I searched for Kite Flying. I found many, many non relevant books. Finally I stumbled across the magic combination of selecting all source types, all search terms, expanding to apply related words and no limits that finally got me relevant results to my search. I had given up.
I was able to find 3684 results with similar criteria when I searched Constitution Day. I'm going to mark September 17th on my calendar. I had to adjust the search criteria to eliminate sources not available on the internet. A source called We The People had information on when and why we have Constitution Day as well as who introduced the bill and which president signed it into law. Now I know why I did not learn about it in school!
The final search I did with Ebsco Host was an advanced search of a publisher. I selected Nebraska. I got 88 results from the University of Nebraska press. Subject included Political Science, Travel, Social Science, Sports and Recreation, Education and History.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Lesson 8
Yep. I'm skipping over lesson 7 which has convinced me that I cannot find relevant topics that EBSCO covers. I will come back to it at a later time.
Lesson 8, World Cat.
After clicking the Advanced Search Screen tab on the 2nd toolbar, I searched for Mark Twain. I selected keyword author, defining it to personal name. I wondered if I would come up empty, since his name is actually Samuel Clemens. Wow. 31,194 records in 2880 libraries world wide. 18,267 in English.
Next I went back and chose the title search and clicked on the limiter for Books. I searched for Huckleberry Finn. Results:6511 records, 4339 of which are in English. The first item was The Oxford book of American Light Verse by William Harmon. When I clicked on the author I got a list of 91 books. When I clicked on American Poetry in the Descriptor list under the subject heading there were 101498 records, of which 70736 were books. I found the call numbers are LC:PS586 and Dewey:811/.07. 2772 libraries have this book, the top library is Alexander Mitchell Library.
This reminds me that there is a Mark Twain book that I was interested in reading- something about a suitcase? So many books, so little time.
I added OAIster to the databases I searched. Searching with South Dakota as a keyword I found 138225 records in OIAster and 125027 with World Cat. I think this could be valuable site for students needing facts and statistics for debates and speeches.
Lesson 8, World Cat.
After clicking the Advanced Search Screen tab on the 2nd toolbar, I searched for Mark Twain. I selected keyword author, defining it to personal name. I wondered if I would come up empty, since his name is actually Samuel Clemens. Wow. 31,194 records in 2880 libraries world wide. 18,267 in English.
Next I went back and chose the title search and clicked on the limiter for Books. I searched for Huckleberry Finn. Results:6511 records, 4339 of which are in English. The first item was The Oxford book of American Light Verse by William Harmon. When I clicked on the author I got a list of 91 books. When I clicked on American Poetry in the Descriptor list under the subject heading there were 101498 records, of which 70736 were books. I found the call numbers are LC:PS586 and Dewey:811/.07. 2772 libraries have this book, the top library is Alexander Mitchell Library.
This reminds me that there is a Mark Twain book that I was interested in reading- something about a suitcase? So many books, so little time.
I added OAIster to the databases I searched. Searching with South Dakota as a keyword I found 138225 records in OIAster and 125027 with World Cat. I think this could be valuable site for students needing facts and statistics for debates and speeches.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Lesson 6 Gale Virtual Resource Library- GVRL
With the GVRL you can search many subject areas across the entire collection at once, 24/7. It has read speaker technology and can be downloaded in MP# format. You can book,mark, translate and cite.
In the upper right hand corner I clicked on the Title list to view the titles in the collection. I selected an book on the American Civil war. It had 5 volumes that I could browse. I selected biographies from the Table of contents and found an article about Pauline Cushman, a Northern spy. There were a couple photographs and information about her work as a spy as well as some history about her life after the war. This book is a good reference to Civil war biographies.
I did a search for Zinc. There are 960 articles in the basic search. Within the subject of Zinc I searched for Foods High in Zinc and found 4 articles. Narrowing it down once more with a search for Zinc as a nutrient, I found 3 articles. I used the listen feature and learned how important Zinc is our bodies. A female 12 years or older should have 12 mg/day according to the USRDA. There is information about using Zinc for the common cold and various infections. I figured that this is a good time to check out my One A Days- 15 mg. Looks like I've got the Zinc covered,
I would like to read Inferno by Dante Alighieri. I can find may great articles about the poem and the author, but have not been able to find the 34 stanzas that this information is all about.
I checked out McCleve and kelcy25's blogs. I am glad that others can use this information with their students.
In the upper right hand corner I clicked on the Title list to view the titles in the collection. I selected an book on the American Civil war. It had 5 volumes that I could browse. I selected biographies from the Table of contents and found an article about Pauline Cushman, a Northern spy. There were a couple photographs and information about her work as a spy as well as some history about her life after the war. This book is a good reference to Civil war biographies.
I did a search for Zinc. There are 960 articles in the basic search. Within the subject of Zinc I searched for Foods High in Zinc and found 4 articles. Narrowing it down once more with a search for Zinc as a nutrient, I found 3 articles. I used the listen feature and learned how important Zinc is our bodies. A female 12 years or older should have 12 mg/day according to the USRDA. There is information about using Zinc for the common cold and various infections. I figured that this is a good time to check out my One A Days- 15 mg. Looks like I've got the Zinc covered,
I would like to read Inferno by Dante Alighieri. I can find may great articles about the poem and the author, but have not been able to find the 34 stanzas that this information is all about.
