I have spent quite a bit of time on this one lately, helping my daughter research school projects. So I decided to explore the library journals and searched for Library Journal, which is included, and then searched "fundraising" (always a pertinent topic, isn't it? :) ) within Library Journal. But I didn't do it right, because my results have all kinds of other journals. Let's try again...ahh, I didn't select it first to search. OK, good to know. Still not getting results, but that's because there's nothing in LJ, which seems odd. So I try "star libraries"--nothing--then "reviews"--nothing. Hhmm. I must still be doing something wrong. Back to start...well, when I just search LJ, I get all kinds of results, including the star libraries article. Odd. (Which means it must be my fault.) I click on an article about landscape design and libraries, which looks very interesting. I click the "listen" option and play around with accents (heehee). Next I go back and under "search options", specify Library Journal. That brings me better results, although I do still get other journals (i.e. Journal of Library Administration). Maybe I need to do the tutorial again...
On to ebooks. I search the titles under "Self-Help and Family"; I have a thirteen-year-old who sometimes appears to have been switched in the night, and she and my husband butt heads on a regular basis, so I've been looking at lots of these types of titles recently! I get through the searching alright, but I'm disappointed that the titles' publication stops at the year 2000. Next I search "Constitution Day" as directed. Not much that comes up would be appropriate for American Constitution Day. (Unless, again. I'm doing it wrong; maybe I need to take a break.) Took a break, still getting the same results. I'll move on to the next search. Well, that worked a lot better. I entered Nebraska and have 11 results, 3 of which are highly relevant and one on Abraham Lincoln which is borderline.
I think this is another one of those features that I need to go back and spend more time with. But how wonderful that it is here for everyone to use, and how wonderful that our district consultants saw a need and stepped in to fill it with this training. Thank you!
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