Lesson 9

I was able to go to a public library in another town today to do my assignment.  I enjoyed using Ancestry.com.  I found this information under immigration and travel, and then I chose ships and their pictures.  I searched for the sister ship of the Titanic and found it!

Olympic
Years in service:	1911-1934
Funnels:	4
Masts:	2
Shipping line:	White Star
Ship description:	Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 45,324. Dimensions: 852' x 92' (882' o.l.). Triple-screw, 23 knots. Triple expansion engines and one low pressure steam turbine. Two masts and four funnels.
History:	Laid down on December 16, 1908. Launched, October 20, 1910. Note: From keel to top of funnels 175 feet. Navigating bridge was 104 feet above keel. Displacement of 60,000 tons. Draft of 34 1/2 feet. The promenade deck had an extreme breadth of 94 feet. The bower anchors weighed 7 3/4 tons each. The centre anchor weighed 15 1/2 tons. Cost $7,500,000 to build. Passengers: 1,054 first, 510 second, 1,020 third. The crew numbered 860. Maiden voyage: Southampton-New York, June 14, 1911. Rammed and holed by the British cruiser Hawke, September 20, 1911, but was not seriously damaged. After the sinking of the Titanic, her construction was altered. The changes increased her tonnage to 46,439. Served as a troopship in World War I. Thoroughly reconditioned in 1921, including conversion to burning oil fuel. She rammed and sunk the well-known lightship Nantucket off the New England coast, May 16, 1934, during a thick fog. The seven members of the lightship crew were lost. The great liner was withdrawn from service in March 1935 and sold to British ship breakers later in the year. The scrapped hulk was finally dismantled in 1937. Sister ship:Titanic. Masts: 2 Shipping line: White Star Ship description: Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 45,324. Dimensions: 852' x 92' (882' o.l.). Triple-screw, 23 knots. Triple expansion engines and one low pressure steam turbine. Two masts and four funnels. History: Laid down on December 16, 1908. Launched, October 20, 1910. Note: From keel to top of funnels 175 feet. Navigating bridge was 104 feet above keel. Displacement of 60,000 tons. Draft of 34 1/2 feet. The promenade deck had an extreme breadth of 94 feet. The bower anchors weighed 7 3/4 tons each. The centre anchor weighed 15 1/2 tons. Cost $7,500,000 to build. Passengers: 1,054 first, 510 second, 1,020 third. The crew numbered 860. Maiden voyage: Southampton-New York, June 14, 1911. Rammed and holed by the British cruiser Hawke, September 20, 1911, but was not seriously damaged. The two articles are very similar, just written in a little different style. My next assignment was to help a young man find information on the Hindenburg dirigible using the newspaper link under "Ancestry.com." I found some interesting articles by clicking on the newspaper link and searching the Hindenburg dirigible. I found several articles, some about the engineers, some about the actual explosion, some about the aftermath and the desire to try the whole idea again.  Here is a small part of what I found: The air ship had been cruising for three hours.  They had flown over New York, crowds were below waiting for them to land when the line of flames began, and shortly thereafter, the dirigible exploded! The Stars and Stripes newspaper from May 4, 1957 reported the accident.  Another issue of the paper included a picture of the beginning of the explosion. The other two issues of Stars and Stripes with the articles were: Publication: 3 Feb 1955 and Stars and Stripes Newspaper, Europe, Mediterranean, and North Africa Editions, 1942-1964 Publication: 28 Feb 1958. For the third part of the lesson I had to find information for a celebration in my county.  I looked under "Family History books and Directories."  The next part of the search under this heading was to look under people. I typed in some of the names of our community from the beginning our small town.  I found information on the Seymour family and the Pollock family. I found that information in a book entitled, A Brief History of South Dakota.  I tried some other families, but was not able to find their names in articles of books.  I also tried the names of the towns in the country, but was not successful. Next I tried Lewis and Clark, since they traveled through Campbell County in 1804 and 1806, and we have had celebrations connected to that.  I found the stories of Lewis and Clark's visit to Campbell County in an encyclopedia entitled Encyclopedia of South Dakota by Doane Robinson. I found a book entitled:  A history of the Seymour family : descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, for six generations, with extensive Chapter: Illustrations Page number: 522 We have a family of Seymours in the Pollock area that come from Hartford Connecticut.  I found a picture which I plan to show the family.  I looked for another picture of another relative, but I was not successful in finding a picture of that relative. I also checked out the CAMIO site which I didn't quite finish for last week's lesson.  I still find it difficult to search using that site.  I did find some clothing for the British people for the 19th century, but I expected to find more.  I tried using the words, "Christmas Carol," thinking that would be helpful in finding drawings or paintings, but I did not find anything under that search.  It had to be a very basic term, or not much is found.  A person ends up looking through several pages to find the information, and it is not highlighted, so you have to read carefully and watch the pictures.

