Netlibrary #2 and #3 exercizes

#2 exercize:

Citisenship Day, September 17th, is another name for Constitutional Day as noted in the following titles:

Representing Popular Sovereignty: The Constitution in American Political CultureSUNY Series in American Constitutionalism
by Levin, Daniel Lessard.Publication: Albany State University of New York Press, 1999.


The Teacher's Calendar: School Year 2003-2004: the Day-by-day Directory to Holidays, Historic Events, Birthdays and Special Days, Weeks and Months
by McGuire, Holly.; Keil, Kathryn A.Publication: Chicago, Ill. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003


Citizen, Mother, Worker: Debating Public Responsibility for Child Care After the Second World WarGender & American Culture
by Stoltzfus, Emilie.Publication: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press, 2003


Anniversaries and Holidays
by Trawicky, Bernard.; Gregory, Ruth W.Publication: Chicago ALA Editions of the American Library Association, 2000


I had a terrible time yesterday when trying to do this search.....I am wondering why today I had no problem at all finding applicable information!! Unless someone else was also using the book, as I see only one person can use a book at a time.

Also, the first time I just used the keyword basic search for Constitution Day. The second time I put the words in parenthesis and that really helped narrow the results. Also using Citizenship Day got several hits.

#3 exercise
I found 85 hits when using Nebraska and 77 hits when using Oklahoma. The titles suggested history from those areas. Interesting to see that by using only states for publisher that you could fine items. Just for fun I tried South Dakota and Minnesota but found no hits! I guess I don't understand why Nebraska and Oklahoma got hits. And how would a user know to even search by publisher??

NetLibrary

In searching for the keyword "Medicaid", I immediately found resources that will answer my questions on behalf of my 80 year old mother. The table of contents took me directly to the chapter that would answer my questions. I ran off several pages for us to consider.
I love the aspect of 247 assessiblity.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

I searched 'zinc in foods' and immediately found an article "Minerals" in the Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health. A quick scan gave me the answer to my questions. Zinc is found in lamb,beef, leafy grains, root vegetables such as potatoes and carrots, shellfish, and organ meats such as liver or kidneys.
I appreciated the percentage of relevancy sort. It helps one not waste his time on obscure articles.

Searching "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" I immediately found 3 articles in "Literary Themes for Students" specifically addressing the title. Their relevancy ranged from 100-73% followed by many more articles. This seems almost too easy!! As an English major many years ago, I don't remember every having so much information so quickly on my specific title or question!! The feature along the side that tells you what specific topics are covered in this article about the book, is wonderful! The overview is most helpful. The article it self contained information from the plot to the autobiography of the author, to synopsis of chapters, as well as cirticisms and themes.
I am sure students as well as Book Clubs would love this reference item!

Gale Virtual Reference Library

We have many students each semester who are required to take a Native American class for their education degrees. I choose the reference set "Literary Themes for Students: Race and Prejudice," a 2 volume set to search for the book titled, "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee."
Gale is easy to use and the results are useful. I like the marking feature and the citation creator. Of course the read aloud feature is very interesting! One of my own daughters is very much an audible learner and she would have greatly appreciated this feature.

Proquest 2

Library Journal is indexed by Proquest. It is in full text from 1996 to current date with RSS feed available. Once knowing the journal is covered in Proquest, you can go on to search
the topic and limit the search in various ways. Limitors include date of issue, full text, and a browse option is available to look through issues.

When I did a second search using just the key word 'library' there were 24 hits with 'library' in the title. Some were pertinent and some not, but it broadened by options.

Proquest is easy to use and very helpful in doing basic research. It is thorough but easily accessible to thousands of journals.

ProQuest

In searching the topic "Parkinson's Disease" using Proquest, a multitude of articles were found.
It is nice to choose either subject by relevance or date. Even being able to do the search in various languages was a surprise! I like the option of searching all journals or just selecting a few from the list. Proquest offers many limiters in various forms, from search tips, to single or multiple databases, to scholarly articles and full text, to suggested search terms, to formats.
Proquest also offers several citation and bibliographic helps, as well as alerts managing your findings. The email option is handy and the RSS feed option very helpful.

SIRS Discoverer and Researcher

SIRS Discoverer was very interesting and easy to navigate. I love the result lists at the top of the results that shows how many hits by category the search produced. Armadios did result in 6 pictures and the reading levels varied.
The map section is great....with various options from weather to historical maps. With a daughter in Australia today, it was fun to look at that country and its maps.
I love the activities and the teacher ideas as well as the fiction databases. Education students often request fiction to back up their topics and here it is!!
I think the dictionary and thesaurus at the top is a handy starting place. And the keyword in natural language is helpful to young researchers and subject heading searches are equally valuable to more experienced researchers, as is the citation helps.

Researcher is a wonderful tool and time saver. Here in one place are both sides to a contemporary issue and the overview gives a summary in one paragraph. The related subjects is helpful to expand an issue. And again the information on the number of hits in a category can be benefical in speeding research. I searched "drilling for oil." Current information was readily available in various formats.
Curriculum pathfinders is a great educator tool for locating info in a subject area by suggesting alternative headings. Using the language arts subject area, I could quickly find literary criticisms and literature reviews for our local bookclubs. The interactive portion along the side is an added bonus.

Both Discoverer and Researcher were easy to use and I think could be of help in various ways to our patrons.

WB Foreign Language Edition

The coyote was discussed in detail here as well. Interesting to see the same material in another language.

This section of the WB is very interesting.....how fun it was to listen in Spanish. I can see our Spanish majors using this listening tool to help them learn to speak the language. This would be a great tool for them to use in their curriculum classes.

WB Online Reference Center

This is a one stop research center!!! There are multiple research sourse suggestions. E-book references are also listed on the other side.

Pakistan with the read aloud feature, also listed are article content and related information!
I think the related information could be useful for our patrons as they disire more indepth information and details from a broader sourse base.

Also being able to have the article translated into several languages could be most helpful to our foreign exchange students and our diverse public sector.

WB Online info Finder

Much more info...fewer graphics. Tools box is helpful and main section along the side offers many more associated items and suggestions.

The amount of info is much more detailed and indepth, covering appearances of coyotes, their family life and feeding patterns.