Lesson 8--ArchiveGrid and CAMIO

Lesson 8--ArchiveGrid and CAMIO

1. Using ArchiveGrid I typed in Nobel Prize Theodore Schultz and the first entry came up with Papers 1933-1988 which are at the Parks Library at Iowa State University.  This entry also gave a description of Schultz and discussed the oleo margarine controversy in 1943 that resulted in the resignation of Schultz from the Department of Economics and Sociology.  I discovered that you could click on other items that brought you to World Cat with the same entry, Papers, 1933-1988. 

2. Using CAMIO  Clothing during the Victorian Era and Charles Dickens

After a bit of frustration I finally typed in dress and the year 1850.  There were 11 results and I did spend some time looking at the pictures of dresses.  Are there any pictures of men’s clothing?  I also typed in clothing (17 results) and fashion (16 results).  For each of these I clicked on 1800.  I tried typing Victorian Era but nothing would come up.  I liked the way you could focus on parts of the outfits if you wanted to look at the details quite close.  This might prove valuable if a school did a play of a certain era.

Lesson 7 -- WorldCat and More FirstSearch Indexes

I have learned quite a few things in my research with the World Cat.

#1 Martin Luther books

When I first looked up Martin Luther I kept getting Martin Luther King items. I tried quotation marks around the words Martin Luther but that did not help. I knew I had to advance my search so since I knew Luther was part of the Reformation I added that to the search. From this point on I also limited my search to books. I found ten titles. I looked up two of these titles but from the pictures of the books and the locations being Northern State College and Augustana College I began to realize that the two books and the rest of the list were probably too advanced for 4^thand 5^th grade reading level. I went back to the search and clicked on juvenile. Again a list of 10 books! I was so glad to see the pictures of the covers. I found one book Spy for theNight Riders that might be good for this age level. It was available at Sioux land Libraries. I saw another book, Martin Luther by Fosdick that is available at the Mitchell Public Library and the last book, Martin Luther, a Man who Changed the World only had 26 pages and was described as a biography. For a Sunday school class it might be a good book to use pictures along with some of the biographical information that is in the book. The book was available at the Brookings Public Library. I would recommend the last two books because if the Sunday School teacher would call either of those libraries and ask for the books she should be able to get them within a week and the age level seemed appropriate.

Out of curiosity I went online to check my own Dakota Christian School Library. We have five books in our elementary library and three books in our high school library about Martin Luther. I would gladly lend these to the Sunday School teacher.

#2 Graphic Novels

I did a search and started out with graphic novels and then advanced the search by adding the word classics. 775 items resulted in the search.

Our school library does not have graphic novels. I am really considering this. I found three classic graphic novels that looked appealing to me. Kidnappedpublished by Hauppauge, Tom Sawyer published by Sterling, and Mark Twain by Eureka Productions. My question would be if it is better to get a series from one publisher or do a variety of selections from different publishers.

#3 Vocal score of My Fair Lady

I typed in My Fair Lady and also designated title phrase in the search. Then I clicked on the section of type and clicked on musical score. There were 274 results in English. I clicked on the third entry but then looked and found a better selection, (Number 6) that was entitled “My Fair Lady, Vocal Selection”however, there were no copies available at any of the SD Libraries. So I checked out more of the entries and finally went back to the third entry when I was sure that it had vocal scores included. This selection is available at Northern State University and University of South Dakota. The accession number is 26429906.

A little knowledge of music is valuable when you look at the descriptions to make sure you are getting vocal scores or just piano music.

Lesson 6 -- EBooks on EbscoHost (formerly NetLibrary)

I decided to do a search on South Dakota.  I narrowed the search to South Dakota History and found 5 results.  I looked at the book,  Bachelor Bess The Homesteading Letters.  My great grandparents moved to South Dakota in the late 1890’s.  I think this book and others that I see would help me realize what life was like during that time.  Another book is After the West was Won by Paula Nelson which describes a period in South Dakota from 1900-1917.  As I reviewed my researching I realized that topic of South Dakota can be broken down into different categories and the categories can also be broken down.

I did a search for fairy tales.  There was a list of the following books with colors:  The Violet Fairy Book, The Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Book, The Yellow Fairy Book and the Red Fairy Book.  Each of these were written by Andrew Lang.  It was great to see the actual cover of the book and the colors. It appears you could find quite a few old fairy tales to read in these books!  No wonder the grandmother described in the search could recall these books. 

The only negative thing about the EBooks is that I find I have to zoom in on the pages and make the print bigger.  If I don’t, the small print seems I strain my eyes.