I think the biggest finds for me this year were Sirs Discoverer E-books and I also found many new e-resources on Gale Virtual Reference Library that I didn't know about. I also learned about some new features in the Advanced search methods that I hadn't used before. I have already put some of these finding in use as we have started our literary analysis papers in the junior and senior classes.
I will continue to promote these resources whenever I can. I work with most of our ELA classes throught the year. I try to connect with other teachers as well in using the resources.
I am also setting up a foreign-language station that will utilize the Mango database in using language resources.
A lot of wonderful resources!
Monday, March 17, 2014
Lesson 9
Ancestry Library
1. For finding the sister ships of the Titanic, I went into the advanced search and typed in a keyword search for "Titanic Sister Ship." I then selected the Ship Pictures and Descriptions category. I came up with 3 results with pictures and descriptions: The Titanic, The Majestic which was actually a replacement ship for the Titanic, and the Olympic which was a sister ship. I googled sister ships for the Titanic to double check and came up with the Olympic and the Britannic. However when searching on Ancestry I could not verify that the Britannic was the sister ship so conflicting information there.
For the Hindenburg search, I again went into the advanced search and searched for Hindenburg. On the left I limited the search to Newspapers and Publications, so 436 results. I selected the tab at the top for categories and noticed they were arrange by dates. I selected the time period for 1937 and had it limited to 42 results. I scrolled through the results. Many of these were images from newspapers of survivors, testimony, etc.
Heritage Quest
I searched in heritage quest for Lac Qui Parle County, MN, where I grew up. I searched books, census and the Persi for places. I had many results of interest. There were books about the Sioux or Dakota Uprising and I recognized many names in the census. In the Persi there appeared to be many results of interest, but it seems you have to request the article in order see it? Anyway, only the citations appeared. There were many on the school district and Indian Mission but again just the citation for it, not the actual article.
1. For finding the sister ships of the Titanic, I went into the advanced search and typed in a keyword search for "Titanic Sister Ship." I then selected the Ship Pictures and Descriptions category. I came up with 3 results with pictures and descriptions: The Titanic, The Majestic which was actually a replacement ship for the Titanic, and the Olympic which was a sister ship. I googled sister ships for the Titanic to double check and came up with the Olympic and the Britannic. However when searching on Ancestry I could not verify that the Britannic was the sister ship so conflicting information there.
For the Hindenburg search, I again went into the advanced search and searched for Hindenburg. On the left I limited the search to Newspapers and Publications, so 436 results. I selected the tab at the top for categories and noticed they were arrange by dates. I selected the time period for 1937 and had it limited to 42 results. I scrolled through the results. Many of these were images from newspapers of survivors, testimony, etc.
Heritage Quest
I searched in heritage quest for Lac Qui Parle County, MN, where I grew up. I searched books, census and the Persi for places. I had many results of interest. There were books about the Sioux or Dakota Uprising and I recognized many names in the census. In the Persi there appeared to be many results of interest, but it seems you have to request the article in order see it? Anyway, only the citations appeared. There were many on the school district and Indian Mission but again just the citation for it, not the actual article.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Lesson 8: World Cat
1. World Cat: I used the Advanced Search and put in "Martin Luther" not "King". I also used the sub-type limiters to request a juvenile book and not fiction. I limited the type to books. I also sorted by date and just looked at the more recent ones at first. I found several such as Martin Luther: man who changed the world which was at Brookings Public Library and Martin Luther: father of the reformation which was at Watertown Public Library.
Graphic novels: After a little trial and error, I ended up putting in Graphic novels in the genre/form field and classics in the keyword field and not Garfield to eliminate those. I ended up with over 500 classics graphic novels. I would choose Count of Monte Cristo published by Papercutz.
With My Fair Lady search, I entered "My Fair Lady" as a title phrase and limited it to a musical score. I had over 500 results. I chose the third result and the ascension # was 26429906.
2. Camio--I tried the different search terms and then used the limiters on the side for the dates and browsed through the results for the 1831-1902 time period.
Graphic novels: After a little trial and error, I ended up putting in Graphic novels in the genre/form field and classics in the keyword field and not Garfield to eliminate those. I ended up with over 500 classics graphic novels. I would choose Count of Monte Cristo published by Papercutz.
With My Fair Lady search, I entered "My Fair Lady" as a title phrase and limited it to a musical score. I had over 500 results. I chose the third result and the ascension # was 26429906.
2. Camio--I tried the different search terms and then used the limiters on the side for the dates and browsed through the results for the 1831-1902 time period.
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