For my first task, I mentioned in my last blog I would like to know how to make my blog look fun like some of the other blogs! So I searched how to make a blog, but only one book came up it was only a basic computer book. I tried a couple of different ways but really came up with nothing. I then just searched the word library and that search brought up many different options. I did look in one of the books to see how it looked. I really liked the most relevant pages option. The next task was to look up books for constitution day. I used the phrase constitution day but was not impressed with the options. I then tried a couple of different searches, just "constitution" and "United States Constitution". These were a little better. The last task was to do an advanced search using PB Publisher to look up either Nebraska or Oklahoma. I first looked up Nebraska and then Oklahoma. The Nebraska search did not yield any relevant results, and the Oklahoma one yielded few more. I then tried searching a couple different ways but was not very much more successful.
My opinion of this database is if you know what book you are looking for specifically or if you have a very specific topic like parrots or birds, you would be able to find many different nonfiction options. When doing more generalized topics it is much harder to find a relevant book.
Interesting searches! As you discovered, Ebooks on Ebsco doesn't have a lot on blogs--mainly because the content is from 2006 and before. (Checking out blogger help will get you some good tips on personalizing your blog).
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what happened in your advanced publisher search--we just want you to see that there are lots of books by the University of Nebraska Press or University of Oklahoma Press and to experience a different way of searching for information.
Thanks for your post,
Julie