Lesson 8 - WorldCat, Camio and OAIster

1. Basic Discovery:
I use WorldCat  quite a bit to check marc records, book summaries and proper titles.  One is able to search by ISBN, Title Phrase, Author, Accession number, Material Type, and Subject among other possibilities. 

2. I typed  Fly Away (by Hannah Kristin) with  a hit of 1693.  Alexander Mitchell Library  was the top library.  Listed South Dakota libraries as top 7 then Iowa libraries then MN. 

3. The Class descriptor is LC PS3558.A4763  Dewey 813/.54.  Clicked on author's name - Hannah has written at least 10 other books.  Six subjects were listed. Clicked on female friendship - many, many titles came up.  Then clicked on life changing events: many titles came up here as well.

Discovery Part 2: OAIster
I chose # 6 HIV/AIDS surveillance report.  At this point I was directed to the SD State Library - Digital Collections - then All Collections.  The South Dakota Health Bulletin would be where I would look information on HIV/AIDS.  There is a lot of information in this area.

 Common Core Connections:
I  looked at this - clicked on # 4 Understanding Common Core State Standards - I don't think this would be useful for me other than learning about Common Core Standards.  There were 250 books worldwide.

CAMIO
1. Sioux - this was a very interesting site and would be fun to "browse" through if time permitted. 
Many items came up - costume jewelry, books, sculptures, drawings/water colors and paintings. 

2.  I'm not sure how the community would use this  - perhaps a study of Norwegian folk art.  There may be historic photos of the community's beginnings or some special historical event. 

3. I typed in Danish Art and was surprised at the number of museums - Detroit, Boston, San Francisco, the Smithsonian...very cool.