Lesson 8—WorldCat, CAMIO and More

Basic Discovery Exercise
Part 1
1. We recommend using the Advanced Search screen for best search results. Click the “Advanced” tab on the toolbar 2nd to the top. In WorldCat, the right set of search boxes say “Keyword.” Click on the drop down menu to see other ways you can search.
 

·        Access Method

·        Author (+5)

·        Language Phrase

·        Material Type

·        Musical Composition

·        Musical Composition Phrase

·        Notes/Comments

·        Publisher

·        Publisher Location

·        Standard Number (+2)

·        Subject (+6)

·        Title (+2)

2. Choose Title Phrase search, and click on the limiter (below the search boxes) “Books.” In the search box, type a book title. Note the number of results. How many libraries worldwide have item #1? Click the link. What is the top library?

Title Phrase search:  Each Peach Pear Plum

1371 libraries world-wide carry the book with this title by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.  The first book listed is the John Harris Elementary School in South Dakota.

3. Click into result #1 and look at the full record. What is the call number (class descriptor)? To see what else the author of your chosen book has written, click on the author's name. To see what else is available on that subject, click on a subject. What other information do you see?

LC:  PZ8.3.A278

D:  E

The full record also includes publication information and information to cite the book.  At the top portion of the screen you can click to view comments about the book.

Discovery Exercise part 2 -- Other FirstSearch Indexes
The OAIster (pronounced “oyster”) database is one of the few mostly full text databases in WorldCat. Choose OAIster from the dropdown menu next to “Search in database.” In the “Keyword” search box, select “Subject Phrase.” In the search box, type South Dakota. Select one of your results. Click on the link next to “Access.” Add to your Lesson 8 blog posting by writing about your findings and your impressions of this tool.

Agricultural mediation and counseling:

The search and information in it works very similar to the title phrase search I did earlier in this lesson.  I can find out what libraries Worldwide own the item as well as much of the publication information and subject descriptions.

CAMIO
Discovery Exercise part 3 -- CAMIO
You will need to complete this exercise at your school or library. CAMIO is not accessible from home. You can access CAMIO via this alphabetical list.

1. In the search box, type “Sioux” and blog about your results.

The search for “Sioux” produced 63 works from a variety of museums.  On the left-hand side of the screen, I can refine my search by the format of the work, creator, date, and subject.  For example, there are eight items in a refined search for oil on canvas dated 1837 (the earliest year available).  The were all painted by George Catlin and are the Smithsonian.

2. How would you and your community use this resource? What other observations can you make?

Communities can use this resource if they are trying to locate works of art that may be of significance to their area.  On a curricular note, CAMIO can bring the works of many museums more accessible for students.  Students can view specific types of art, works of a specific artist, or time period.  This can give a deeper perspective to the work in which they live.

3. CAMIO has a lot of potential for personalizing and presenting research. Do a search on a subject of your choice. Choose 3 or 4 favorites by checking the box to the left of the image number. Click "Add to Favorites" toward the top of the page under the number of results. Read the box that appears and click "OK." Then click "View Favorites" in the upper right of the screen. The left part of the screen allows you to view a slide show, move the images around, compare images, and create a webpage using these images. Try out these features and report your findings.>

One of my favorite works in The Kiss by Gustav Klimt.  I did a search for “kiss” to see what works would appear in the search.  Klimt’s painting did not appear in the 23 results, so I did a search to see if any of his art was in the database.  Eight were included.  Among them was a sketch title “Sleeping Child” that reminded me of my son.  This made me wonder what other pictures like this I could find, and I did a search for “baby”.  There were 216 results.  I viewed several, then did another search for “sleeping baby”.  Along the way, I selected several of the works I viewed for my favorites list.  When I viewed my favorites, I moved them in order of the searches I just described and viewed them as a slide show and created a website I entitled KlimtBaby.  This would be great for creating lists various works of art for students to view as part of a unit of study.