I found this site Smithsonianeducators.org/educators it has great lesson plans that follow the core standards for teaching science, art, history etc.

Another site I found very helpful for medical students is EasyAuscultaion.com.  It lets you listen to heart and lung sounds so that the student really gets to hear what the sound sounds like instead of just reading about how it should sound.

What a great experience.  Everything was so very interesting and useful.  I think it would be very good to give the learningexpress handout to high schoolers that are getting ready for the ACTS and the SATS.  A puzzle map should be on display by all library computers so people can see the different search areas.  I have been looking at the  Webinar trainings and think that they would probably go a little more in depth on that subject.  Hope to get to try some as soon as school is out for the summer.  I think one of the neatest tool I discovered on this journey were the games on world book.  They are so perfect for the age kids I work with.  I hope to be able to promote the library more by talking with people and helping them find things so they can see what kind of materials are out there to help them.

Looked for a picture of Titantic's sister ship on AncestryLibrary and found a picture of the Britannic and very little information.  Had a hard time finding the ship until I found out what the name of it was, then had a little more luck.

For the student looking for information on the Hindenburg dirigible I found quite a few articles in the Stars and Strips Newspaper.  Would take a lot of reading on his part but there were lots of articles to choose from.

HertiageQuest was not very successful on giving information on Bison.  Did find information about cemeteries in Perkins  County.  Found some Genealogical Society publications about the Black Hills and South Dakota in general that would be interesting.  Found one book, History of  Dakota Territory, that would be a good read for historical events in South Dakota.

Definitely need some tips on doing searches in these resources.  Did not feel very successful this time.

Well I redid the Martin Luther search and changed the AND to NOT and found the correct Martin Luther.  He was a key player in the Protestant Reform.  I picked the book Martin Luther which is located at the Alexandria Mitchell Library.  I did not realize you could change the AND that is a very useful tip. 

Hi Everyone. I did an advance search for Martin Luther and used the audience level to find books that were not to far over the 4th and 5th graders heads.  A couple of the books I suggested were My Life with Martin Luther King Jr because it looked like it might have some interesting tidbits. The Mitchell and Watertown Public Libraries both have copies of this book.  I also recommended the book A Dream of Freedom: the civil war movement from 1954 to 1958.  It looked like it explained the concept of the civil war as well as some of the events that happened during it.  This book is located at the, surprise the Bison Public Library as well as the Rapid City Library. 

Well I did and advanced search for graphic novels and classic novels together with the limiter of books only and came up with The Hobbit by Chuck Dixon, David Wenzel, Sean Deming and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Ok you've got me on this one.  I will have to look at some other blogs to see if I can find how they did it.  Every way I tried to search brought up nothing. 

Ok gave it another shot after finding a tip to also add Musical to the keywords with My Fair Lady as the Title, English language and musical scores as the limiter.  I think I found what the director would be looking for.  The accession number would be OCLC 750364538.  Would probably help if I understood anything about searching for musical scores a little more.  Thanks to the other blogger for the tip.

Hi, I'm working on the Proquest section.  I looked up lunar eclipse.  I can see that by being able to limit the search to a certain person and what they have written will cut down on a general search that brings up all sorts of articles. That will cut down on a lot of search time.  Even being able to search dates cuts out articles that are obsolete.  Nice to be able to narrow the parameters even when your not sure of the specific dates or person or other info.

I just read MarshaLytles  blog on her Proquest ideas.  I really liked the idea of saving money by not having to purchase lots of professional journals and just having your patrons look them up online.  Something I had not thought of.

 I really enjoy reading everyone's blogs.  The things you look up give me idea's and new ways to search things.  And your idea's for helping patrons is very helpful in helping our patrons.  Keep up the good work.

I searched state lotteries for a patron and loved the fact that I could narrow the search to the specific states he was interested in as well as what subject, school financing,  to find just the articles he was looking for.  There are so many options to choose from to narrow the search even more.

