Lesson #7b: Small Engine Repair Reference Center

I spent quite a bit of time looking around and couldn't find info or found it to be limited. I think to benefit from this resource you definitely should have good basic knowledge of small engines.


The download time could be considerable at times and the information limited.

I also found the advanced search not particularly accurate. I jotted down a couple of terms that I found within the toubleshooting text and then tried to go back in and do an advanced search using words within the full text and came up with "no results found"...grr.

Sorry, I could not provide a more successful experience...

Lesson #7a - Auto Repair Reference Center

Discovery Exercises:
1. First, I tried to look up the Partridge Family Bus (1955 Chevrolet 6700 series bus) but was unable to find it on ARRC. When the year 1955 was chosen, the only information found was for the make of Volkswagen. I then looked up the 1977 AMC Pace (from Wayne's World) and found only "Repair Information". Within this category, the information based on the certain systems was rather "hit or miss". Sometimes, the information was generic and not particularly helpful; other times,the information that could be found was helpful.
  
I must say it was fun to look through The 50 Most Famous Cars of All Time article.

2. I searched for my vehicle. I found 61 Technical Service Bulletins and Recall listings. I then put "recall" in the search field to narrow my results and found only one result. I wanted to know about any recalls but was getting frustrated at clicking through all the individual systems and their results to find them.

I found nothing startling in the Maintenance Intervals info but I always keep up on this and refer to the owner's manual for this anyway.

Lesson #6 : Mango Languages

1. Done
2a. I like the Dashboard feature so I can easily see where I have been and what was studied. Shiver me timbers! Brush me barnacles! I can't believe they have a PIRATE language category!

Lesson #5: Oxford Reference Collection

Answers to Discovery Exercises:
1. 6 entries for habeas corpus were found
2. A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing
3. 14 examples of boats are found in the Visual English Dictionary
4. 18 titles are offered in the English Language Reference link
5. The search results can be sorted "alphabetically" or "by relevance"
6. The end of law is, not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. ~ John Locke
7. Physical and political maps are available for Syria
8. A Guide to Countries of the World: This invaluable global handbook provides a wealth of information for every country in the world. Each entry gives a brief history and outlines contemporary social, economic, political and religious issues. In addition, for each country there is a clear map and a quick-reference fact box containing data and statistics including languages, population, GDP, capital city, life expectancy, and more. Invaluable supplementary material includes detailed indicator tables showing income and poverty, health and population etc, and list of international organizations.
9. I found 25 results for the search of "recycling". I was unable to find the refine by book option. :-(
10. Not feeling "techy" enough to attempt the optional excercise of adding a ORO button or banner to my blog.. until next time...

Week #4: Lesson 4b Additional Education Datatbases

I am doing Lesson 4b first because that is what I can fit in my schedule currently. I will be back to explore the Live Homework Help lesson (4a) later.
Discovery Exercises:
1. I found 60 results. Here is an APA citation from one of them:
Alaska District Partners with Discovery. (cover story). (2010). Electronic Education Report, 17(18), 1-2.
2. I found 320 results. I found ten full text articles after 2008.
3. I found 107 results. I found 12 full text articles after 2008. There was overlap in the results.
4. I found 475 results. I found 22 full text articles after 2008.

Lesson #3 Reader's Advisory - Novelist

MUST CATCH UP...

I have used Novelist many times before. It was nice however to spend a little more time exploring in depth what it has to offer. Sometimes, I find their suggestions on, other times it is so OFF! I have never really liked to use Novelist for tracking series. I find FictFact to be MUCH better for tracking series. I did however like the print function in the read-alike lists. It was nice how it gave a reason for each recommendation in a sentence or two. I could see this as something you could easily print out and give to a patron and that they may find helpful.

As far as other Reader's advisory sites...
~~~ For tracking series, FictFact is THE way to go! I show patrons how to use this all the time. I even created bookmarks to give out about FictFact!
~~~ If you like to take quizzes or read maps, I would suggest checking out Gnod.

Lesson # 2 Genealogy Resources

I am still playing catch up with this course. Here are a few of my thoughts on the Discovery Exercises accompanying Lesson #2 on Genealogy:
- Firstly, I began trying to search the Heritage Quest Online using my maiden name "Rogers". I was uncertain on dates and places so my results were numerous using such a generic name. Finding myself getting impatient and annoyed, I decided to try to use my husband's name which is VERY unique (there are less than a hundred Czarnezkis in the US and I know many of them and their relationships). This search brought only a few results and I learned some interesting things about their family history. It looks like from the 1920 census, there were a couple of boys named Lad and Bollice that were listed as pupils within what looks like a school or orphanage. I found it chanllenging to read some of these handwritten records! Also from the 1920 Census, there was a listing for a Mary Czarnezki that listed her as the head of a household with two children and operator of a tailor shop in Illinois. I found this fascinating. I would post an image of this but for some reason I keep getting an error message when I try to upload my PDF image I saved from the Heritage Quest Online.
- Alaska was not featured until the 1900 census. Significant records are not really found until the 1920 Census which makes sense since Anchorage and that area was really developed in the 1910's. I also found it interesting that some of the "locations" from the drop down menus were listed as "SS..."; I took this to mean maybe it was a list of passengers on a particular ship in that region at the time.
- As for trying to learn how to print these records in a usable format, I was not successful. I am feeling WAY behind at this rate so I think I will continue with the lessons and return to this one if I feel I have time later.