That's all she wrote!

I guess I enjoyed this year's challenges and found them to be helpful to a wide audiene of patrons. Everything from art, to geneology, to foreign language, the list goes on and on.
I think WorldCat will help me locate materials better. We have used WorldCat before but I wasn't using it as much as now.

I think the databases we went through were helpful and things we can make use of.
I am constantly amazed at what is available to South Dakota patrons for free!!
If only we had time to explore!

Sanborn Maps

I'm sorry but Sanborn maps I thought was very confusing and I am not sure what I was suppose to see or use it for!! Maybe I could see one using it to identify what land belonged to whom at certain time. I am sorry, but this one got me!

AncestryLibrary

In searching for my name I found myself listed once, but the funniest thing was seeing other Darla D.'s with similar last names such as Laib, Love, Lovey, who reside in SD as well. My listing was for my previous address in ND.

I also searched my husband and his father and found both several times, especially my father in law. My husband's listing was from Public School records, while his father's were from US census and Veterans Gravesites.

I searched my paternal grandmother to discover she settled in Minnesota sometime around 1876! I didn't realize that! She was also part of the 1920 census.
My paternal grandfather I could only locate from Social Security Death.

Using South Dakota as the search term, I got thousands of hits! It was noted that I hadn't included a name, so with my father's name I found Yearbook photos of him.

Learning Express Library

I was amazed at this resource! To be able to find all this testing information in just one spot is amazing. I tried the Constitution test and my colleagues and I had a great time trying to get the true answers. We decided we should probably all have to study and take the test every 5-10 years as a U.S. citizen refresher course!

I looked at the 4th grade math tests also. Boy, I am NOT smarter than a 4th or 5th grader! It is amazing how much one forgets over time. The problems seem easy enough but doing them an getting the correct answer is another thing. I looked and took part of the 4th grade math test.
When viewing your answers, the explanations to the correct answers was great. One would see what they had done wrong with a complete explanation, with no condemnation!

The resume portion of the career resources is a wonderful reference or beginning guide for students as well as public persons. Even the hints on interviewing was beneficial. This is a resource that would be invaluable to most any patron.

The e-book library is amazing! This is a list of books to help one study. Everything you need is already there for you. I checked out the nursing books as my daughters are nurses and one is working on her PA, so this is an area that I am close to.

I was overall very impressed with this resource. It is very useable and easy to navigate.

Cameo

1. It was interesting to see that Paul Revere was an artist!
He was a painter, but he did most with decorative arts and Utillitarian objects.

2. Using the term "Sioux" I got 63 hits ranging from costumes to paintings. I like the suggested search box of info on the left side of the screen. This information can really assist in narrowing your search.
The up close view and the detailed description really show the items well.

3. I searched for Terry Redlin and Sandra Koch two of my f avorite contemporary artists but found nothing on them. Then I tried Grandma Moses and Norman Rockwell. Both of these had items attached, but only a limited number---Grandma only 1 and Rockwell only 6. which I found rather interesting. Items can be seen in high resolution full page view and that is great for details.

There is an option to search specific museums and that would be helpful to traveling students and faculty. The Browser option lets you search by contributing museum or work type.

The viewing optons ie: slide show and creating a webpage especially were great ideas! Esay, quick, fun!

Archivegrid/Cameo

Using ArchiveGrid, I learned that Sitting Bull had many names. But regardless of which one he used, he first and foremost fought for the rights of Native Americans. His life was in danger many times but the fearless leader never gave up. He was humiliated by the U.S. forces by being made part of a Wild West Show. But died resisting the white man and stayed true to his tribal traditions.

Part 2: I searched my maiden name and came up with one match. The University of California in SanDiego has a record in the Registra's office detailing the Eggum name. When I searched my husband's last name I got 3 hits from Bundesarchiv, Cornell University, and University of California, Los Angeles.

I also looked for Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD and found several (17) hits that featured articles by past registras and professors.
Is easy to use and navigate. Would be helpful for historians who are researching their institution or family history.

WorldCat

Part 1: The drop down menu under "Keyword" using the Advanced search tab, offered several seach options. Options ranged from Access Method to Title or Title phase. Using the latter option and the limiter "books", there were 881 hits, with 6 libraries worldwide; my Augustana library as one of them. The title of the book I used was Mother Earth by Ellen Jackson.
The LC call number is PZ7 J13247 and E in Dewey system. The author has written 77 other books.
Under subjects there were multiple additional items (over 800). There also is a list of other items in differing formats. World Cat offers citation helps and shows me how to limit my search by offering suggestions.

Part 2: Oaister is easy to navigate. It offers the email or export option, which is valuable in research. The brief and detailed overviews are nice to get a clearer view of what you might get. The access link lead me to the article in the library where it is held. There the article can be downloaded.

I know ILL here at Augustana library uses WorldCat all the time to secure obscure items for patrons. Ordering items in various languages is interesting. Dessertations for thesis work is also obtained through WorldCat as well as manuscript scores for the music department.
WorldCat is definately useful in the academic library setting.