Sunday, March 27, 2011

NetLibrary - Lesson 6

     It took me awhile to figure out how to do the most effective search.  Using keyword, I tried McLaughlin, the History of McLaughlin, and the City of McLaughlin.  I did not find any results, but moved on to South Dakota and found some interesting historical books that I would like to read at a later date.
     I wanted to get a better "feel" for this nonfiction collection, so I next searched diabetes and found 29 books.  Scrolling through them, again I found items I would like to read.  I definitely need more practice.

     When I searched for Constitution, I used full text and found 14 books.  The two books I would  recommend were The Declaration of Independence of the United States  and Representing Popular Soverneighty:  The Constitution in American Political Culture.  This would be very useful to students when more than one student was writing about a topic.  Each student would be able to search NetLibrary and have access to sources that are required by many.

     I searched for Nebraska in NetLibrary, "Advanced Search".  I found 6 results.  My only issue with the results was that fiction and nonfiction were combined.  This may cause some confusion for students.  I am not sure if there was some way to sort this when doing the search.  Again, I found entries that I would love to read

1 comment:

  1. Amy, thanks for your comments. I agree that searching NetLibrary is tricky. I usually make use of the "related topics" suggested on the right side of the screen to tweak my search. We think NetLibrary expands libraries' collections and makes information available 24/7.

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