Part 1: ArchiveGrid
1. When I read about Sitting Bull there was not a whole lot that was new information for me. I had studied about Sitting Bull in college, so this was a good review paragraph. The one thing that I did not remember was that he had led his tribe up into Canada after the battle.
2. For the 2nd part of this excercise I chose to look up Laura Ingalls Wilder. Once the results were listed I clicked on a link to the Laura Ingalls Wilder family correspondence, 1861-1919. It was interesting to find out that there still are letter in existence between Laura's mother, Caroline and her sister, Martha from during the time of the Revolutionary War. These materials are held by the Wisconsin Historical Society. They have also been transformed to electronic resources.
This is a good resource for those hard to find documents and to find documents you didn't even know existed. It was very interesting.
Part 2: CAMIO
1. Paul Revere: I found out that Paul Revere made lots of Silver pieces/dishes. He seemed to be very skilled as his pieces are very detailed. I also found a couple of prints that are made by him or of him. I was not aware that he was a printmaker.
2. Sioux: This search revealed lots of clothes and handmade things along with pictures of Sioux tribes and places they were located. There were also drawings made by the Sioux.
3. My favorite artist: I tried to look up a couple of my favorite artists: Terry Redlin and Georgia O'Keefe but the search did not find any results. So then I tried Ansel Adams and was surprised at how few of his photographs were listed, only 17. They were some that I had seen before and some that were a little new to me. It was interesting how limited in subject matter they were.
4. My community could use this to look up famous people from our area and see there were any results found for them. You could also use it yourself to look up artists that you are doing research on to get a better feel for the types of things they created and their style. The only drawback is that there are some well known artists who are not included in this resource.
5. I chose to look up Disney to see what there was listed. Again I was surprised to see the limited selection, only 4 items. I chose 3 of the items and looked at them in the slideshow. It was interesting to do this and post them as a website. This is not something I would use often, but it is nice to get a collection together for research purposes and use them either during a presentation or just for other people to look at. It was also a very easy process to follow, which made it even better.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Lesson 10: Wrap-Up
I really enjoyed looking and experimenting with all of these resources. There are resources out there that are very useful, but don't get used very often because we don't know they are there.
1. The biggest discovery I made was the Geneology resources. I am currently trying to do some more research into my family history and these resources will come in really handy. I was very interested in what I found and will definitely keep using them.
2. I will keep all of these resources in mind and try to suggest their use to colleagues as they are looking for things. Unfortunately these resources are not applicable to my preschool students, but hopefully someday they will be able to use them too.
Thank you for this opportunity to explore these resources.
1. The biggest discovery I made was the Geneology resources. I am currently trying to do some more research into my family history and these resources will come in really handy. I was very interested in what I found and will definitely keep using them.
2. I will keep all of these resources in mind and try to suggest their use to colleagues as they are looking for things. Unfortunately these resources are not applicable to my preschool students, but hopefully someday they will be able to use them too.
Thank you for this opportunity to explore these resources.
Lesson 9: History and Geneology Resources
This was a very interesting excercise for me because I am very interested in my family history and I have kind of become the "family historian" for my family. So these are great resources for me.
1. Ancestry Library:
A. I tried looking up my own name and I actually found several listing for people who had similar names to mine, but did not find my own name. It was interesting to see how many people had my similar name though and the similar spellings.
B. I then looked up my great grandmother and found listings for her in 3 US Census forms. I also found her marriage certificate and birth recordings.
C. I tried looking up the Photos and Maps for South Dakota, but I could not find the Photos and Maps tab on the homepage of Ancestry Library. I could not find where to find these images and information.
I will definitely come back to this resource as I dig deeper into my family tree.
2. Heritage Quest: I first looked at the Census Information, it was interesting to see the Census forms from 1900 and the places that people came from during that time. There was a lot of useful information that could take up a lot of time when you are searching for something. You could very easily loose track of your day just spending time here.
