DISCOVERY EXERCISE PART 1
WORLDCAT
1. There are a alot of ways to search in the Advanced tab such as: Access Method, Accession Number, Author, Language Phrase, Material Type, Material Type Phrase, etc.
2. I searched for "Burning Lamp" by Amanda Quick and found 15 Records, with 667 libraries owning the item and Brookings Public Library was the top library.
3. Class Descriptor: LC: PS3561.R44
Other things include: Genre/Form, ISBN & LCCN, Language, Publication, Author, Year
DISCOVERY EXERCISE PART 2
OAIster
I have used WorldCat quite a bit for ILL, but haven't used the other FirstSearch Indexes too much. I really liked it and it was fairly simple to use.
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If you use WorldCat a lot, and it sounds as if you do, you are very familiar with searching it. Glad we could show you something new with OAIster. Thanks for your comments, Musings!
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