At first glance there is a lot on the advanced search page. Which is good for narrowing down your search, but sometimes too much on a page can turn users off. There were the basic searches such as title, author, ISBN, and subject. These were often broken down further into other categories and there were some non- typical ways to search such as the musical comp and the notes.
I typed the name of the book “If You’re Happy and You Know It” - I think the song had been in my head all morning for some reason. Anyway, it came up with 147 different result and 1086 different libraries for the #1 entry. The top library was Aberdeen Distance Media Center. I noticed that the next few libraries were also in SD. This makes it nice to find the closest libraries to us. When looking at the full record, the call number was LC:P28.3.0718. There were several links for the authors, illustrators, and subjects. I also noticed the general bibliographical information as well as the language of the book, searches for other versions by the same author, vendor information for ordering, and items about the author.
I did not see a drop down menu called “Search in Databases” but I did find links for : list all databases, list databases by topic, and suggest best databases once I clicked on the Databases link. When I clicked the dropdown menu next to these, I was given the choice of searches. In order to find the next options, I had to use the advanced search. After I typed in South Dakota, I chose the title “Sweet Clover in Great Plains Farming” and clicked on the link next to access. The basic information was listed as well as the table of contents and there was a link to each page in the article. There was also a place to search this article and add to bookbag.
Voila, Mighty Mel, you have discovered access to international items at your fingertips. Thanks for your comments.
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