3.Sandborn Maps: I live on Huron, so I chose to look at things from Huron in 1916. It was interesting to see that the courthouse and the fairgrounds had not changed much fron what they are now. It then compared the pictures of the Railroad Round House to those from 1946 and noticed that sometime in between the roundhouse had been cut in half. Sometime after that it must have been cut in half again to be what it is today, 1/4 of what it originally was.
I found these resources very useful and I will probably come back and spend some more time here.
1. Ancestry Library:
A. I tried looking up my own name and I actually found several listing for people who had similar names to mine, but did not find my own name. It was interesting to see how many people had my similar name though and the similar spellings.
B. I then looked up my great grandmother and found listings for her in 3 US Census forms. I also found her marriage certificate and birth recordings.
C. I tried looking up the Photos and Maps for South Dakota, but I could not find the Photos and Maps tab on the homepage of Ancestry Library. I could not find where to find these images and information.
I will definitely come back to this resource as I dig deeper into my family tree.
2. Heritage Quest: I first looked at the Census Information, it was interesting to see the Census forms from 1900 and the places that people came from during that time. There was a lot of useful information that could take up a lot of time when you are searching for something. You could very easily loose track of your day just spending time here.
3.Sandborn Maps: I live on Huron, so I chose to look at things from Huron in 1916. It was interesting to see that the courthouse and the fairgrounds had not changed much fron what they are now. It then compared the pictures of the Railroad Round House to those from 1946 and noticed that sometime in between the roundhouse had been cut in half. Sometime after that it must have been cut in half again to be what it is today, 1/4 of what it originally was.
I found these resources very useful and I will probably come back and spend some more time here.
Lesson 7: WorldCat and More FirstSearch Indexes
For this lesson I chose to use the book "Where the Red Fern Grows."
In WorldCat the first search turned up 2029 libraries that had this book. The top library on the list was Black Hills State University.
This particular book had 2 class descriptors: PZ4.R261 and PS3568.A884.
Also I found out that the author of this book has written a few other books, but most of the listings were for "Where the Red Fern Grows." There were also listings for visual, sound, internet, archival and computer resources associated with this author.
One interesting thing I found out was that this book was actually set in Oklahoma, this was something I did not remember from reading it. I guess I must have missed that fact when I read it in 6th grade.
In the 2nd part of this discovery exercise in searching for South Dakota topics, I clicked on an article about Dreams and Dust in the Black Hills: Race, Place, and National Identity in America's "Land of Promise" It was interesting to find out this article was located in New Mexico. It was also interesting that the author had written this article for her dissertation to gain her doctorate and had just graduated in May 2011. I was not surprised to see a countdown clock for your access to this information. It was an interesting tool to use for searching different topics.
In WorldCat the first search turned up 2029 libraries that had this book. The top library on the list was Black Hills State University.
This particular book had 2 class descriptors: PZ4.R261 and PS3568.A884.
Also I found out that the author of this book has written a few other books, but most of the listings were for "Where the Red Fern Grows." There were also listings for visual, sound, internet, archival and computer resources associated with this author.
One interesting thing I found out was that this book was actually set in Oklahoma, this was something I did not remember from reading it. I guess I must have missed that fact when I read it in 6th grade.
In the 2nd part of this discovery exercise in searching for South Dakota topics, I clicked on an article about Dreams and Dust in the Black Hills: Race, Place, and National Identity in America's "Land of Promise" It was interesting to find out this article was located in New Mexico. It was also interesting that the author had written this article for her dissertation to gain her doctorate and had just graduated in May 2011. I was not surprised to see a countdown clock for your access to this information. It was an interesting tool to use for searching different topics.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Lesson 6: EBooks on Ebscohost
1. I chose to look up Catholicism as I am a new teacher in a Catholic School. I was very interested in the book, Idiot's Complete Guide to Catholicism. I read a few of the pages and found that this is the book I need. I like the fact that we can actually read the real pages. This helps to find the right book and it helps to make finding the information easier. This is a good tool to use if the book you need is not in the local library when you need it.
