I think the hardest part of this week's assignment is coming up with a current event that I want to learn more about! For inspiration, I looked at all those "news" items that Yahoo features. (Do they remind anyone else of The National Enquirer or The Weekly World News?) I decided to look up oarfish, a specimen of which washed up on a beach recently. Here's some impressions:
--Cool--it can translate for you! What's Galician?
--I like the Workspace feature, as well as the instant dictionary provided by Merriam-Webster.
--Trying the quotations feature...poor old oarfish, no quotations for you!
--Oooo, I can follow the website link to the Australian Museum Online.
--Enough with the scientific information--let's search "sea serpent"!...interesting, but doesn't mention oarfish. Back to the scientific stuff.
--Trying the "expand your research" link...no exact match for periodicals or journal articles... trying the "Britannica web search"...yikes! That link took me completely off Marvel altogether. Forget that...
--The research tools are so extensive! You could get lost just in those. I clicked "video collection" and am amazed at the offerings.
I feel a little overwhelmed-- there's just SO much available on just this one search, I can see how if you are rusty on research skills, you could be clicking through links for days and never be able to find something again. If helping a patron with this, I would recommend they watch MSL tutorial first, and definitely use the Workspace feature if researching something seriously.
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