I learned that the Miller Center has a database! I've been using random databases through my high school's website, and I'm excited to learn how to use this database instead.
I searched "Darfur genocide" on the Great River Regional Library keyword search and found the same book I checked out for my topic! It's great to see that both librarys have similar books. I did not know if they would have the same books, especially not the one I got. It is smaller and older, so I figured it was pretty rare. I got 12 hits off of my keyword search on the Great River Regional Library website, while on the SCSU library gave me 20. It surprises me that there were only this many books, but it surprised me more that the SCSU library had more than the Great River Regional Library. Many of the sources found on the SCSU library website were internet sources, while the Great River Regional Library gave entirely books. I had not expected internet sources to show up on my SCSU search, but that's mostly because I did not know they had a database available.
Summer Frenzy
16 years ago
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteAn OPAC is a little different from a database. Although, in theory, both are systems which organize types of information, a database typically contains only one type of resource (articles, for example) while an OPAC contains a record of each type of resource that the library has (books, DVDs, audio books, ebooks, etc.).
When you found the "internet sources" during your search in the Miller Center OPAC for items on the Darfur genocide, did you mean ebooks from the OPAC, electronic government documents, or something else?
I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
R. Wexelbaum