Friday, April 17, 2015

Lesson 9 - I visited Ancestry Library and found my marriage license. I also searched for my grandparent and found Richard Crooks on the census his wife is Alice. He was from Canada and my grandma was from Michigan. His wife was Alice and I tried to search her maiden name but wasn't able to find her.
I would like to search more when I have time. This has been a hectic spring.
In searching South Dakota I looked at pictures of Baseball Players 1876-2004. There was a neat picture of the Cleveland Baseball Club season 1920. Each players names was right underneath their feet. They all stood in a long line. It's interesting looking at old pictures.

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Lesson 10 - Wrap it up!!!! Whew!

Information over load in a good way. I discovered the SD State Library has so much to offer for schools and the public. If I had to choose a particular area it would be the genealogy databases. It was fun searching for family. Also, the Tumblebook Library was at the top of my list. As I'm still new to my position I will have to take some time to explore the resources and become more confident in my knowledge of them.

I will be promoting the resources by using the handouts for students and teachers. In promoting the resources to the students, this being my first year, I can see I have to incorporate them into my lesson plans at earlier grade levels.

Even though I wasn't consistent with doing a lesson weekly this was a great way for me to learn more about the SD State Library. I looking forward to searching more.
Lesson 9 - Genealogy

Ancestry Library: I wasn't able to research because I'm working on this at home. I didn't have time to do it at school but will be making time for it.

Heritage Quest: I browsed the publications and found if you are interested in your ancestory there are many avenues to help you with your search. I searched my parents in the census. I found my dad in the 1940's. He was married and had my 2 older brothers. The census had my parents being born in Sweden and that is not true.
In researching my husbands parents I think as far as I know the information is correct but I would have to check with him.

Sanborn Maps: Are the maps just of the cities that are the county seats? I was going to search Wilmot or Peever and wasn't able to find. I thought the county seat was in Wilmot years ago but don't know for sure. So I searched Sisseton and see that C.E.McGowan Lumber Co. was there and they must have had a branch in Wilmot. The Wilmot Lumberyard used to be C.E. McGowan.

I took was off for awhile and when I got back on I found Wilmot but no Peever. The building that I think are still being used are the Opera House (an auto shop) and Grand Central Hotel (an antique shop or mall).

Monday, April 6, 2015

Looking forward to the History and Genealogy Resources but have to end my day for now. Have a great week everyone.
Lesson 8 - World Cat, CAMIO and more

I performed a title phase search for Green Eggs and Ham. Libraries Worldwide, 2509
The top library is Black Hills State University. Call Number LC: PZ8.3.G276; PS3513.E2
Dewey: Fic
When I clicked on subject there are 57 results found. The books all have to do with eating and there are some in different languages.
It was fairly easy to do a search on World Cat. Just seeing all the copies there are out there in the world is amazing.

OAIster - After entering South Dakota I searched Two Best and the Two Worst Decisions. The article was very interesting to read about a ranch in Midland, SD. The ups and downs of life on a ranch are just a real as the ups and downs in the rest of the world. I'm not sure a lot of people understand the struggles there are with farming/ranching. Not to say there aren't struggle else where.

CAMIO - Wow! There are amazing artworks to see here. This would be great for art teachers to show there students.
Lesson 7 - EBooks on EBSCO
I entered Nebraska and found 56 results. The copyrights ranged from 1966 to 2002 all published by University of Nebraska.
It was great to be able to hover on the sheet of paper with a magnafying glass and a wind pops up with information.
Using the table of contents and the most relavent pages in the ebook was helpful.
There were 20 results for the Consititution Day. I thought The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Presidents was interesting.
I created an account.
We had a work day at school today. Oh happy day.
Lesson 6 - Gale Virtual Reference Library
I searched Bowling ,Beatniks and Bell Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th and 21st Century America.
Looking at page 195 two famous food products making cooking quick and easy were Campbell's Soup and Oreo cookies invented in 1912, became America's favorite packaged cookie. Being able to listen to the article was great and I can see where it will be helpful to many students.

Zinc is a mineral that is essentil for a healthy immune system. The RDA for zinc levels are different for all ages and sex, for intance 5mg for children under 1, 10mg for children 1 to 10 yrs. etc.

I reviewed a few other blogs and it is always interesting to read. I checked out mlcleve and Meade School Dist. 46-1 Libray Media Services.