#9 Ancestry, Heritage Quest & Sanborn Maps

Have to say I was a little frustrated with the AncestryLibrary. My name didn't work real well and I tried maiden name and married name. Must be too young to be noted! When I put in my maternal grandfather I didn't know his birth but remembered his death date. This was helpful. The more information the better. Census had been taken  when he was 2 or 3 so all his older siblings were listed on the page from the book. Seeing his parents names and the whole family was kinda neat.   Also tried the yearbook statis from the public school in Freeman. the 70's were the last ones listed but a person could go through the whole book page by page.

The HeritageQuest went a little better for me. First I put in our town of Freeman and clicked the books. Got 13 resaults with only afew about our town. Others were on different places. Not sure why they even came up. Then I did the same under the Persi catagory. Typed in Hutchinson co. with keyword of Mennonite. Here there were 4 resaults. I clicked on a couple and was surprised to see what articles I could find on this. Its a big part of our community so nice to see it come up in print.

The Sanborn Maps didn't have the two towns I was most familiar with. Not sure why. The other town I picked I didn't know enough about to figure out where things were in the town.  It would be very cool to see the growth of the town from the span of years given. 

These sites are not ones I would use alot. The Maps maybe when I thought of it or if I could get my hometown in Iowa to come up. Can't believe we are on the last challenge!

#8 ArchiveGrid and CAMIO

   Sitting Bull autograph card - something I would have never thought of looking for! Not alot of old artifacts from him except the one card with envelope. The information on him was also short but I would have guessed that. He wasn't a showy type person but stood up for what he believed and tried to keep his indian culture and heritage alive. He was an active force against the white man take over and led the Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in battles. I didn't realize he died while resisting arrest which was about a traditional dance he was trying to keep alive.
   I then typed in Rapid City SD flood and got tons of stuff. Anything related to SDak, a flood in any part of the country and  a few things on Rapid City.  So I narrowed down the search to just Rapid City SDak and got 133 resaults coming from Augustana and MN historical society and Uof M. Yale University even has something on Wounded Knee.
   The CAMIO section wasn't my thing and started by putting in VanGogh. 48 prints appeared and the locations of these prints.  Thought this was pretty neat. Did the Paul Revere and found he had 35 items listed which was 35 more than I thought there would be! He had paintings, metal works and decorative items and prints. The next word "Sioux" I didn't know what to expect. Turned out to be mostly Sioux Indian stuff of jewelry, clothes, books, prints and paintings. There locations were listed, also.
   I then typed in a 19th century artist by the name of Asher Durand. He had 13 prints and I enjoyed looking at them closer, putting 4 on my favorites and moving them around to my liking. I do like his outdoor scenery pictures.
   With our museum in Freeman, I think we would be able to do more research on some of the items we have here.  If we could find out more info on some of the pieces we have on hand that we don't know much about, that would be awesome.  I will have to bring this up to the director of the museum. She probably knows all about it but it can't hurt!

#7 WorldCat

I felt a little more at ease when I saw that we were looking at WorldCat since I do use this to borrow books for patrons. I was pleasantly surprised at all the things I did not know was there.  I started by searching for the book "Oogy" which I just finished as an audiobook. There were 13 resaults and 1303 libraries that carried it. I clicked on the first/top resault and saw the info it gave and some options you could choose from there. The call #, other books the author has in print, year published and a short synopsis on the story. Clicking on the subject line brought up total count of books, series info, whats on the internet, if book can be gotten in sound or visual and even archival options.

To be able to look for a subject and hopefully find it in different variations, like ebook, archives, sound, visual is a plus for some research projects. I looked at the "i" icon button from a few of the options under the database search.

In the OAIster database I put in SouthDakota as requested and scrolled through options until I found 'Sweet Clover in Great Plains Farming'.  Clicked access and a 30min clock started ticking. Caught me off gaurd but once I chose the 'book' and looked through some chapters the clock stopped running. If you would find something in these 'books or articles' you can also print them out. Saw just a few chapters that would be interesting so knowing I can print out is nice.  I'm sure we can find about anything from here to help a patron or student out.

#6 EBooks on EbscoHost

Was somewhat overwhelmed with this exercise. I think, again, all the information is there if you have more detailed clues. I tried Herbert Hoover and thought I would just get info on him, the past president. Instead I got anything that had Hoover or Herbert in it, which I understand. So just scrolled through until I found some things that might work.

When looking for titles on Constitution Day I was amazed at the nonfiction items. I thought Bill of Rights, Law101 and American Congress would be interesting to look into further. 

I looked up Nebraska and Oklahoma for general info on the state. Then did the PB Publisher box as requested. There I got all books published from these two companies. You really would need to know "what" they published to continue on here. That confussed me more. Would rather try and find the subject matter and narrow it down.

Once again, students and families have a wide variety of resources here from SD State Library. This website would be all they would need to get the info for reports and assignments.