Welcome back to my blog! I'm sorry for the hiatus. Here are the discovery exercizes for Lesson #5:
1. There are 6 dictionaries with 'habeas corpus' entries.
2. The purpose of the 'Links for this subject' seems to be a catchall reference index for English language resources. Its incredibly varied in scope, but grammar, writing, slang, and major publications in English seem to be a focus. The popular song used to illustrate nouns on the 'Guide to Grammar and Writing' site is My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music.
3. There are 14 examples of boats and ships in the Visual English Dictionary link. Although, if you look up 'ancient ships' you can find even more than that!
4. There are 18 English Language Reference titles offered.
5. Options available to process results using bilingual dictionaries: print search results, email search results, widen your search, search tips, results per page, and reorder results alphabetically.
6. The quote from John Locke is as follows: "The end of law is, not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom." If you browse for the word 'abolish' instead of doing a general search, you get much more detailed results, with many different catagories or meanings of the word listed, allowing you to narrow down your search to the correct intent.
7. Types of maps available when searching for 'Syria': world flags, map of the country, map of the continent.
8. The World Encyclopedia seems to be a reference for basic facts, with an emphasis on geography and history. A Guide to Countries of the World seems to focus more on economy, modern politics, and current events. According to the source itself, the focus seems to be on outlining "contemporary social, economic, political and religious issues." http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t42
9. I get 252 search results for 'recycling' from the homepage quick search. I am not actually seeing the 'refine by book' option from this page though, only 'refine by subject'.
10. See above!
Thoughts:
This was a great lesson, and there is a lot I can apply here to my work at a public library! I think that this is especially good for parents and children who might come into the library looking for book report information, or sources to cite for a child's project. The collection as a whole is very easy to navigate, but has a great depth to it, especially with all of the outside links. I also love the bibliographical citations that you can see at the bottom of all the entries!
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