Lesson 9 Genealogy

1. Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be dead to be listed in AncestryLibrary and can frequently find useful information in the U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002. You may even find your marriage license. Search for your own name in AncestryLibrary and report the results.

When I entered my name my marriage license popped up. I  broadened my search and my old address from 15 years ago was listed.

 

 

2.  In AncestryLibrary, search for a grandparent or great-grandparent and see if you can locate them in the census.  Report your findings.
 

I typed in my grandfathers name and found out he was born in 1888 and married in 1920. My mom's only brother also came up in the census of 1945.

3.  In AncestryLibrary, type "South Dakota" in the location box and click Search. On the left side of the next screen is a link for Pictures.  Click Pictures, see what's there, and look at one or more. Report your findings. 

When searching for pictures I found there were over 1136 historical postcards. The first one I looked at was the public school, DeSmet S.Dak. that was very interesting. then I looked at Flandreau High School. That must have been the thing to do, make postcards of your school!

4. In HeritageQuest, there are over 28,000 family and local histories in their online historical books.  Search for a place or browse the publications.  Report back on something that interested you.

I typed in my hometown, only one entry came up and it was for the 1940 census.

5. In Sanborn Maps, select South Dakota. Then select your town or a town with which you are familiar. Choose a date. Look at the first page containing the Index. Then navigate around the pages and see what you discover. Try to find a building on the map that is still in use today. Report your findings.


In Sanborn Maps I selected the small town of Carthage, S.D. The most recent date I could chose was Dec. 1925. My uncle used to own a business right along the railroad tracks in Carthage. There were many businesses in Carthage in 1925. Right now I can only think of less than 10 that are still operating today. There is a notice on the page - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY.

Next I went to my hometown. May 1943 was the latest date listed. Rather than small towns in rural S.D. growing they have all shrunk a lot over the last 100 years!

camio lesson

On camio after typing in Sioux I chose the Scalp Shirt.
The description gave a lot of information. The feature of being able to move the object around and zoom in for a close up was interesting. I think this site would be great for research. Teachers could use all the pictures for visuals. The students could experience many items from the past that they would never have a chance to otherwise see.

Lesson 10 Wrap Up

I am overwhelmed at the amount of information that is available for free! And the fact that anyone can access this information IF they can find a barcode and password. That is the one and only draw back I see from this.

I hope to promote this to the students and teachers for additional resources available to them.

Thank you for the challenge, I learned a lot!!

Lesson 8 World Cat

 1. We recommend using the Advanced Search screen for best search results. Click the “Advanced” tab on the toolbar 2nd to the top. In WorldCat, the right set of search boxes say “Keyword.” Click on the drop down menu to see other ways you can search.

There are many ways to ask for information. I haven't used most of these. However, I do use WorldCat a lot to find call numbers for books I am cataloguing.  

 2. Choose Title Phrase search, and click on the limiter (below the search boxes) “Books.” In the search box, type a book title. Note the number of results. How many libraries worldwide have item #1? Click the link. What is the top library?
Book title - The Fire Cat
Number of results - 38
Item #1 - 1597
Dakota Wesleyan Univ. McGovern Libr

 3. Click into result #1 and look at the full record. What is the call number (class descriptor)? To see what else the author of your chosen book has written, click on the author's name. To see what else is available on that subject, click on a subject. What other information do you see?

LC : PZ10.3.A96    Dewey: E
records found: 146 (English:129)
under subject I found : cats, fiction, juvenile fiction, juvenile works

Other FirstSearch Indexes

WorldCat offers access to other databases, too. These include indexes to books, articles, dissertations, archive material, and more. In WorldCat, these are found by clicking on the drop down menu next to “Search in database.” Most of these are very specialized, scholarly databases that are NOT full text, but they might be the perfect resource to get a piece of information. For information on each database, select each one and click on the “i” icon. This guide gives a chart with brief explanation of each database, its intended audience and its use.

