Lesson 8 WorldCat and CAMIO

WorldCat I searched for keyword   martin luther NOT king  and got 153,000+ books. I scrolled down looking for familiar works and on the 4^th entry I found a book by Martin Marty. He is a renowned scholar who is a very accessible writer. Even though this work is aimed at adults, I would still request it for 4^th and 5^th graders and bring it to class to show them. I clicked on “See more details for locating this item” and found several in South Dakota. I would probably borrow from Augustana. They may not be the closest institution, but I have borrowed from them before and I know they act quickly on requests.

To find a Martin Luther book for children, I did an Advanced Search for    martin luther NOT king    and chose Juvenile from the subtype limits dropdown box at the bottom of the form. I found one by Sally Stepanek from 1986 that is owned by elementary schools and the Cedar Rapids Public Library. The cover was attractive, and although the copyright date is somewhat old, I think it will have the basic information needed for a children’s Sunday School class.

To find a graphic novel version of a classic, I did an Advanced Search for the keywords classics AND graphic novel; I chose Juvenile in the subtype limiter dropdown list. My results included several Garfields, which I wouldn’t really consider classics or graphic novels, but there were also many graphic novels of classics in the list including The Wind in the Willows, Kidnapped, and Tom Sawyer. The one I would choose for my collection is Journey to the Center of the Earth published by Barron’s. I like the cover illustration, and in this case judging a book by its cover seems like a reasonable approach.

For the third question, I did an Advanced Search for “My Fair Lady” (in quotation marks) and checked the box for Musical Scores under the Limit Results To section in the middle of the page. The Accession number is 26429906.

 

CAMIO   I am not having much luck with this search. First I chose Costume and Jewelry from the homepage, and limited it to 1800 using the time limiters on the left. I got 114 results but they were from all over the world and I could not figure out how to limit it to England, British, Victorian, or any other related terms.

Next I used the general search term Fashion, and then tried to use the time limiters. I could not figure out how to enter my own time limiters, and most of the ones available to me were outside the time period. I tried 1800 and got 16 results, but all of them were French. I tried to combine this with an Advanced Search for England, Victorian Era, Victoria, or the dates 1837-1901. Nothing got me any more specific results.

I repeated all this with the general search term Clothing, and had basically the same results, except that this time I had a few Native American results as well.

Next I tried a general search for Dress and used the limiter for 1900. I got 16 results of which 2 were identified as British. Both were actually identified as 20^th Century and were drawings done on Japanese rice paper which were muddled, muted, and unhelpful. A student could not see the details of dress to inform them in any specific way about how British people dressed in the Victorian Era.

Then I began to wonder if the search feature was malfunctioning, so I went to see if other students had better luck. The only person who had anything posted from this year was Shelley Rath, and she seemed to have the same problems that I was having. Jane Healy had replied, so I tried following Jane’s instructions, which were essentially what I had been doing anyway. I did not have any different results.

What exactly are you choosing as the time limiter? I only have the choices of 1800 or 1900. If I use Advanced Search By Date, I still don’t get pertinent results. How many useful results did you get? Can you figure out what I’m doing wrong?

Frankly, I like CAMIO and use it frequently. But if I were a new student doing the Advanced level challenge, this question would put me totally off CAMIO. It makes me feel better that I just bought some new books on costume through the ages. Another, better, place I would send students would be the printed World Book Encyclopedia. I did try searching World Book Advanced online but could not find helpful results there either.