1. There are so many resources available to people if they're just willing to take the time and look. I admit I had many problems finding/searching some of the different sites but that doesn't mean everyone did. If someone's serious about doing research some of these sites can be incredibly helpful.
2. If someone comes in and is doing research I will definitely recommend the sites that would relate to what they are searching for. I've been talking to my coworkers about the sites as we do them, letting them know about their availability.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Lesson 9/March 2015
AncestryLibrary's "Ship Pictures and Descriptions"
1. I did my search in "Passenger Ships and Images". First I looked up the Titanic to find out which shipping line she was from. I then did a search on "White Star" and in history put in sister of Titanic. This brought up a list from which i found the Olympic, she was in service from 1911 to 1934. After the sinking of the Titanic her construction was altered and it increased her tonnage. She served as a troopship during WWI and was dismantled in 1937.
2. I tried searching but was unable to figure out where to go or how to do it. Seems like they were always asking for peoples names or a place. It is very frustrating for me at this point.
HeritageQuest
3. I used PERSI for my search, not sure if that's the right one or not. I went to places, entered the state as SD and county as Hand (where i grew up). It gave me a few hits but you have to order the articles which were in the SD Genealogical Society Quarterly and SD History. I then tried Search Books and Directories using Miller, Hand County, SD. I got over 5 million hits. If i narrowed the scope to county and surrounding counties I got no hits at all.
1. I did my search in "Passenger Ships and Images". First I looked up the Titanic to find out which shipping line she was from. I then did a search on "White Star" and in history put in sister of Titanic. This brought up a list from which i found the Olympic, she was in service from 1911 to 1934. After the sinking of the Titanic her construction was altered and it increased her tonnage. She served as a troopship during WWI and was dismantled in 1937.
2. I tried searching but was unable to figure out where to go or how to do it. Seems like they were always asking for peoples names or a place. It is very frustrating for me at this point.
HeritageQuest
3. I used PERSI for my search, not sure if that's the right one or not. I went to places, entered the state as SD and county as Hand (where i grew up). It gave me a few hits but you have to order the articles which were in the SD Genealogical Society Quarterly and SD History. I then tried Search Books and Directories using Miller, Hand County, SD. I got over 5 million hits. If i narrowed the scope to county and surrounding counties I got no hits at all.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Lesson 8/March 2015
WorldCat
1. I went into the advanced search, did keyword Martin Luther, keyword 'not' King. I also limited it to juvenile and biography. It's so nice to be able to limit your searches, many sites can't do this so you spend hours searching for what it is you really want. I chose the book called Martin Luther by Harry Emerson Fosdick. Not so much for the content of the book, but it was hard to find books about Martin Luther in South Dakota and Mitchell owned this title.
2. I found it easier to use graphic novel as the first search and classic novel and the second. I chose Tom Sawyer by Tim Mucci, published by Sterling, New York, 2008.
3. After a few false starts I figured out how to do this one. Pretty simple actually. Searched the title phrase My Fair Lady and chose musical scores for the type of material. USD and NSU both have the vocal score. The Accession number is 26429906.
1. I went into the advanced search, did keyword Martin Luther, keyword 'not' King. I also limited it to juvenile and biography. It's so nice to be able to limit your searches, many sites can't do this so you spend hours searching for what it is you really want. I chose the book called Martin Luther by Harry Emerson Fosdick. Not so much for the content of the book, but it was hard to find books about Martin Luther in South Dakota and Mitchell owned this title.
2. I found it easier to use graphic novel as the first search and classic novel and the second. I chose Tom Sawyer by Tim Mucci, published by Sterling, New York, 2008.
3. After a few false starts I figured out how to do this one. Pretty simple actually. Searched the title phrase My Fair Lady and chose musical scores for the type of material. USD and NSU both have the vocal score. The Accession number is 26429906.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Lesson 7/March 2015
Ebooks on EbscoHost
1. I chose college basketball, tis the season. It started as a very broad topic but using the refine results area you can really get down to what it is you truly want. I wasn't looking for anything too specific, just seeing what i could find. I especially like that you can pick the years to search. Too many search engines won't let you do that and you end up having to sort through a bunch of titles that are way too old. On the other hand if you are looking for something older, more history of a subject, you can use it that way too. March Is For Corporate Madness, Too was quite an interesting article, talking about how much corporate sponsors spend on the NCAA tournament, buying the expensive suites and most of the tickets available. Which is bad for an ordinary person that might want to try to get tickets.
2. After trying to do a word search for these books i finally decided to go a different route. I clicked on eBooks at the top of the page, then browsed by category (Children's and Young Adult Fiction). I refined the search by clicking on fairy tales, and there they were! Andrew Lang's Red.Violet, and Yellow Fairy Tales. Fairy tales were alot different back then, that's for sure. These are not all of them. I then Googled Andrew Lang and found he actually did 12 of these books, published between 1889 and 1910. Grandma sure liked them!! :-)
1. I chose college basketball, tis the season. It started as a very broad topic but using the refine results area you can really get down to what it is you truly want. I wasn't looking for anything too specific, just seeing what i could find. I especially like that you can pick the years to search. Too many search engines won't let you do that and you end up having to sort through a bunch of titles that are way too old. On the other hand if you are looking for something older, more history of a subject, you can use it that way too. March Is For Corporate Madness, Too was quite an interesting article, talking about how much corporate sponsors spend on the NCAA tournament, buying the expensive suites and most of the tickets available. Which is bad for an ordinary person that might want to try to get tickets.
2. After trying to do a word search for these books i finally decided to go a different route. I clicked on eBooks at the top of the page, then browsed by category (Children's and Young Adult Fiction). I refined the search by clicking on fairy tales, and there they were! Andrew Lang's Red.Violet, and Yellow Fairy Tales. Fairy tales were alot different back then, that's for sure. These are not all of them. I then Googled Andrew Lang and found he actually did 12 of these books, published between 1889 and 1910. Grandma sure liked them!! :-)
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Lesson 6/March 2015
Gale Virtual Reference Library
1. I admit, once again I was having some difficulty, but then i discovered the title list and away I went! I found Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes and of World Holidays. I think the food and recipes might be my new favorite encyclopedia. I love to cook and have already found a few recipes to try. But anyway, it would take a little research from both the titles to find out all the information you would need. I was a little surprised by the number of countries that celebrate Festivals of the Dead. It seemed like Easter was about the only holiday celebrated on the same day and many were celebrated within weeks or months of each other. I will definitely remember and use this site.
2. I certainly didn't get as many hits when I narrowed the search down to after 2012 (6 compared to 93). Therefore there wasn't nearly as much information about the topic. On this particular topic more up to date information probably isn't as necessary since recipes and the history of holidays don't really change.
1. I admit, once again I was having some difficulty, but then i discovered the title list and away I went! I found Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes and of World Holidays. I think the food and recipes might be my new favorite encyclopedia. I love to cook and have already found a few recipes to try. But anyway, it would take a little research from both the titles to find out all the information you would need. I was a little surprised by the number of countries that celebrate Festivals of the Dead. It seemed like Easter was about the only holiday celebrated on the same day and many were celebrated within weeks or months of each other. I will definitely remember and use this site.
2. I certainly didn't get as many hits when I narrowed the search down to after 2012 (6 compared to 93). Therefore there wasn't nearly as much information about the topic. On this particular topic more up to date information probably isn't as necessary since recipes and the history of holidays don't really change.
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