Discovery Exercise part 2

The OAIster (pronounced “oyster”) database is one of the few mostly full text databases in WorldCat. Choose OAIster from the dropdown menu next to “Search in database.” In the “Keyword” search box, type South Dakota. Select one of your results. Click on the link next to “Access.” Add to your Lesson 8 blog posting by writing about your findings and your impressions of this tool.

I selected National park service audio recording - wind cave national park - field sparrow
the download took a long time for about one second of audio.




Take a look at other participant's blogs and see how their experiences compared with yours.

Lauren P. seemed to really like it.

Lesson 7 Ebooks on EBSCO

 1. Do a search for a topic that interests you. Note the default search is "Find all my search terms." You may want to change the search to one of the other options. Review your findings and observations.

I typed in craft books and came up with 103 results.
I then refined my search to learning how to knit, 1 book was available.

 2. Constitution Day is looming and several students need more material. Search EBooks on EbscoHost and recommend some appropriate titles.

I did a search on constitution day and 37 ebooks popped up, not all of them pertained to the U.S. constitution.

Some titles that would be appropriate for students would be:

Title:

Colonies and Revolution

The Bill of Rights

 3. A class is doing projects on Western history. They have exhausted the library's print collection. In EBooks on EbscoHost, click "Advanced Search." In the "Select a Field" box, choose "PB Publisher." In the search box, type "Nebraska" or "Oklahoma." Report your findings.

I typed in Oklahoma and chose PB Publisher.  82 results came up

There were books about Native America, deserts, early fur trade and Oklahoma place names just to name a few.

So many diverse subjects. It also gives you the option of selecting the publication date you would like.

Lesson 6 Gale Virtual Reference Library

 1. Getting to know the titles in GVRL is similar to getting to know the titles of your library's reference collection. Click "Title List" on the upper right to view all the titles available in the collection. Click a book title of interest to you and access an article via the table of contents. Notice with the multi-volume titles, you can select which volume you look at. Discuss the title you selected and how you may use it.

Endangered Species, 2^nd ed., 3v, 2004 (9780787692995)
I chose the American Bison. The article told me the bison are in a lower risk category and are conservation dependent. The information given seemed similar to what you would find if you looked it up in an encyclopedia.

If a student came into the library asking about endangered animals this it site I would direct them too.

 2. At the top of the home page, type a search term in the search box. Search for answers to the two questions posed at the beginning of the post: zinc or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn if you can't think of something else. Review the results, selecting an article to see what kind of information you can find. Test the "Listen" feature. Discuss your results.

I picked the bald eagle. Many of our classrooms are following the bald eagle webcams from around the United States right now. Again I felt like it was just the same as looking it up in an encyclopedia.
The lexile level was very high so I don't think this site would be beneficial to a younger student.
I used the listen feature and found it very helpful with pronunciations of words.


 3. Look at 2 or 3 other participants' blogs to see what they discovered. Comment if you like.

I found many different topics, many of them medical.
What a great reference resource GVRL is.

Lesson 5 Proquest

 1. Do a basic search on something of interest to you. Report your findings and observations.

For this assignment I chose to research classroom management for new teachers.
I found that I had to keep narrowing down my search to make it manageable.
I really like the feature of choosing a specific date range. This allowed me to select the most
current ideas and information. There were 8401 results on this topic in the last two years.

The create alert feature would be very helpful if you were researching a medical condition.
I plan to use the Proquest site in the future just for this purpose. I found the amount of information somewhat overwhelming, I think you would have to keep redefining your search.


 1.a. See what your Challenge cohort is discovering. Choose at least one other Challenge blog, read that person's post (about this or a pious lesson), and comment on it. You may like to check each other's blogs throughout the Challenge as you learn together.

I looked at several other posts. I found many have not started the challenge or were not to this lesson yet. I did find some that have finished already though and they each have provided great information.

 2. Click the Publications tab at the top of the page. You will see an alphabetical list of the periodicals indexed in Proquest and the years included. Notice that this list is "Full text only." Do a search for a journal in your profession by typing a title or keyword in the search box. Report your findings and observations.

I typed in a search for librarian, two publications showed up.
Next I searched Library and 29 publications came up.
The options to save to research, email, print and export would be so helpful for teachers and students alike.