Monday, March 25, 2013
Overview
I have really enjoyed this review of the databases. They constantly change and I don't always just take the time to go back into them and see the changes. I really liked the newspapers section of Ancestry database. I hadn't used that before and could see some good possibilities coming out of there. Some of the databases I thought were more user friendly than others, but all provided good info. Since I have started this class, I have been able to recommend some of the databases to some patrons to help find what they were looking for. It was a great class and thanks for doing this!!!
Ancestry & HeritageQuest
1.To find out information about Titanic's two sister ships, I went to Immigration & Travel and then ship pics & Descriptions. I typed in Titanic and it brought up the Titanic as well as her two sister ships the Britanic, which never saw commercial travel as it was commandeered by the British Government and then sank. It also had the Olympic which was eventually a WWI service ship.
2.Trying to find info on Dirigible, the Hindenburg, was a little tougher. I think it was errors with my browser and not the database. but initially no matter what I typed in, I would get no results, then I tried going into the newspaper & publications a different way and was able to find 322 articles. I read a few and found them fascinating. This would work great for searches for historic events to see what the papers of the day wrote about it. Pretty cool!
3.Searching in HeritageQuest for history of Freeman, SD, I didn't find much info. I tried under books, and mostly what I found, was a person who was either from Freeman, or made reference to Freeman. I really didn't find much historical information. I then tried Persi and had pretty much the same results. I think if we would try a bigger town, that would be in more books we would have better luck.
2.Trying to find info on Dirigible, the Hindenburg, was a little tougher. I think it was errors with my browser and not the database. but initially no matter what I typed in, I would get no results, then I tried going into the newspaper & publications a different way and was able to find 322 articles. I read a few and found them fascinating. This would work great for searches for historic events to see what the papers of the day wrote about it. Pretty cool!
3.Searching in HeritageQuest for history of Freeman, SD, I didn't find much info. I tried under books, and mostly what I found, was a person who was either from Freeman, or made reference to Freeman. I really didn't find much historical information. I then tried Persi and had pretty much the same results. I think if we would try a bigger town, that would be in more books we would have better luck.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
ArchiveGrid and CAMIO
ArchiveGrid- Material for Theodore Schultz can be found at Iowas State University. Even though you do not get full articles, I did find it interesting that he was involved and resigned in protest to the great "oleomargarine Controvery". He also won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979. Even though he was from South Dakota. There were none of his papers available in South Dakota.
CAMIO - Hunting for Victorian Era fashion was a little time consuming. I first tried Victorian Era Fashion and got no results. Then I tried just Fashion and I just got results from 1800, which is a little before the era I wanted. I tried dress and was able to narrow that down to 1843 which gave me 10 results including a really cool wedding dress! I also tried 1870 and got 14 results. This would give the student some resources to use. I also tried using the keyword clothing and found nothing in the correct time period. I think if you enjoyed art and photography you could spend hours browsing through all the images.
CAMIO - Hunting for Victorian Era fashion was a little time consuming. I first tried Victorian Era Fashion and got no results. Then I tried just Fashion and I just got results from 1800, which is a little before the era I wanted. I tried dress and was able to narrow that down to 1843 which gave me 10 results including a really cool wedding dress! I also tried 1870 and got 14 results. This would give the student some resources to use. I also tried using the keyword clothing and found nothing in the correct time period. I think if you enjoyed art and photography you could spend hours browsing through all the images.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
WorldCat
1.To look for works about Martin Luther I Chose Martin Luther as a subject, then using the NOT I added Martin Luther King. This really reduced the numbers. I also limited it books and in Subtype Limits I chose Juvenile Non-Fiction. Here are 2 books that I chose. Martin Luther by May McNeer which is available at the Alexander Mitchell Library. and Martin Luther: a Man who Changed the Wolrd by Paul L. Maier which is available at the Brookings Public Library.
2. To see what Classic Graphic Novels are in libraries I typed in Graphic Novels and classics. I limited it to Fiction. I came up with Journey to the Center of the Earth Published by Barron's in Hauppauge, NY.
3. Looking for a musical score for My Fair Lady, I typed My Fair Lady as a title Phrase and in the Limit type to, I checked musical scores. the accession number was 26429906.
2. To see what Classic Graphic Novels are in libraries I typed in Graphic Novels and classics. I limited it to Fiction. I came up with Journey to the Center of the Earth Published by Barron's in Hauppauge, NY.