lesson 8 World Cat

For the first part of the lesson I had to use World Cat to find a juvenile level non-fiction book about Martin Luther.  I tried the typical route of just typing in his name, nothing was available, so I tried connecting "personal name" with Martin Luther, limiting phrase of geographical location Germany, limited to English.  I went back and forth several times, followed the help suggestions, looked at the various ways to find a book about Martin Luther, and finally decided that there is one main book about the life of Martin Luther entitled Here I Stand by Roland H. Bainton.  The book is written in German and in English.  It is definitely a resource book for younger readers.  I would say most of them would not read a 400 page book.  The topics that worked to find this book were: name, biography, Germany.  The library closest to the Mobridge, SD area that has this book is the Rapid City Public Library.

The next section was to look through the classic graphic novels and pick one to add to our local library as a suggestion.  I would choose Tom Sawyer by Tim Mucci, Rad Sechrist, Mark Twain.  I like the cover illustration because it fits the character of Tom Sawyer.  The book is also written in Spanish if a library did need some classic graphic novels for Spanish speaking children.  Tom Sawyer is a fictional character that both boys and girls like to read and imagine being his friend during his adventures.  The pictures would make the story even more enjoyable.
The nearest library that has the book is the Laramie County System Library in Laramie, Wyoming.
There are 339 libraries in the world with this book.  If a person wants the Spanish version, there are only 4 copies available worldwide.

The next assignment of this lesson was to find the vocal score for "My fair lady."  I had to do some searching to find the right words to search to find what I wanted.  The title had to be "My fair lady,"
the keyword had to be "vocal score."  It wasn't helpful to add in the author's name because the search was too refined and the right item did not show.  I tried musical composition, musical recording, several words, but I was finally able to get the right set of words to get what I wanted.

The newest one I found was printed in 1969, entitled "My fair lady" by Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerne, Bernard Shaw, with the printing of 1969 and 1956.  This one has the vocal score with piano.  The accession number is 26429906.

I found another "My fair lady" printed in 1956 with vocal score excerpts.  The accession number for that one is 22601829.

The one I like best has the same title, but it is for voice and piano and has chord symbols, and ukulele chord diagrams.  It was printed in 1956 in New York by Chappelle and Company.  The accession number for this one is 2052359.

I do not have a school in the town where I live and the library we have is a small community library.
I am not able to get the CAMIO program to work for me.  I have tried the advanced search and different ways to search, but I get no page to come or it says "page not available."

I decided to look for this information under "World Cat" to see what I could find.  I found by typing in "dress" and the years 1837-1901, several books with the clothing worn during those years in England.  One book was the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion from 1066 to the present by Jack Cassin Scott, printed by Studio Vista in London, 1994.  This book shows the styles of clothing worn by during the time period of the Norman Conquest of Britain.

The other book I found that looked very helpful was the Historical Encyclopedia of Costume by A. Racinet.  It is a 6 volume set, printed in New York, 1988, and this set includes 19th Century Europe, 1876-1888.

