1. I started with a search for the book How Full is Your Bucket? since I recently attended a district inservice that referred to that particular title. I did not find the exact book, so I repeated the search using quotation marks around the search terms. I did not find the book. I then altered my search using the term positive attitude. I found 5 pages of results with the most current being from 2001. I selected The Idiot's Guide to Motivating People. I liked that it showed the pages most relevant to my search, so that I could see right away if the book was useful.
2. When I looked up the constitution of the United States, I found 66 results. The books were very academic looking. An indication of reading level would be helpful in choosing a book to use. I used advanced search to narrow the search and I chose to search for the subject constitution of the United States. I only found 3 articles. They were less relevant than I had hoped for.
3. I searched for Nebraska and found 56 results. The books listed look very interesting, but I can see that a person using this database needs a good foundation of searching skills. That was pretty cool, so I tried South Dakota. I didn't find any results.
Hi, M, thanks for giving ebooks on ebscohost a try. The titles included here are primarily non-fiction aimed at public libraries. Due to State Library budget constraints, we have been unable to add new titles for several years, so you won't find new titles or best sellers here. However, we think it greatly expands libraries' collections, especially as it is available 24/7. For #3, if you do an advanced search and choose PB Publisher, you are searching words in the publisher's name. So "Nebraska" will give you results published by the University of Nebraska. South Dakota publishing houses do not have titles in this resource, so you won't get any results. You did make some good discoveries, though. Thanks for reporting!
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