3. Looking for a musical score for My Fair Lady, I typed My Fair Lady as a title Phrase and in the Limit type to, I checked musical scores. the accession number was 26429906.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Ebooks on Ebsco Host
1. I tried out the visual search and I tried several different topics. I struck out on Siamese Twins and didn't get much back on Mount Everest. I then tried South Dakota, I really liked how it drilled down to what you were looking for and you could see the results. I did open a couple of different books I thought that the reading pane was not the most effienct. I had to scroll down each page and then turn the page, seemed like a lot. The information was good and I think that kids could get some very useful information for reports and projects.
2. For the colored Fairy tale books, I stayed in visual search and typed fairy tales, then clicked on fairy tales again and 4 books came up they were all written by Andrew Lang and they were the Violet Fairy tales, Blue Fairy tales, Yellow Fairy tales, and Red Fairy tales. I had tried to do just a basic search using the same term fairy tales, and I could not find anything helpful. Now if I had grandma with me we could have drilled down a little further by getting a date range that they were published,but she wasn't here.
2. For the colored Fairy tale books, I stayed in visual search and typed fairy tales, then clicked on fairy tales again and 4 books came up they were all written by Andrew Lang and they were the Violet Fairy tales, Blue Fairy tales, Yellow Fairy tales, and Red Fairy tales. I had tried to do just a basic search using the same term fairy tales, and I could not find anything helpful. Now if I had grandma with me we could have drilled down a little further by getting a date range that they were published,but she wasn't here.
Gale Virtual Reference
1.Spring Festivals:
A. United States: Mardi Gras
Food and Recipe:Mardi Gras King Cake
Ingredients
1 package dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
6 teaspoons milk, boiled then cooled
4 to 5 cups flour
1 cup (½ pound or 2 sticks) butter, softened
¾ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
4 eggs
2 teaspoons butter, melted
Small ceramic figurine (available at religious stores) or bean (optional)
Light corn syrup, for glazing
Colored sugar crystals (green, yellow, purple), for topping
Directions
1.Dissolve yeast in warm water.
2.Add milk and about ½ cup of flour.
3.In a large bowl, blend butter, sugar, salt, and eggs.
4.Add yeast mixture and mix thoroughly.
5.Gradually add 2½ cups of flour to make a stiff dough.
6.Turn onto a clean, floured countertop and knead for about 8 minutes.
7.Clean mixing bowl and coat it with butter. Place dough in greased bowl and brush with 2 teaspoons melted butter.
8.Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise until double in size, about 2 hours.
9.Punch dough in the center with a clean fist.
10.Dust a clean counter with flour. Turn dough out onto counter and knead for 2 minutes. Roll into a 4-foot long rope.
11.Form the rope into an oval and transfer it to a 14- × 17-inch greased cookie sheet. Pinch ends of dough together. (Add a few drops of water to seal the seam, if necessary.)
12.Press the figurine (or bean) into the dough from underneath, so that it is hidden.
13.Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until double in size, about 1 hour.
14.Preheat oven to 325°F.
15.Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until lightly browned.
16.Brush top of cake with corn syrup and sprinkle with colored sugar.
Games or pastimes
Parades are the most common event in Mardi Gras and the building of the floats is considered a local pastime.
I found this by first typing in Mardi Gras and then narrowing it down by catagory.
B. China: Ching Ming Festival
celebrated April 5 or 6
Food and Recipe: Hta-Ma-Ne
Ingredients
4 cups cooked glutinous rice, kept warm (available at Asian food stores)
1/3 cup peanut butter
11/2 tablespoons finely grated fresh ginger or 1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 tablespoons fresh garlic, finely chopped
3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1/2 cup shredded coconut
Directions
1.Heat oil in a medium saucepan and stir together cooked rice, peanut butter, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, and coconut.
2.Cover and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes to heat through, stirring occasionally.
Games or pastimes
During this holiday families make elaborate paper offerings to their ancestors that are burned at ceremonies. They also do Kite flying.
Recently added 2012 titles
After going to advanced search and typing in dates between 2012 and 2012 I chose these two:
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms: Pop Culture of the 20th and 21st Century America. This was a fun look at cultural history. I read about the creation of SPAM to popular tv shows and fashions. I really enjoyed looking around and reading the articles.
