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.