Monday, February 27, 2012

Week 7 WorldCat and More


On WorldCat I searched for Fahrenheit 451 using the keyword Title and limit type to book. 1,016 records were found and 478 of them are in English. The first result shows that 1428 libraries worldwide have the book Fahrenheit 451. The top library is Brookings Public Library. The call number is for Dewey 813.54 or LC PZ3.B72453, PS3503.R167. Great feature is clicking on the author to see other books he/she has written. The link to other works with the same call number is also very helpful. Cite this item great feature for students to use. At the top the links to related subject and related authors will be very helpful when patrons ask for requests based off a certain title or author. The tabs along the top to change from books to sound will be great because we have many patrons that enjoy audiobooks.

The first time I searched in OAIster came up a list but then I had to step away to help a patron and once I returned I was not able to use OAIster because an error kept coming up. I logged off a few times and tried again but was never being able to get past the search page without an error coming up. I hope in the next couple days I will try with better success. 

1 comment:

  1. I do hope you get to try OAIster so you can see what it has to offer. Usually, if you close ALL your browser windows and start over, it will come up ok. Thanks for your great comments on WorldCat. You have mentioned several ways you could use this with your patrons. Thanks!

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