Week 8 WorldCat, CAMIO and More

I started this week with WorldCat. Again, this was a totally new experience for me. I knew this existed. I decided to search for one of my classic favorite books, "The Hound of the Baskervilles."
I've always been a Sherlock Holmes fan. There were 1,808 records found that had The Hound of the Baskervilles either alone or as part of a set of other stories. Of that 1,168 were in English. The number one entry showed 1,189 libraries world-wide that had that book. The top link showed that the book was in Pleasantville, N.Y. library.

The call number or class descriptor is: LC: PR4621; Dewey: 823/.8.  I went to click on the author's name to see what else would be listed and found that there were 28,972 records associated with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Wow! Of those 17,457 were in English. I then went to the descriptor which I figured was the subject and found that I was looking for English detective and mystery stories. When I clicked on the link it took me to 10,872 records (in English) that dealt with the subject I was looking for. I didn't know the Lee Child was considered in this category. I really enjoy reading his books, as well as P.D. James and of course who could forget Agatha Christie.

I clicked on Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James to see where it was located as an audio book. The Brookings Public Library was the only library in SD that had it listed, but a number of Iowa, Montana and Wyoming libraries had it listed in audio format.

DISCOVER 2
Next is the OAIster. I'm glad someone added the pronunciation for me. I looked at what was available and chose the Retirement Planning Information brochure from SDRS (since I can take early retirement in a little over two years if I choose to I thought this was a good choice). As long as I was here, I scrolled some more and found another document from SDRS on Level Income Payment Option.

When I checked out another couple blogs, I noticed that one of the bloggers looked at the same OAIster that I did.

DISCOVERY 3
I typed in Sioux to the CAMIO search link. It showed 63 results, beautiful pictures, books, sculptures, photographs, etc.. I took a close look at the first item in the listing because of the title, a Scalp Shirt. The shirt is circa 1890 and is Lakota Sioux. According to the description it says the Lakota Sioux Scalp Shirts were often painted blue or green on the top to represent the sky and yellow on the bottom to represent the earth. According to the description, the hair on the shirts aren't scalps, but locks of hair from family members or friends who've donated them. Each lock represents a war exploit performed by the shirt's owner. After 1870 (the Reservation period) the wars ceased so the scalp shirts became items of ceremonial or formal attire.

Another great exploration week. Thanks for the tours.