were looking for. Next, I went back and typed in "teaching" in the search box. Eighty-one publications came up. I scrolled down and found a publication called "Education and Information Technologies. I clicked on the most recent issue and found one interesting article about profiling Greek kindergarten teachers attitudes towards computers... I never knew that I could find publications this way in Proquest!
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Lesson 4
SIRS
SIRS Discoverer
1. I looked up wolves. It was cool to be able to select the reading level of the articles. The articles also included citations so that the students would be able to copy and paste them into their own documents! (MLA style) It has magazine articles - no more spending time in microfiche!! I am certainly old!
2.
1. The topic I chose was animal cruelty. This resource would been infinitely valuable when I was a student! It gives the issue and its definition and it also gives the pros and cons of the issue showing students that there are always two sides to an issue. The site provides various source types and these source types provide a summary for the for the researcher so that he/she will immediately know if the article will pertain to his/her needs. The research tools are tremendous - I especially liked the timeline and the global impact tools - they provided information possibilities that I would never even thought of!!
2. I chose the subject of Health and then I went into the subheading of Nutrition.
Things I liked about the site:
SIRS Discoverer
1. I looked up wolves. It was cool to be able to select the reading level of the articles. The articles also included citations so that the students would be able to copy and paste them into their own documents! (MLA style) It has magazine articles - no more spending time in microfiche!! I am certainly old!
2.
- I chose Qatar since a young man I know was stationed the a couple of times and I really don't know anything about the area. I like how the information is in an easy to read format and that it has links to things that can give the reader more information. The timeline of major events in its history would be very beneficial to the student! I was also pleased with the additional resources at the bottom.
- Maps help students to become curious about the world around them learn about places that they do not know about. A potential use would be for students to learn about keys and how to compute distances between two places.
- I chose the iThink Database feature. I think that I will use this feature for my fifth graders as they are beginning their final research project for the year! It is cool!!
1. The topic I chose was animal cruelty. This resource would been infinitely valuable when I was a student! It gives the issue and its definition and it also gives the pros and cons of the issue showing students that there are always two sides to an issue. The site provides various source types and these source types provide a summary for the for the researcher so that he/she will immediately know if the article will pertain to his/her needs. The research tools are tremendous - I especially liked the timeline and the global impact tools - they provided information possibilities that I would never even thought of!!
2. I chose the subject of Health and then I went into the subheading of Nutrition.
Things I liked about the site:
- There were a lot of ways to narrow your search - newspapers, magazines, etc.
- There was a see also section for example: animal nutrition, children nutrition etc.
- I like that you can add the articles to a list that you can access later.
- The summaries for each article are informative and helpful
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