1. I have perused Ebooks on EbscoHost with a number of different searches, all with somewhat disappointing results. Perhaps the titles are not all that numerous and are not broad ranging enough to meet my needs. I began by searching for "pattern" just as a keyword, which I then changed to include the word "art". The results included a huge array of books, including one about fitness, but almost none were at all relevant. When I moved over and did the same search in the advanced area, there were not titles that were at all appropriate. I believe I did the same search with "drawing" and had the same kind of disappointing results, even if slightly different.
2. I did find a number of appropriate titles to help the students with the Consitution Day research. I would think that Representing Popular Sovereignty : The Constituion in American Political Culture
and Our Elusived Consitution : Silences, Paradoxes, Priorities would be useful titles.
3. I searched with "Nebraska" in the publisher field on Advanced Search and found many interesting titles, most of which seemed to center around Native American history and culture. Of course, any history of the west, would include these topics prominently.
I was somewhat disappointed in Ebooks on EbscoHost. I think the searches yield too many unsuitable results and the pool of titles large enough, it doesn't seem. I was also struck by the age of the titles and went back to the introduction on this week's challenge to verify that the newest (not the oldest?!) titles were from 2006. That seems quite outdated for electronic resources! That's 7 years ago, so I'm not sure I'll be recommending Ebooks on EbscoHost to our patrons....unless I'm missing something!
Hi, pizzuto, Yes, this is a dated collection. The State Library bought this collection and has not had funds to add new titles. The titles were purchased with the idea of enlarging a public library's non-fiction collection. While some titles are no doubt too old to be useful, others, such as the history material, will still be fine. I agree that searching can be tricky to get desired results, but here's a tip: Find 1 of the sort of thing you're looking for (in your case, art, as in "fine art") and look at the subjects listed in the record. Click the subject most like the topic you're after, and you will get items more like what you had in mind. The big plus for ebooks on Ebsco is that it provides full text books 24/7/365, especially helpful for procrastinating researchers. Thanks for your work and your comments!
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