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods & recipies of the world. This just took a look at different culture food traditions and included recipes. I could really get lost in this just trying different recipes!
A. United States: Mardi Gras
Food and Recipe:Mardi Gras King Cake
Ingredients
1 package dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
6 teaspoons milk, boiled then cooled
4 to 5 cups flour
1 cup (½ pound or 2 sticks) butter, softened
¾ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
4 eggs
2 teaspoons butter, melted
Small ceramic figurine (available at religious stores) or bean (optional)
Light corn syrup, for glazing
Colored sugar crystals (green, yellow, purple), for topping
Directions
1.Dissolve yeast in warm water.
2.Add milk and about ½ cup of flour.
3.In a large bowl, blend butter, sugar, salt, and eggs.
4.Add yeast mixture and mix thoroughly.
5.Gradually add 2½ cups of flour to make a stiff dough.
6.Turn onto a clean, floured countertop and knead for about 8 minutes.
7.Clean mixing bowl and coat it with butter. Place dough in greased bowl and brush with 2 teaspoons melted butter.
8.Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise until double in size, about 2 hours.
9.Punch dough in the center with a clean fist.
10.Dust a clean counter with flour. Turn dough out onto counter and knead for 2 minutes. Roll into a 4-foot long rope.
11.Form the rope into an oval and transfer it to a 14- × 17-inch greased cookie sheet. Pinch ends of dough together. (Add a few drops of water to seal the seam, if necessary.)
12.Press the figurine (or bean) into the dough from underneath, so that it is hidden.
13.Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until double in size, about 1 hour.
14.Preheat oven to 325°F.
15.Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until lightly browned.
16.Brush top of cake with corn syrup and sprinkle with colored sugar.
Games or pastimes
Parades are the most common event in Mardi Gras and the building of the floats is considered a local pastime.
I found this by first typing in Mardi Gras and then narrowing it down by catagory.
B. China: Ching Ming Festival
celebrated April 5 or 6
Food and Recipe: Hta-Ma-Ne
Ingredients
4 cups cooked glutinous rice, kept warm (available at Asian food stores)
1/3 cup peanut butter
11/2 tablespoons finely grated fresh ginger or 1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 tablespoons fresh garlic, finely chopped
3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1/2 cup shredded coconut
Directions
1.Heat oil in a medium saucepan and stir together cooked rice, peanut butter, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, and coconut.
2.Cover and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes to heat through, stirring occasionally.
Games or pastimes
During this holiday families make elaborate paper offerings to their ancestors that are burned at ceremonies. They also do Kite flying.
Recently added 2012 titles
After going to advanced search and typing in dates between 2012 and 2012 I chose these two:
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms: Pop Culture of the 20th and 21st Century America. This was a fun look at cultural history. I read about the creation of SPAM to popular tv shows and fashions. I really enjoyed looking around and reading the articles.
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods & recipies of the world. This just took a look at different culture food traditions and included recipes. I could really get lost in this just trying different recipes!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
ProQuest
1. While searching for Les Miserables I went under subject and just chose literary criticism and it gave me a bunch of reviews of the book. I found that a neat way to sort through all the possible hits you would have gotten otherwise. It is nice to be able to drill down to exactly what you want to save you time of sorting through all that yourself.
2. I really had trouble finding relevant material for this. I don't know if I was doing it wrong or what. But I tried several searches, such as, Hurricane Sandy AND Libraries, Hurricane Sandy then tried to drill down with subjects and such, and I would get results back, but not the impact on libraries per say. Maybe my searches were inaccurate and I need to keep trying, but I spent at least 30 minutes trying to find something that would work.
2. I really had trouble finding relevant material for this. I don't know if I was doing it wrong or what. But I tried several searches, such as, Hurricane Sandy AND Libraries, Hurricane Sandy then tried to drill down with subjects and such, and I would get results back, but not the impact on libraries per say. Maybe my searches were inaccurate and I need to keep trying, but I spent at least 30 minutes trying to find something that would work.
SIRS
SIRS Discoverer
1. When I was looking for solar system information for a third grader who reads below grade level, I went to the advanced search typed in solar system, then you can enter the childs lexile reading level. That way you are assured that you can give the child information that she can read and comprehend.
