Lesson 8—WorldCat, CAMIO and More

Advanced Challenge

1. You want to know if it’s possible to borrow a non-fiction book about Martin Luther to use for a couple weeks with your 4th & 5th grade Sunday school class. You have nothing in your collection, so you check WorldCat. How do you conduct your search?

Here is what I searched.

WorldCat results for: (ti: Martin and ti: Luther) not ((kw: king, and kw: jr)) and la= "eng" and dt= "bks" and mt: juv. (Save Search)
Records found: 112 Rank by: Number of Libraries

I had to tweak it a bit by adding limiters to search results. 

2. Your library doesn't have many graphic novels. You think adding classics that have been made into graphic novels would be beneficial. To see what's already in libraries, you check WorldCat. Describe your search terms and limiters. Name 1 title you would add and its publisher. 

Search in database:	WorldCat ---------------- Ebooks ArticleFirst ECO WorldCat ---------------- ArticleFirst ClasePeriodica Ebooks ECO ERIC GPO MEDLINE OAIster PapersFirst Proceedings WorldCat WorldCatDissertations    (Updated: 2014-03-03) OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide
Search for:	Keyword  Access Method  Accession Number  Author       Author Phrase       Corporate and Conference Name       Corporate and Conference Name Phrase       Personal Name       Personal Name Phrase  Language Phrase  Material Type  Material Type Phrase  Musical Composition  Musical Composition Phrase  Notes/Comments  Publisher  Publisher Location  Standard Number       ISBN       ISSN  Subject       Subject Phrase       Descriptor       Genre/Form       Geographic Coverage       Named Corporation and Conference       Named Person  Title       Title Phrase       Series Title
and andornot	Keyword  Access Method  Accession Number  Author       Author Phrase       Corporate and Conference Name       Corporate and Conference Name Phrase       Personal Name       Personal Name Phrase  Language Phrase  Material Type  Material Type Phrase  Musical Composition  Musical Composition Phrase  Notes/Comments  Publisher  Publisher Location  Standard Number       ISBN       ISSN  Subject       Subject Phrase       Descriptor       Genre/Form       Geographic Coverage       Named Corporation and Conference       Named Person  Title       Title Phrase       Series Title
and andornot	Keyword  Access Method  Accession Number  Author       Author Phrase       Corporate and Conference Name       Corporate and Conference Name Phrase       Personal Name       Personal Name Phrase  Language Phrase  Material Type  Material Type Phrase  Musical Composition  Musical Composition Phrase  Notes/Comments  Publisher  Publisher Location  Standard Number       ISBN       ISSN  Subject       Subject Phrase       Descriptor       Genre/Form       Geographic Coverage       Named Corporation and Conference       Named Person  Title       Title Phrase       Series Title
Limit to:	Year    (format: YYYY-YYYY) Language  No Limit Arabic Bulgarian Chinese Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English French German Greek, Modern [1453- ] Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latin Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Other  Show all languages ... Number of Libraries    All  5 or more  50 or more  500 or more
Limit type to: match any of the following	Books   Serial Publications   Articles   Visual Materials   Sound Recordings   Musical Scores   Computer Files   Archival Materials   Maps   Internet Resources   Continually Updated Resources
Subtype limits	Any Audience  Juvenile  not Juvenile    Any Content  Fiction  not Fiction  Biography  Thesis/dissertation  Musical recording  Non-musical recording    Any Format  Large print  Braille  Manuscript  Microform  not Microform  -----------  CD audio  Cassette recording  LP recording  VHS tape / Videocassette  DVD video / Videodisc
Limit availability to: match any of the following	Items in my library (SDS, South Dakota State Library)  Library Code  Find codes ...
Rank by:	Number of Libraries Relevance Date Accession Number

I ended up with 18 records found including The Wizard of Oz, The Call of the Wild, The Three Musketeers, A Christmas Carol, The Wind in the Willows, etc. I would more than likely add all of the titles that came up if my budget would allow. I would want to get as many as I could so the kids could read all of them! 

3. The local theater director would like to do My Fair Lady but is afraid the vocals may be too difficult for the available cast. She wonders if a vocal score is available so she can take a look at it. Describe your search terms and limiters. Give the Accession number of the item you choose.

I searched the following: 

WorldCat results for: ti: My and ti: Fair and ti: Lady and la= "eng" and dt= "sco" and mt: juv. (Save Search) 
Records found: 11 Rank by: Number of Libraries

and found 11 results. 

Out of the 11 results, I would choose the following: 

The singer's musical theatre anthology : 
a collection of songs from musicals, categorized by voice type, in authentic settings, specifically selected for teens /

Richard Walters

2010 Tenor teen's ed.

English  Musical Score : Printed music : Musical revues & comedies : Secondary (senior high) school 1 vocal score (213 p.) ; 31 cm.

Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, ; ISBN: 9781423476733 1423476735

because it includes: 

Contents:

Bells are ringing.; I met a girl --; Celebration.; Fifty million years ago --; Chess.; Anthem --; Fiddler on the roof.; Miracle of miracles --; Finian's rainbow.; When I'm not near the girl I love --; Follow the fleet.; I'm putting all my eggs in one basket --; A funny thing happened on the way to the forum.; Love, I hear ;; I'm calm --; Godspell.; All good gifts --; Gypsy.; All I need is the girl --; Hercules.; Go the distance --; High school musical.; What I've been looking for ;; Breaking free --; Into the woods.; Giants in the sky --; Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat.; Any dream will do ;; Close every door --; Little women.; Take a chance on me --; My fair lady.; On the street where you live --; Newsies.; Sante Fe --; Once upon a mattress.; Many moons ago --; The producers.; That face --; Rent.; What you own ;; One song glory --; South Pacific.; Younger than springtime ;; You've got to be carefully taught --; Spring awakening.; Left behind --; Sweeney Todd.; Johanna ;; Not while I'm around --; Tarzan.; Strangers like me --; 13--the musical.; Get me what I need --; Thoroughly modern Millie.; What do I need with love --; Toy story 2.; When she loved me --; West side story.; Something's coming --; Whistle down the wind.; No matter what --; Wicked.; Dancing through life. Accession No: OCLC: 630472899

Common Core Connections

In Lesson 8 in WorldCat, choose “Advanced Search,” type “common core state standards” in the search box, with quotation marks around the phrase. Farther down on the screen, find “Limit Type to:” and click the box next to “Books.” Click “Search” and look through the results. Click on a few titles to see if one is of interest. Then click “Libraries that own this item worldwide” to see where the item is held. If you would like to request the book and are not a librarian, please ask your librarian to request the book for you. 

I did the search and came up with 304 results. The book I chose to look at was called, 

Be core ready : powerful, effective steps to implementing and achieving the common core state standards / Author: Allyn, Pam. Publication: Boston : Pearson, 2013 Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 122 I looked at "Libraries Worldwide" and found that a copy is located at the University of South Dakota. That would be fairly easy for me to get for a teacher if they should need it. :) I use WorldCat quite a bit in my line of work. I am a school and a community librarian. At school, I often have the company I order books from cataloging the books, but at the community library that I work at, we need to catalog the books ourselves. When I can't figure out how a book should be coded, I go straight to WorldCat. It is a very reliable resource.