Lesson 8 - ArchiveGrid and CAMIO

ArchiveGrid
Discovery Exercise Part 1

1. I learned that Sitting Bull was a Native American shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. He led two tribes of warriors against the United States soldiers at Little Bighorn. After the battle, he led his tribe into Canada where they remained until surrendering. He then toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. He was killed while refusing to abandon the traditions of the ritual Ghost Dance.

2. I searched Harney peak. I got four results. They were from Stanford University, University of Wyoming, New York State Library and the Minnesota Historical Society.

CAMIO
Discovery Exercise Part 2

1. Paul Revere made teaspoons, sugar bowls and covers, Federal Style Tea service, cream pot, sauce boat, goblets, Cann, wine quart and more!

2. Sioux
Everything from clothing to paintings, furniture to photography, jewelry to dolls!

3. I tried Jon Crane, Harvey Dunn, Thomas Kincaid...all with no results. So I tried Picasso, even though I am not a fan! :) There were 1016 results for Picasso.

4. I could see students researching a famous artist using this database. Not only can you see the artwork itself, but you see the date it was made and the museum it is available in.

5. I chose jewelry because everything else I was interested in was not found! (I must have strange art tastes!) I liked that you could pick favorites to review later, especially since there were literally thousands of options to look at! This allows you to compare and further narrow down your search. Lots of neat options from the favorites list.

Lesson 7 - WorldCat and More FirstSearch Indexes

Discovery Exercise Part 1

I chose "One for the Money" as my book to search. I noted there were several results. Item #1 is owned by 2,070 libraries worldwide. I found Brookings to be the top library owning this item.

At our library we would use "FIC EVA" as our call number. The computer results showed the class description to be : LC:PS2555.V2126 Dewey: 813/.54


Discovery Exercise Part 2

I found OAIster very difficult to use. I had no trouble getting to OAIster from the dropdown menu, however, I could not find an option to select "subject phrase" in the keyword search box. Instead I just typed in "South Dakota". This brought up the following top result.

"Violinists Run Amuck in South Dakota" Screen doors down in the Badlands." This ended up being an article about abortion. There was no mention of violins, screen doors or the badlands!! :) I had a co-worker run through the process with me again to double check my work, and we again came up with the same thing! Also, the only library listed as "owning" this article was in Australia!!

Lesson 6 - EBooks on EbscoHost

1. First I searched "South Dakota history", but didn't see much pertinent information in the results. So chose to do a 2nd search for "crafts". Five pages of available books were offered. Lots of good possibilities for anyone looking for craft ideas.

2. Titles that could be recommended for Constitution day include: "The Constitution, the law, and Freedom of Expression 1787-1987" and "The American Republic: Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny".

3. I used the advanced search to search Nebraska. I was honestly a little overwhelmed by the results. I'm not sure younger students would find this database helpful, but for older students it could be valuable.

Lesson 5 Gale Virtual Reference Library

1. Endangered Species, American Bison

Information includes classification, population, location, and description. This information could be used for researchers of local history as well as for students working on reports.

2. Zinc -

What foods have zinc in them. I chose 1 article to erad and was able to find the info I was looking for. The listen feature is nice. Ilike how it hilites the words on the screen as it goes along making it easy to follow along.

3. I read a few other blogs and found it interesting the different options chosen and their findings.

Lesson 4 - Proquest

1. A basic search on something of interest to me. I chose the artist Adele! After typing her name into the search box, I was given several articles, both large and small consisting of information on both her personal and professional life.

1.a. I chose to comment on Clueless's blog. I was hoping she was truly as clueless as me when it comes to all of this! :) What I found was she was NOT clueless, and I enjoyed her views and comments. I like that she was able to use some of the lessons in the challenge to prepare for things coming up at her work!

2. I used "library" as my key word. It gave me six different options to choose from. Once I made a selection, I was given several years of issues to choose from. After choosing which year and month, I was then able to view any of the articles available in that issue. I read about the Kindle/Nook debate! Interesting reading!