Lesson 10 - Wrap Up

Check out the Featured e-Resources of the Month in th Cornerstone Library Development E-Newsletter.
State Library introduces SAGE Knowledge eBooks. Thanks to a multi-state collaborative purchase, The SDSL now offers 75 SAGE Knowledge e-Book titles in several content areas, including education, social studies, health, and business. - Aimed to academic research, SAGE Knowledge database features a user-friendly interface with full text HTML display and access to chapter print and PDF download options including export to End Note, RefWorks and other citation manager software.
Wrap Up: Overwhelmed is an understatement when it comes to all the information I gathered at the SDSL site. To me, it was an exiting discovery. I spend more time looking at all the sites than reporting. This was my first blog(s) - sorry Julie, creating such disaster. - I got lost in the bulk of information, and didn't had enough time to express myself more clearly. Looking back, I was handicapped and trapped not knowing what I would find in the Electronic Resource experience. Now, together with my co-workers we will digg into all those sites and embrace knowledge. Thanks Julie. for your wonderful support guiding me through the process.

Lesson 9: History and Genealoy

Ancestry Library, Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps
First, I searched my mother's maiden name, location and my search was negative. With added info I had 12,00 hits. Under Ancestry you find categories: Search; Message Board;Learning Center;Charts and Forms; and New Collections. Each of the categories is fasinating to explore. It was interesting to check the Census Forms (can be downloaded): US,UK, & Canada. Watch a video: The World Memory Project. A fasinating project.-  I have used the Ancestry site before for a patron, hower, this site expanded and more user friendly.
In Heritage Quest, there are over 28,000 family and local histories in their online historical books. Browse the publications and search for one of your family members history.I never used the Heritage Quest before and not familiar with the navigation. There so many publication; it's overwhelming and timely to find what you are looking for. Our staff and I will visit this site later to explore more.

Lesson 8 World Cat

1. We recommend using the Advanced Search screen for best 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.
Oh, there are so many ways to search for information. You get used to the one you find useful; and that is the reason I haven't branched out - yet. We use this site when we are searching for one special, or odd book we can't find anywhere else. We also receive books (not found in SD) through the ILL loan program.
WorldCat is an international catalog of member library materials. It contains a wealth of records found in 72,000 and more libraries, including the SDSL and 25 and more SD libraries. Records include a varietyof formats - from before 1000 BC to the present. Libraries add new material evey 10 seconds.
WorldCat offers access to other databases, too. These include indexes to books, articles, dissertations, archive material, and much more. In WorldCat, these are found by clicking on the drop down menu next to "Search in database". Most of them are not full text. Maybe just enough information you need.

Lesson 7 Ebooks on EBSCO

1. Do a search for a topic that interest you. Note the default search is "Find all my search terms". You may want to change the search to one other options. Review your findings and observations.
I typed in shingles and up came home repair. I corrected my search to shingles, scrolled down and clicked on "shingles in older adults" negative result. Advanced Search, Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases, and received the answer I was loopking for. Was not user friendly.
2. Back to a new search: Constitution - drop down menu: Constitution of the U.S.- Found 1-10 of 78. Many copies popped up-went to table of contents: part I-V -how to use this book.
3. Western History - Advanced Search: Typed in South Dakota History, 1-10 of 16. - Decided to use "Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. Written by : Deloria, Vine; DeMallie, Raymond J. in: Legal History of North America. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 1989. eBook. Subjects: Law/ Constitutional; Indians of North America-Treaties. - PDF Full Text, Table of Contents and Most relevant pages from this eBook. This was a fun search.