For the patron looking for a new career but who has no high school diploma.  I think I would show him the GED area so he could take the practice test. After the test he would know which area's he needed more work on and could find more course guides and preparation  e-books to help him prepare for the real test in the area's he may be having trouble in. After that I think looking at the Career Guidance e-books would be a good way for him to check out a career he may be interested in.

I guess I would direct her to the job skills section of Express Learning.  If she needs updating in writing, public speaking or another skill this would be a good place to read up on them and take practice tests.  I would also see if she wanted to check out the resume help section so she could update her resume and even check out the interview help section.

First I would have him go to the jobs and careers section and look under the nursing section for career guidance e-books. He can find info on what it takes to be a nurse or pharmacist as well as other careers in the medical field.  He could also take the practice test just to see what they involve.  If he went to the career search section he could search for more info on what he wants out of a career in nursing.

Looking at the World book Reference Source.  Checked out both the Fairy tales and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  I like the way they list the different references and what they are, like 1 website, 3 e-books or 8 encyclopedias.  People can do a whole research project from one location.  Also love the fact that you can easily put the citation right into your paper.  Think of all the note cards saved!

Checked out World Book Online Finder today.  Another great site.  Our class teacher was looking for info on the Titanic for our next reading workshop.  I looked under the virtual tours and found a tour of the Titanic when they discovered it.  There were also links to museum tours and teacher's resources for projects and lessons.  Very fun site to look around in.

Hi Everyone, I did the World Book Kids Challenge yesterday and loved it.  I searched in games and found several games to help children with math, grammar and geography.  The second grade teacher I work with was really excited when I showed her what was on the site.  We had two children play some of the games and they really enjoyed them.  One even asked if he could come back and play again later.

I also checked out the maps.  I liked all the information about the population, weather, rainfall and such that was easily checked once you found the country you were looking for.  I checked on South Korea because that is where my son and his family will be stationed at in August.  Looks like they are in for some cold winters.

The Science projects were very interesting also.  Great resource when a parent doesn't have any idea where to start.

While playing in HeritageQuest I searched for DeLand, FL just to see the articles it had and there were quite a few.  I also browsed the publications.  I didn't really find much that interested me but if you are into genealogy there are lots of interesting publications out there and I'm sure they would be great sources for information.  Some of the family trees where already done up to a certain point.  How great would that be to have that information and you just need to add the more current events.

I looked for Bison, SD in the Sanborn Maps and they did not have any record of it.  I did check out Custer then and they had a map.  I am not real familiar with Custer so could not really locate a building that was still standing.  But it was interesting to see what kind of stores used to be open.  I also thought it was neat that they had a key that told you what the building was made from.  I guess that was a great help to the firemen.  Interesting stuff.

Was looking at "Sweet Clover in Great Plains Farming" on OAIster.  The text I accessed looked interesting but I wasn't sure how to enlarge it so I could read it.  I thought maybe if I bookbagged it I could open it that way but that didn't work either.  Probably no one else had this problem it's just I'm not real computer literate.  I am learning new things everyday so there is still hope.

I think my favorite find was the Learning Express sight.  I can just see using it alot.  I have been trying to tell everyone about the challenge and the fun resources I have found.  Thanks for offering a fun and informative challenge.

While checking out the Ancestry Library I found my old marriage certificate but never did find my birth certificate.  I checked out my Grandfather and found his birth certificate even though I didn't have the year of his birth.  I cross referenced it with were he was born and were he lived and died.  Could spend lots of time on here. 

Checked out Camio today.  Was pretty neat to find out that Paul Revere was also a silver smith who made teaspoons and a sugar bowl with lid.  The Sioux have made all kins of things beadworks, paintings and carvings.  I looked up the artist Johan Dahl, his painting Coast of Capri, 1822, which is an oil on canvas is displayed in the Carnegie Museum. I think this would be a neat site for showing kids different types of artwork.  I think Art Teachers would find it a great resource.