I checked out McCleve and kelcy25's blogs. I am glad that others can use this information with their students.
Lesson 5- Proquest Research and Discovery Library
I began by clicking Full Text Only. In my searching I did not find any options to create an alert.
I did a basic search of something of interest. I started typing in Kissing the Blarney Stone. I got a drop down list with the whole phrase, which I selected. There are 41 results from newspapers, trade journals and magazines. There was a box with related searches. None of the items in the box appeared to be related to anything that I was looking for. I read a nice magazine article about kissing the Blarney Stone from Hispanic Magazine. There were a couple articles about an Irish Bar in Yongkang Lu. Words in the search were highlighted in the articles
I read a few blogs by other E Challenge participants. I like the pink wall paper on Alice from Wilmot's Blog and the fact that she will be able to use the lesson to help her students. Meade School District used a very small font. Librarian Lil looked up an armadillo in Lesson 4. Why didn't I think of that?!
I must say that the photo of Leonardo DiCaprio in the Arts, Film and Music Subject box was rather distracting. I'd like to look up some articles on him. This is why it takes me forevvvver to get my lessons done. Ha.
When I clicked the Publications tab at the top of the page, I learned that Proquest has 5073 publications from December 12, 2009 to the present. I typed Eagles in the search box. Zero publications. Then I looked at the assignment again, type a profession- ok. Falconer and Bird breeder both got me zero results. Thinking about the summer deck construction project at my house, I typed construction worker. Then I noticed the second box on this line. I went back to eagle and one at a time selected In subject, In title, Title begins, with zero, zilch results. Fear not! I selected In publication summary. Bingo! 3 hits, one each from a newspaper, a scholarly journal and a magazine. However none were about a profession dealing with eagles.
Did I mention that I am easily distracted?
I figured that I should try this with a profession, as our lesson requested. I checked Orthodontist-nothing. I was able to get 2 articles when searching Librarian. This looks like a good place to stop.
I did a basic search of something of interest. I started typing in Kissing the Blarney Stone. I got a drop down list with the whole phrase, which I selected. There are 41 results from newspapers, trade journals and magazines. There was a box with related searches. None of the items in the box appeared to be related to anything that I was looking for. I read a nice magazine article about kissing the Blarney Stone from Hispanic Magazine. There were a couple articles about an Irish Bar in Yongkang Lu. Words in the search were highlighted in the articles
I read a few blogs by other E Challenge participants. I like the pink wall paper on Alice from Wilmot's Blog and the fact that she will be able to use the lesson to help her students. Meade School District used a very small font. Librarian Lil looked up an armadillo in Lesson 4. Why didn't I think of that?!
I must say that the photo of Leonardo DiCaprio in the Arts, Film and Music Subject box was rather distracting. I'd like to look up some articles on him. This is why it takes me forevvvver to get my lessons done. Ha.
When I clicked the Publications tab at the top of the page, I learned that Proquest has 5073 publications from December 12, 2009 to the present. I typed Eagles in the search box. Zero publications. Then I looked at the assignment again, type a profession- ok. Falconer and Bird breeder both got me zero results. Thinking about the summer deck construction project at my house, I typed construction worker. Then I noticed the second box on this line. I went back to eagle and one at a time selected In subject, In title, Title begins, with zero, zilch results. Fear not! I selected In publication summary. Bingo! 3 hits, one each from a newspaper, a scholarly journal and a magazine. However none were about a profession dealing with eagles.
Did I mention that I am easily distracted?
I figured that I should try this with a profession, as our lesson requested. I checked Orthodontist-nothing. I was able to get 2 articles when searching Librarian. This looks like a good place to stop.
Lesson 3-Learning Express Library
I set up an account with Learning Express Library and watched the getting started tutorial. It was helpful, with very detailed step by step instructions on how to navigate the site and what is available.
I tried to get the adult GED exam, but wound up getting a Flash review of 600 most tested terms. It was recommended that a student not cram for a test, but break it down into several daily sessions.
I found a High School Biology Success in 20 minutes a day. I took that test and once I received my score, I realized that I will have to do some major studying if I wish to make a career change in that direction.
In the career resources search box I typed in photographer, movie star and tour guide and got no matches. When I searched 'teacher' I was able to launch Best Careers for Teachers.
I did not get finished with this lesson in February and have been having issues with being able to access it. I have reset my password, was in, and now it is giving me a message that I am not authorized to access this portal.
I still need to add a course to my center, but I am going to move on to my next lesson. Frustrated.
I tried to get the adult GED exam, but wound up getting a Flash review of 600 most tested terms. It was recommended that a student not cram for a test, but break it down into several daily sessions.
I found a High School Biology Success in 20 minutes a day. I took that test and once I received my score, I realized that I will have to do some major studying if I wish to make a career change in that direction.
In the career resources search box I typed in photographer, movie star and tour guide and got no matches. When I searched 'teacher' I was able to launch Best Careers for Teachers.
I did not get finished with this lesson in February and have been having issues with being able to access it. I have reset my password, was in, and now it is giving me a message that I am not authorized to access this portal.
I still need to add a course to my center, but I am going to move on to my next lesson. Frustrated.
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