WorldCat
In the
WorldCat catalogue, you can search in many different ways including by author,
material type, composer, ISBN number, and various others. I chose to
search the title Where the Red Fern Grows. There were 180 records
found, but only 161 of them were in English which I found to be very
interesting. A total of 2045 libraries worldwide have the first item!
Wow! Not too surprising considering the novel is considered a classic. The top
library is Black Hills State University. The novel had several
descriptors including: Hunting
dogs -- Juvenile fiction.; Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile
fiction.; Dogs -- Fiction.; Hunting -- Fiction. When I
clicked on the authors name, I found a total of 439 results, with only 235 of
those results being books. When I went into the information,
the majority of the results were Where the Red Fern Grows.
I liked that it also contained a link to the citation for the page
(very useful for students working on research papers!).
Using the OAIster
search, I found an article on Agriculture Mediation and Counseling. The
information was about a farm program available to SD farmers
for additional assistance. I could see the information being helpful
if you had received a copy of a pamphlet or handout and lost your copy.
I could see it being helpful because you could find a new copy with all
of the information and contact information. I liked that you are able to
access a link with the information without having to print it out (save a
tree).
In CAMIO, I found many interesting links on the Sioux. I found
that a lot of the results were Costume and Jewelry I also
liked that the information contains the creator and the museum location.
I could see this resource being a great tool
for incorporating the Oceti Sakowin standards in the classroom.
It would be wonderful to have pictures of actual materials that we are
discussing. I could also find this being helpful when
discussing different artists within pieces of literature. What
a great way to get students exposed to art! I could see the personalizing
favorites being very helpful to have students present. How neat
is it that the search engine puts the information into a slideshow for you
and allows you to compare certain images.
2 comments:
Excellent review of WorldCat, CAMIO and more. You've identified the features that make WorldCat so powerful--the ability to see different editions, locations etc of content. And the citations are very useful!
Wonderful ideas for CAMIO. It is such an amazing resource to give students access to art.
Thank you so much for your post!
Julie
Camio is fun too. When I had my 5th and 6th graders do a scavenger hunt on the databases found at the State Library, then we went over the questions together; after that they each picked a site that they would be interested taking a look at in more depth; a couple of the students were excited about this site! I even showed some of our high school art students - cool, was the comment.
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