Exercise  7         

        Searching Summit, WorldCat and e-book collections

1.

    a. Use Summit to find videos on elections and press coverage.

     b.  Identify a video title that is available for requesting from another library.

2. 
    a. You've heard about this book called, The Stronger women get, the more men love football.  Find the book using Summit.

    b. Looking at the record of this book, what are the Subject Headings that describe what this book is about?

3.  How would you request a Summit book?

4.  You want to get a hold of the 1960s TV series the "Andy Griffith show" on DVD.  Search WorldCat.

    a. What was your search?

    b. How can you request one of the DVDs in the series?

5.  Can you find a math book in NetLibrary (e-books) to help you with your algebra class? Explore this e-book collection!

6.  Your friend told you that Edward Abbey's book Desert Solitaire is a "classic," one of the most popular books on the American West. 

- is this book available in the COCC library?

- before you come to the library to check it out, you want to get a quick preview of the book to see if this is indeed something that would really interest you.  Use Google Book to get some help.