World Cat

When initially logging on to World Cat, it looks intimidating but pretty basic. I noticed that you could change the page to various languages, set up an account and have a staff resouce sharing. I saw the 13 databases that you could search.I found the various types of materials interesting as well as the ability to limit audience, content and format. I used advanced search, changed to title phrase and typed in The Elevator Family per my 10 yrs. request. There were 11 results and 671 libraries had result #1. Alexander Mitchell Library was the first library on the list. The book is found in Juvenile Fiction and contains elevators, hotels and motels for subjects. The author had 31 other results under his name some of which were duplicate titles. I had the option to access specific materials such as sample text and biographical information. When I did a different search, it gave me information of Genre, art techniques used and awards.

When searching through OAIster, I found a digital image of a log shanty, flag, woman and 7 boys. I got to see the very old photo that was possibly taken in South Dakota in 1908. The Stevens County Museum & Historical Society, in Morris, MN has possession of the original photo. Very cool resource.

It seems that other participants had trouble with long downloads or inability to access. Mine came right up, no problems.