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.

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.

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.