1. I searched for the book, "Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders" in WorldCat. This is a new book that I have recently purchased for our school library and I am interested in knowing what call number was given to it in other libraries. There are 514 libraries worldwide that have this library book. The first library listed to have this book is Cedar Falls Public Library. I was not able to click on the link to the Cedar Falls Public Library because the link was not active, so I clicked on the next library listed, COE College. The call number they gave to this book is PZ7.7 .T76 2010. When I clicked on the author's name, I saw that this is the only book listed for this author. Since this book is of the graphic novel format, that might be why one book is listed in WorldCat. When I clicked on the subject, Mythology, Greek -- Comic books, strips, etc., this book is the only one listed for this subject. There are 6 books listed for the subject, Mythology, Greek--Drama, and one book listed under the subject, Mythology, Greek--Juvenile fiction, which might be a subject I would be interested in. I like the format of the full record for this book. It has the summary about the book and also a Publishers Weekly Review which would be helpful in the book selection process.
I searched for South Dakota in the OAIster database. There were over 50,000 results that came up for South Dakota. I first looked at the Mount Rushmore Nighttime Post Card link. It showed what appears to be an older post card picture of Mount Rushmore. The date is unknown and the post card is from the Charlotte County History Collections in Florida. I then clicked on the Explorer of the Northern Plains link. This aricle is from the Hathi Trust Digital Library and it is the actual article written about the exploration by Lieutenant Gov. Warren's exploration of Nebraska and Dakota in 1855-1857. The OAIster database seems to be quite extensive, but I am not sure how useful it will be for our middle school students. The reading level is more academic and I think my students will get frustrated with it. My gifted ed. class might find this database useful though.
Hi, Mary! That mythology book sounds interesting! Good search, and good finds. Good report on OAIster, too. You are right, it is more scholarly than your students' level, but you might use it to find images if necessary. Thanks for the comments.
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