World Cat and more -
I searched for the book "The Rosary". It is a favorite of my mom's, she is 87 and has a very old worn out copy that I have been afraid to read. There are 836 libraries with this book and Rapid City, SD is the top library. The call number is LC: BX2163; Dewey: 242/.74. When I clicked on the Author Garry Wells, I found he had written 32 books, 31 in English. There were 2,180 other books on the rosary. The site lists content, descriptors and materials specified. Interesting. Also there is an online version.
Other FirstSearch Indexes - Worls Cat 179 million articles from 1000 B.C. to present WOW!
Discovery Exercise part 2 - I went into OAIster, chose South Dakota and there were 764 results from farming, flooding, Wounded Knee, and many more. Lots of photo's of events which would be great to insert into a report if you can. Denver Public Library had a picture you could print or download.
Several blogs were still on earlier lessons which was encouraging to me since I am a week behind. "Blog" is very efficient, it is only Wednesday and they are already done with this weeks lesson. Some of you bloggers are very creative and I am impressed. I have enjoyed this blogging and like it because I can go back and figure out what resource I was using when I found some cool information I want to look into more. I hope I continue to use these resources so I know what is where and which to use for what. Ha. If you can follow that last comment we could be friends. Until next time...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Lesson 6
Lesson 6 -- Ebooks on EBSCO (formerly NetLibrary)
1. I researched Deadwood, South Dakota. There was a lot of information. I did not know that so much of the gambling revenue went into the restoration of historical sites. Deadwood has always been one of my favorite cities because of the history. I love the cemetery! It brings history to life for me - real people with real graves. When I was younger it brought home that all we learn in the history of our country is about real people. Pretty cool!
2 Wow the following is just a partial list but note it goes on forever 1,190 results. I sorted by relevance and that helped put the important documents first. This an awesome site for students to access.
1..Proclamation 8714--Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2011. By: OBAMA, BARACK. Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, 9/16/2011, p1-2, 2p
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1. I researched Deadwood, South Dakota. There was a lot of information. I did not know that so much of the gambling revenue went into the restoration of historical sites. Deadwood has always been one of my favorite cities because of the history. I love the cemetery! It brings history to life for me - real people with real graves. When I was younger it brought home that all we learn in the history of our country is about real people. Pretty cool!
2 Wow the following is just a partial list but note it goes on forever 1,190 results. I sorted by relevance and that helped put the important documents first. This an awesome site for students to access.
1..Proclamation 8714--Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2011. By: OBAMA, BARACK. Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, 9/16/2011, p1-2, 2p
PDF Full Text (37KB)
Proclamation 8418--Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2009. By: Obama, Barack H.. Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, 9/16/2009, Special section p1-2, 2p
PDF Full Text (36KB)
Constitution Day. Scholastic News -- Edition 2, Sep2010, Vol. 67 Issue 1, Special section p8-8, 1p; (AN 53451430)
HTML Full Text PDF Full Text (686KB) ....Page: 1 2 3 4 5 Next to 1,190
3. First of all no PB Publisher available in the "Select a Field" drop down box. I selected a state and then limited it to history. I found mostly book reviews. Oops I was in the student portion not the ebooks. I found American History I did a search with in a search and found good information about Nebraska, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Nebraska Univerisity Press, and the Transcontinental Railroad.
Well as I am a week behind and I am going to be finished with this assignment. I have my awesome 4 1/2 year old grandson with me this week and we have projects to do. He has been an angel while I worked. He is doing his own research on Samuri Power Rangers, he is quite qualified to join their quest.
Did you Know - "Wild West" I found it interesting that Oklahoma was called Indian when it was a territory in 1857.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Lesson 5
Lesson 5 -- Gale Virtual Reference Library
I chose the book "The War Against Iraq". I liked the search within a search option. I read the article about the new Iraq and the challenges that need to be overcome while creating a democratic society. This would be a great tool for choosing what articles to read if you have a specific topic.
I searched anorexia. There was a good article in The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2006. The article gave a definition, description, causes and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention. I liked this site for looking up a topic. With the reference materials at your fingertips and the ability to save and print the articles you need. The view other articles linked to this site was helpful. I liked the listen button and the ability to download onto your mp3 player. I am on the road a lot and like to listen to something other than the radio. A great way to multitask!
I just realized I am all caught up and Lesson 6 is not available yet! Yipee! Last week I spent way to much time playing a game I found Absurd Math. It was quite fun. Well on to other things.
I chose the book "The War Against Iraq". I liked the search within a search option. I read the article about the new Iraq and the challenges that need to be overcome while creating a democratic society. This would be a great tool for choosing what articles to read if you have a specific topic.
I searched anorexia. There was a good article in The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2006. The article gave a definition, description, causes and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention. I liked this site for looking up a topic. With the reference materials at your fingertips and the ability to save and print the articles you need. The view other articles linked to this site was helpful. I liked the listen button and the ability to download onto your mp3 player. I am on the road a lot and like to listen to something other than the radio. A great way to multitask!
I just realized I am all caught up and Lesson 6 is not available yet! Yipee! Last week I spent way to much time playing a game I found Absurd Math. It was quite fun. Well on to other things.
Lesson 4
Proquest -
I did my basic search on multiple sclerosis. Wow! There were lots of articles and they were in depth. More information than I knew what to do with. I would need to dumb the information down a little for my to understand it, but it is great that there is so much information out there.
I read through several challenge cohort's blogs. It is interesting that we all go about things differently and all find many things we did not know. Having a goal of learning something new each day is very easily accomplished with all this available information.
When searching for publications I first searched for rancher there were zero publications found. I searched cattleman, sheep, and farmer with the same result. When I searched for agriculture there were six publications. This is not a site I will use very often.
I did my basic search on multiple sclerosis. Wow! There were lots of articles and they were in depth. More information than I knew what to do with. I would need to dumb the information down a little for my to understand it, but it is great that there is so much information out there.
I read through several challenge cohort's blogs. It is interesting that we all go about things differently and all find many things we did not know. Having a goal of learning something new each day is very easily accomplished with all this available information.
When searching for publications I first searched for rancher there were zero publications found. I searched cattleman, sheep, and farmer with the same result. When I searched for agriculture there were six publications. This is not a site I will use very often.
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