Basic Discovery Exercise, Part 1
I searched for the "Title Phrase" Gender Trouble with the limiter "books." WorldCat returned 93 records. It showed that 1046 libraries worldwide have the first item on the list. The top library listed is Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
The call number given for Gender Trouble is HQ1154 B88 1989. Clicking on the author's name in this record did not result in any additional titles, but a search for the general subject "feminist theory" yielded 67 results, while the search term "femininity" returned only 17 results.
Discovery Exercise, Part 2
Searching "South Dakota" in OAIster showed 835 results. I found the second one on the list interesting since the subject of the computer file is so near and dear to my heart and my home - Lewis and Clark Lake. The internet resource is titled "The Gorge of the Missouri: An Archaeological Survey of Lewis and Clark Lake, Nebraska and South Dakota. Volume 1." Unfortunately, the access link did not work.
The next title that caught my eye was "Bridge management: experiences of California, Florida, and South
Dakota." I thought comparing bridges in those three very different states would be interesting. This time the access link worked and took me to an attractive and informative 32 page document presented by the U. S. Department of Transportation. It contains many color photographs, including one of the Meridian Bridge at Yankton, not far from my house.
This looks like a useful resource covering a wide variety of topics and formats.
Hi, Joyce! You made some good finds, and I hope you feel very comfortable in using WorldCat for a variety of purposes. Regarding OAIster, yes, you will find some broken links, because it is up to the owning institution to correct those, and they often don't. However, you can sometimes google or scoot around on the institution's page and find the item. That is more time-consuming, but it's a possibility if your patrons REALLY wants that particular thing. You did make an interesting discovery about bridges--there aren't too many things SD has in common with Florida! Thanks for your comments.
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