2. The two ways I searched for volcanoes were hitting the science button on the first page, then on the right side of the next page I clicked on Geography, then volcanoes. Finally I clicked on the graphics tab and came up with 152 images. The second way was a keyword search for volcanoes. I clicked on graphics again and came up with 137 images.
SIRS Researcher
1. The debate between using Google and SIRS website was interesting. I found a PDF that said that only 10% of a Google search would be k-12 relevant or editor/teacher-reviewed. By going through SIRS it would save you a lot of time because you are assured that the web sites are reviewed for content and are accurate. So you are getting higher quality results immediately instead of having to sift through a lot of google sites.
2. Finding information for a civic discussion, I used 2 different searches, water restrictions and water conservation. I think both of these can be helpful with the discussions, although I didn't quite find what I was looking for, but again a lot of good information, including court cases.
1. When I was looking for solar system information for a third grader who reads below grade level, I went to the advanced search typed in solar system, then you can enter the childs lexile reading level. That way you are assured that you can give the child information that she can read and comprehend.
2. The two ways I searched for volcanoes were hitting the science button on the first page, then on the right side of the next page I clicked on Geography, then volcanoes. Finally I clicked on the graphics tab and came up with 152 images. The second way was a keyword search for volcanoes. I clicked on graphics again and came up with 137 images.
SIRS Researcher
1. The debate between using Google and SIRS website was interesting. I found a PDF that said that only 10% of a Google search would be k-12 relevant or editor/teacher-reviewed. By going through SIRS it would save you a lot of time because you are assured that the web sites are reviewed for content and are accurate. So you are getting higher quality results immediately instead of having to sift through a lot of google sites.
2. Finding information for a civic discussion, I used 2 different searches, water restrictions and water conservation. I think both of these can be helpful with the discussions, although I didn't quite find what I was looking for, but again a lot of good information, including court cases.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Learning Express
1. A fourth grader who needs help with reading comprehension should be shown to the reading skills improvement page and the 4th grade reading practice showing him/her the comprehension practice exams. I would also show this student that after they take the exams that they can go back and she what the correct answer is and why.
2. on improving office manager skills I went to job search & work place skills and went into the locating info practice test. This was a nice little test that gets you familiar with reading charts, graphs, invoices, etc. Although when I was going through the test I did find a typo. Is there any way to contact them and let them know? But this would definately help brush up on some of the skills you may be called upon to do as an office manager.
3. A student looking for info on nursing or pharmacy, I went into Jobs& Careers under nursing and caree guidance and found a downloadable book about the nursing field. I didn't see anything in there about Pharmacy and when I did a search it just came up with pharmacy exams.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
1c - World Book Foriegn Language
I tried the spanish version and tried to search for house using the english word and I didn't get the proper results, I could browse and eventually get there, but that took awhile. In the browse feature, I clicked on the A-Z and then I was able to search in English, which made things easier to get to where I wanted to go. I again couldn't get the text to speech feature to work, so I might have to try a different computer. I think this is a great offering for Spanish speakers, that we can offer them some help in their native language.
1B World Book Public Libraries
1. World Book Online kids - I went into Science Projects had some great ideas for simple science projects that you could incorporate into class time or even kids could try at home. I thought the translate button was very nice, but I couldn't get the text read aloud to work.
2.World Book Online InfoFinder - I tried the Virtual tours of the Titanic, and it had some great information in it. This could be very helpful for students who have a hard time reading that they still could get facts and information.
3. World Book Online Reference Center - This is the same as the World Book Advanced so see previous post.
Lesson 1a: World Book School Edition
1. World Book Kids - I went into the games & activities and found a lot of different games in different subjects areas. I went into english and tried the parts of speech matching game. I can see this being a fun resource to use to have kids practice their parts of speech. Anytime you can do these activities in a game format, I think kids enjoy it more and stick with it better.
2. World Book Student - I went into Behind the headlines and thought this would be great for current events. They had great information on the inauguration. You could also play a game that reviews some of the current events. How Cool!
3. World Book Advance - This would be a great resource for books! I really liked that you were able to download the ebook, so you don't have to be online the whole time. Also it was nice that it does quite a bit of work for you by tying in Web pages and content standards. I really liked the Back in time articles.
4.World Book Disscover - I really liked the how to research. This would be great for students and teachers. Students learn some of the basics of how to do a research paper and the teachers side, gives you guidlines on how to set up the papers so they are more plagerism proof. Neat!
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