2. A few books I found are: Illustrated Dictionary of Constitutional Concepts by Robet Maddex
- Bill of Rights by Thomas Lewis
- Colonies and Revolution by David King
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Presidents by Patrick Sauer
- Exploration in Cultural History by T.G. Ashplant.
I do not talk about Constitution Day with my preschoolers, so I am not sure if these books would help with this research or not.
3. I searched for Nebraska in the PB publisher for Western History and found 88 results. Many of the articles are focused on the Native American cultures of the state and their history. The results also focused on baseball history and highlights in the state. I would not have thought of either of these topics when I think about Nebraska, so this is an interesting search result.
2. A few books I found are: Illustrated Dictionary of Constitutional Concepts by Robet Maddex
- Bill of Rights by Thomas Lewis
- Colonies and Revolution by David King
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Presidents by Patrick Sauer
- Exploration in Cultural History by T.G. Ashplant.
I do not talk about Constitution Day with my preschoolers, so I am not sure if these books would help with this research or not.
3. I searched for Nebraska in the PB publisher for Western History and found 88 results. Many of the articles are focused on the Native American cultures of the state and their history. The results also focused on baseball history and highlights in the state. I would not have thought of either of these topics when I think about Nebraska, so this is an interesting search result.
Lesson 5: Gale Virtual Reference Library
1. I chose the book Literary Themes for Students: Race and Prejudice, 2007. I looked through the table of contents and chose the article Angels in America. This article could be used to show students how long prejudice has been in our country and how it has evolved from the beginning through the ages and the races. This article would serve to help open the eyes of students to see that prejudice is not just against different races, but also against different sexes and different levels of income people make. It would also be interesting to adults to read this.
2. I chose to look for an answer to the question What foods have zinc in them? There was wide range of books to use as answers, but there was not one book that specifically looked at specific minerals in foods. I was not impressed by the Listen feature. It did not read the text very well. It was too fast to concentrate on and it skipped some words. This would not be good feature for someone trying to write down information at the same time.
2. I chose to look for an answer to the question What foods have zinc in them? There was wide range of books to use as answers, but there was not one book that specifically looked at specific minerals in foods. I was not impressed by the Listen feature. It did not read the text very well. It was too fast to concentrate on and it skipped some words. This would not be good feature for someone trying to write down information at the same time.
Lesson 4: Proquest
I remember using Proquest in college for research and writing papers for classes. It was a great help on difficult topics. I like how broad the articles are and how diverse the publications are that the articles are taken from. I also like how you can have a full article to read, this helps when you are researching broad topics and you have to print off something to read later. It is easier to have the whole article right now than to try to go back and find it later.
1. I chose the topic of Quilting for my first search. This is a hobby I enjoy outside of school. I like the many different ways quilting was presented; as a hobby, some looked upon it as a useless pastime, and how other article taught you more about the hobby and tools used.
1a. I read the Proquest post by Marion the Librarian. I agree with her that Proquest requires time to sort out the information. It is not an easy site to use, and it is used more by the scholarly researcher than most other people. In fact most people do not even know that it exists. I agree with her post entirely.
2. In the Publications Tab, I tried to find the Early Childhood Journal that I have used before for research. I did find it, but it was not the same type of journal. It was a little different. The journal I have used was not in the findings. I was a little surprised that it was not on Proquest. But I guess then it is a good thing, I know where to find issues of it.
1. I chose the topic of Quilting for my first search. This is a hobby I enjoy outside of school. I like the many different ways quilting was presented; as a hobby, some looked upon it as a useless pastime, and how other article taught you more about the hobby and tools used.
1a. I read the Proquest post by Marion the Librarian. I agree with her that Proquest requires time to sort out the information. It is not an easy site to use, and it is used more by the scholarly researcher than most other people. In fact most people do not even know that it exists. I agree with her post entirely.
2. In the Publications Tab, I tried to find the Early Childhood Journal that I have used before for research. I did find it, but it was not the same type of journal. It was a little different. The journal I have used was not in the findings. I was a little surprised that it was not on Proquest. But I guess then it is a good thing, I know where to find issues of it.
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