WorldCat, Firstsearch, and OAIster
Part I WorldCat and Firstsearch
Because I work in Interlibrary Loan, I think WorldCat is probably one of my favorite databases. It allows me to search for a title such as String Quartet in A flat Major Op. 105 and author Dvorak limiting it to musical score. It has alot of various limiters for more exact searching. The drop down menu box in advanced search allows searching by title, author, title phrase, author phrase, publisher, publication date, keyword, subject, accession number, ISBN, and ISSN to name a few. When a record for a book is pulled up in WorldCat, it links you to further information. By clicking the author's name, WorldCat will search for all books written by that author. On the WorldCat record, it is also possible to pull up all books by a specific publisher, or click the link to pull up other records by the same author and title. WorldCat allows users to search for books world-wide.
Part II OAIster
I did the subject phrase search on South Dakota and found an item title "Molt Migration by Giant Canadian Geese of Eastern South Dakota" which could be downloaded. I havent spent much time with this database but was impressed by it.
Because I work in Interlibrary Loan, I think WorldCat is probably one of my favorite databases. It allows me to search for a title such as String Quartet in A flat Major Op. 105 and author Dvorak limiting it to musical score. It has alot of various limiters for more exact searching. The drop down menu box in advanced search allows searching by title, author, title phrase, author phrase, publisher, publication date, keyword, subject, accession number, ISBN, and ISSN to name a few. When a record for a book is pulled up in WorldCat, it links you to further information. By clicking the author's name, WorldCat will search for all books written by that author. On the WorldCat record, it is also possible to pull up all books by a specific publisher, or click the link to pull up other records by the same author and title. WorldCat allows users to search for books world-wide.
Part II OAIster
I did the subject phrase search on South Dakota and found an item title "Molt Migration by Giant Canadian Geese of Eastern South Dakota" which could be downloaded. I havent spent much time with this database but was impressed by it.
posted by Becky at
2:15 PM
1 Comments:
Hi, Becky! As a interlibrary loan guru, you definitely know the ins and outs of WorldCat! Glad we could show you something new with OAIster. I hope you will appreciate what it offers and remember to use it with patrons. Thanks for your comments!
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