I searched for "Hunger Games" in WorldCat under "title phrase" and limited the results to "books". There were 104 records-my library owns this item! I can tell this because it is the first result and our library name is highlighted in turquoise. This is the item that I was looking for. 5045 libraries worldwide own this book. I clicked onto the worldwide libraries link. The first library listed is my own. The second one down is Augustana College. I clicked into Augustana's record-the call number for the Hunger Games is Ole's Oasis PS3603.O4558 H86 2008.
When I clicked on Suzanne Collins' name it took me to an ALEPH menu that gave me the option to find other documents in the database. I clicked on the "author term" option and got a listing of her other books. I tried to search for related subjects using the links below Suzanne Collins's name on the catalog (survival skills, television programs, science fiction) but there must be something wrong with my computer or SDLN because it just sat there and didn't go through.
Part 2: OIAster....I tried searching for South Dakota and it told me an error occured while searching. I'm assuming something isn't working. I will have to come back and try this later.
*****Oops! I guess I did this wrong. I went back and clicked on the Author's name in world cat-not aleph. It gave a list of her books, with links to that record. I was amused by "Hunger Pains: a Parody." I may have to look into that one. I found the subjects heading in worldcat as well. Among them was: Insurgency -- Juvenile fiction. Survival -- Juvenile fiction. Television programs -- Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction. Contests -- Juvenile fiction. Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction.
When I clicked on Insurgency it first listed similar books that my library carries. Very handy.
I was able to get into OAIster. I searched for "South Dakota" and noticed that most of these records....in fact it looks like almost all of them...are only owned by one library worldwide. I clicked on "Letter from Sinclair Lewis to Marcella Powers May 15, 1942 and it took me to an original copy of that letter. Am I right in assuming that this is a good database when looking for original documents?
Hi, Book Worm, Thanks for trying WorldCat. In #1, we actually wanted you to click the author and subjects in the WorldCat record, not the SDLN record. Does that make sense? When you do that, you will see all the books written by that author available worldwide, and the same for subjects. We look forward to seeing your remarks on OAIster. Please let us know if you continue to have trouble getting in.
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