LESSON 10


Last year I took the beginner course of the Electronic Resources, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This year I took the Advanced Challenge, and again really enjoyed myself.
This helps me realize all of the tools that are available to me as a individual working at the Reference Desk at my library. In the future I look forward to taking more informative "classes" or "learning activities," that the State Library has to offer.

Lesson 9
History and Genealogy Resources-Ancestry Library, Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps.
Advanced Challenge


1.) I searched pictures and under pictures picked Passenger Ships and images Titanic in the description it named the Olympic as the Titanic's sister ship.

2.) There are 618 results when you search dirigible Hindenburg. Which are more than enough information for a report.

3.) The collection I chose was Stories Memories and Histories results from search Pennington County, South Dakota. Lots of good information and GREAT Historical Pictures.

Lesson 8
WorldCat, CAMIO, and More



WorldCat

1.) In the search for Martin Luther, to narrow the search I clicked on only books, then on to Audience, I picked Juvenile. And then I choose Non-fiction, the one title I would choose would be Martin Luther by Sally Stepanke. The nearest library would be North Dakota Small Library Group.

2.) I searched under graphic novels then fiction. The title I picked was "Jim Butcher's the Dresden Files: War Cry."
It's publisher : Mount Laurel, N. J.: Dynamite Entertainment [2014].

3.) I typed in My Fair Lady and under format I chose Musical Score. And found a My Fair Lady: vocal section.
Accession number 22601829.



CAMIO

1.) Advanced Search "Victorian Clothing," the looked under textiles, I found many items of interest.
Including, an embroidered panel, textile remnant of border, trim and collars. And some dresses one being called a "Round Dress," and a woman's cape.

Lesson 7
EBooks on EbscoHost (formerly NetLibrary)
Advanced Challenge


1.) Recently I read an article online about the Italian Police have finally been able to witness on video an actual Mafioso Swearing in ceremony. Which I found fascinating.  While searching through EBooks I  found a Book that I found interesting  The Mafia Encyclopedia. I feel that our students would will and definitely do use this feature I have had many students this present semester reference it.

2.) One of my favorite childhood books my Grandmother would read to me are the Andersen's Fairy Tales, loved those stories.  But there are three pages full of other books and tales for children.

Lesson 6.
Gale Virtual Reference Library.


1.) "Spring Holidays Around the World," a typical spring holiday from many countries around the world is Carnival. In Brazil it is known as "Carnaval," in Germany it has many name such as "Karneval," "Fastnacht," "Fasching," or "Fasnet." In Italy it is known as "Carnevale." In the United States it is commonly known as "Mardi Gras."  This is a Christian festival in preparation of Easter.
Before Easter us a forty day period of Lent, during Lent people abstain from certain types of foods or certain behaviors. And it is a time for asking forgiveness. Before Lent it is Carnival, a time of celebration. In most countries Carnival begins on a Sunday, Monday or "Shrove Monday," and "Shrove Tuesday," also known as Fat Tuesday.  It is a time of eating, drinking, parties, parades, dancing, and costumes.  Symbolic opening and closing ceremonies accompany Carnival celebrations everywhere. Opening ceremonies include the eating of king's cakes in New Orleans on Epiphany. King's cakes are round or oval cakes striped with frosting in purple, gold, and green, the symbolic colors of Carnival, which represent justice, power, and faith. A tiny figure is hidden inside the cakes; the person who finds the figure in his or her cake must buy the next cake or host the next king's ball.  In Great Britain, Shrove Tuesday became known as Pancake Tuesday, because families used up these ingredients by making feasts of pancakes. Fritters, doughnuts, and other pastries, deep-fried and coated with powdered sugar, are traditional Carnival foods in Germany, France, Italy, and New Orleans. Traditional meat, bean, and vegetable dishes are often prepared in large quantities for Carnival feasts. In Italy, whole towns are invited to come out and share in these feasts. Such foods often have historical or folkloric significance. For example, in Brazil, people cook dishes made from various cuts of pork, because leftover pork was once given to African slaves in that country during Carnival.  Since the early days of Carnival, people have amused themselves and their fellow citizens with a number of Carnival games and pretend fights. Italy had some of the most interesting diversions. One tradition involved sliding a paper dove down a rope from the town bell tower. As the dove progressed down the rope, it spilled confetti on the crowds. Bullfights were held in the narrow streets of Venice, and the famous Carnival orange fights are still held in the town of Ivrea.

Throwing favors, such as cheap plastic bead necklaces and imitation doubloons (old gold coins of Spain and Spanish America), from parade floats into the crowd is a major part of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. In Germany, people are pelted with flowers, candy, and other throws. In Binche (pronounced BANSH), Belgium, the otherwise-dignified Gilles throw oranges at the crowd. In times past, throughout Europe and the Americas, such strange things as flour, eggs, dirt, plaster-coated seeds, and onions have been hurled at festival-goers.   I found these things by using an advanced search under the keywords spring holidays.

2.)  Using the advanced search criteria, I put in the holdings must be after 2012, the subject area History, target audience General, and publication language as English.  I clicked on the results and got 3035 titles that fit into my criteria.

Lesson 5 
Proquest

1.) I found the perfect article by doing away with the movie and musical theater buttons, and clicking on the article and library criticism and came up with an article "The Temptation of the Impossible: Victor Hugo and Les Misreables", written by C. B. Kerr.


2.) I received the best results by using parenthesis "Hurricane Sandy" and truncating library and aid. One of the more interesting articles is not about aiding the community but about the devastation these libraries faced."Hurricane Sandy: The Road to Recovery". One of the more recent articles is from May 2014, entitled, " Resilient Design"; it discussed about negotiating a jumble of well meaning aid and repair efforts.

Lesson 4. SIRS RESEARCHER AND DISCOVERER

1.) I would start by showing the third grader how SIRS Discoverer works, then show him that by typing in solar system he could get 867 articles on this topic. I would then show him how to sort through his options to narrow his search down.

2.) While searching in SIRS Discoverer for both Maps and Volcanoes I found 1,000 articles on both of these subject matters.


SIRS Researcher

1.) By using SIRS Researcher teachers can get many suicide prevention tools and they can custom them to their audience; such as depression, drugs, transgender, etc. With Google customizing to your needs becomes much more difficult.

2.) The search term I would use for a civic discussion on water restrictions would be water restrictions, or water use. I found a particularly good reference ; At Issue: Water Use.  The article provides an overview of water use and Perspectives and questions.