Lesson 7 ebooks on Ebscohost

I decided to take the subject of "South Dakota" for my search on Ebscohost.  I typed in "South Dakota," then clicked "advanced search." I found 12 books. I decided to look at the relevant pagaes and the table of contents pages instead of downloading the whole book.  I read through the relevant pages of these books: Nothing but Prairie and Sky:  Life on the Dakota Range in the Early Days by Bruce Sibert and Wyman Walker Demarquis;The Story of a Negro Pioneer by Oscar Micheaux, 1994; and Bachelor Bess, Homesteading Letters of Elizabeth Corey, 1909-1919.  I read several of the relevant pages in each book plus additional pages since I could just read on if I wished from the section I had taken.  I found that to be similar to what I would do if I had the book in my hands in a library.

Next, I chose to try to find some books on country schools in South Dakota.  I tried to find a book on the first school in Bon Homme County, but I was not successful.  I then used "smart text" and found the book America's Country Schools by Andrew Gulliford, 1996.  I was able to read about country schools in South Dakota in that book.

The next search I did used "smart text" again because no books came up just using the "advanced search."  I searched South Dakota and Missouri River.  One book was shown:  Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri:  Sioux, Arickaras, Assiniboines, Crees, Crows by Edwin Thompson Denig, 1961.  I definitely like the search option of relevant pages and the table of contents so a person can scan to see if the book has the information that the reader wants.

The second part of the lesson was to look for fairy tales that used colored paper for covers.  I found them by typing in "fairy tales" in the search, then scrolling down to "fairy tales and children."
The books that were listed were the Violet book and the Yellow book.  The stories were written by Andrew Lang.  I read the preface of the Yellow book and found that they wrote about the Blue, the Green, and the Yellow book.  I found it interesting to read that the president of the Folk Lore Society did not like the fact that the books were published in red, green, and blue, but the Editor and Mr. Jacobs who did the publishing decided that there was no harm in doing so and printed more books as well.  They started a new idea!  Now we have all sorts of colors in our books!

Lesson 6 Use of the Gale Virtual Reference Library

A.  Spring festivals from around the world:
The first article I read was the "Mimouna Festival."  This article was found in the Encyclopedia of Modern Middle East and North Africa.  The festival is a Jewish festival which begins the evening Passover ends.  The ladies set tables adorned with green stalks, dried fruits and nuts, fava beans, wheat, honey, sweets, milk, fish, and crepes.  The families go visiting each other, some go on a picnic.
I found this information by searching "spring celebrations" in the top search section.  Next, I used the left side to search in a specific book.

B.  The next article I found was labeled "China."  It was found in the Junior World Mark Encyclopedia of Holidays. The Ching or Qing Ming Spring Festival is held on April 5 or 6.  It means "pure and bright, or clear and bright."  They have feasts, fairs, parades, hunts, play games, fly kites, and plant trees.  They wear a willow sprig to attract good spirits and drive away sickness.  They have a "Cold Food" day to remember a leader who suffocated in a cave because he did not understand why the top leader wanted him to come out, so he wouldn't come out.  The top leader wanted him to come out so badly, he started a fire to smoke him out, and the person died in the cave.

C.  Another part of the assignment was to find recipes that are used for the celebrations.
I found recipes in the Algeria Foods and Recipes Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia.  I also read about 2 local festivals in Algeria every spring.  One is the "Cherry Mousse" in Tlemcen, and the "Tomato Mousseam" in Adrar.

I also found that the Western Region of the United States has a practice of some spring festivals.  Recipes were also found in site under the Foods and Recipes.

The last part of the assignment was to find articles listed in 2012.  The "Algeria Foods and Recipes" in the Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia was one listed in 2012.  The other most common articles that had information about spring festivals or celebrations were colleges.  Several of these colleges listed a "spring fling" as one of their college activities to entertain the college students.