Sunday, March 3, 2013

WorldCat

While in WorldCat I typed in a book that I like to read with my students. There were many libraries that had it, over 2000 of them.  The list began with libraries in SD. When I clicked on the top Library which was in Mitchell it said it couldn't go there. The third one down on my list was  NSU and I could get there. I am not sure what the class descriptor is. They are different topics to click on. Then I clicked on the author's name and selected titles by the same author. Four titles totaled  popped up. All located at the NSU library.

I scrolled down and  found the word Descriptors and there were several different topics listed. When I clicked on one of those it went to a whole different pages of books available. This was a more difficult task for me to do. It was more complicated for me to understand the site. It is probably not a site that I would use very often, if at all. I can't see how is would be useful for my age of students.
I do enjoy seeing all the different things out there and realize just how much I don't know. My students have to give a speech and I am requiring them to use the lib. website to get facts and information. Hopefully by using it they will be comfortable using it again.

1 comment:

  1. Hi, Denise, thanks for your work here. Sorry for your frustration. I think you got off track when you clicked into NSU's library. Our directions and expectations make more sense within WorldCat. You are correct; you probably wouldn't use this with your students. Keep it in mind, though, as an international index to library holdings if you ever need something. We appreciate your comments.

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