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!!
Hi, Laura Jo! Good job with "One for the Money." Thanks for mentioning that usually, this would be labeled FIC. As for OAIster, Subject Phrase is in the dropdown menu where the default is "Keyword." No worries. The document you found has a summary before you click into it, which indicates how its subject matter is quite different from its title! This one is for more serious researchers, but good to know about. Thanks for your comments.
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