Tuesday, May 15, 2012

WorldCat

1) What a large selection of choices, from title, author, and ISBN number, to material type and musical composition.

2)There were 178 results and there are 2094 libraries that have the #1 result. When I click on the Libraries button, the first library that is listed is the Brookings Public library (SBL).

3) The call number is LC: PS3555.V2126; Dewey: 813/.54 . When I click on the authors name it shows me 3089 records for her with numerous titles. There are 461 results for women dectectives which is broken down by books-250, sound-177, internet-33 and scores-1. There were 1132 results for Stephanie Plum, broken down by books-601, sound-462, internet-67, scores-1 and computer disk-1. There are also some buttons at the top of this record of which one of them is a related subject button, which I clicked on and found a whole list of subjects with a percentage of how they relate to the original result. Very interesting.

The 'Database' gives the researcher a list of 13 other databases, including ERIC, MEDLINE, PAPERSFIRST AND E-BOOKS.

Within the South Dakota results, I clicked on 'Birdseye view of a canyon at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, January 1, 1891' and when I accessed it, it turned out to be a picture showing a horse-drawn wagon in a gulch at Wounded Knee. It also showed several (I'm assuming) dead people lying about and others walking about with other horses. Quite interesting! This is part of a collection of photos from an insurance company that is held at the University of California.

1 comment:

  1. You made some good discoveries here, Family Searcher. We hope we have guided you to new knowledge about this database. Thanks for your comments.

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