Good afternoon, checking out the worldcat site.  Looked up the book Excuses Begone had 19 results, there were 1358 libraries with the book and the top library was Alexander Mitchell Library and the 2nd was Rapid City Library.  The call descriptor is BF441 Dewey 158.1.  He has written 15 other books on how to live a successful life.  Looked up other books with this type of description and came up with 23638 other resources.  Very nice resource for finding books or other material.

Ebooks on Ebsco was an interesting site.  Found a book on world religions that I downloaded to read.  When I looked up Constitution Day it came back with a wide variety of choices but two I thought would be appropriate were the Bill Of Rights, and the Compete Idiots Guide to the American Presidents.  Did not have quite as much luck with the PB Publisher-Nebraska search but did find two books there also.

Sirs Issues Researcher would be a wonderful tool for righting papers.  Even helps to make powerpoint presentations, wow.  Like the fact you can paste the citations right into the document as well, think of the notecards it would have saved us!

In the curriculum pathfinders I looked up human anatomy.  Amazing the stuff you can find out there all in one place.  More teachers and students need to know about these resources.

Just discovered Sirs Discoverer.  Wonderful sight checked out green sea turtles and found out lots of info that I didn't know before.  Love the reading level ability so kids can find articles that are a perfect understanding for them.  Checked out the database features and what a wonderful sight for teachers.  I can see a lot of different uses for learning how to research and look up interesting topics.  The elementary work book would be so handy at teaching young kids how to use the program.  The maps were very interesting too, nice to be able to find different time periods.  Wish there was a way to pull up two maps at once to compare the areas side by side.  Great learning website.

Learning Express where were you when I was taking my EMT test.  Love the fact that it gives an explanation for the correct answers if you miss them.  What an awesome study resource for all kinds of tests.

I checked out the course on resume writing and it is very informative and helpful.  How do you know which kind you need, what do I put in it, etc.?  Like that it helps you write one and save it as you go.  What more could a person ask for?

The Ebook I picked was actually a set of flashcards for EMT's to review vocabulary and meaning.  Would have loved these while training.  Will still use them now for review.

This is a great site I have already gotten to high school students interested in practicing for the ACT's using the Learning Express.

Good Morning Everyone, I checked out the ArchiveGrid at the school yesterday and it was very interesting.  I looked up Sitting Bull and found out that he was also called Tatanka Iyotake.  I knew he was a Sioux leader but found he was also a Shaman of the tribe.  Also found it interesting after coming back from Canada that he toured with Buffalo Bill Cody.

I also checked out a little on Ansel Adams the famous photographer and conservationist.  He established the Ansel Adams Wilderness area in California because of the Trans-Sierra-Road controversy in the Mammoth-Pass and Minaret Summit Area.

Ok, I know I'm not real good at computer technology but world book foreign edition was to hard for me to navigate.  At least the kids could hear the actual language being spoken, that would probably be very interesting to them.

Well, I'm behind in the Challenge and now I'm going back to catch on some that I missed earlier.  I checked out Penguins in the World Book Kids edition.  I really liked the fact that it was written simply but with lots of information.  The part that read to the kids will be so helpful when helping the child I work with at school research papers.  She has a hard time reading and this will help tremendously.

Wow, so much more information for the older child.  Love the fact you could hear the sound of the Penguins.

I looked up Belize and found the maps very interesting.  Liked the fact that they even had current events of that country.  Very informative.  I think writing research papers would be so much easier now than when I was a child.  Everything you could want to know on a country in one spot.

Love Proquest, who knew all that info was out there?  I wanted to see if there was a publication for Librarians and found American Library.  Also found information on Library Technicians.  Very informative.

I started in the middle of the Library Challenge and this was the first assignment I've tried.  It took me a little while to figure out what I was doing in the Gale Research section but I think I figured it out.  I looked up Zinc and was surprised at the amount of information available.  I also like the fact that it will read it to you if needed.

Ok, lets hope this worked.