Week IV
Hobbies and crafts, right before the holidays, could be very dangerous. Again, the tutorial was most helpful. Just learning that this cornucopia of resources is under "H" rather than the individual topics is extremely useful when it comes time to teach patrons how to find what they are looking for. Our library doesn't subscribe to any periodicals so everything on MARVEL is a huge plus for our patrons. Again, the single biggest job I have is to communicate the marvel of MARVEL to my community.
I decided to look at "Sewing" and the subcategory "Serging" as I have a daughter who loves to sew and is an avid serger. In reviewing what is available my main impression/feeling is "overwhelmed." The amount of information and formats available are pretty mind-boggling. I feel like a kid at Christmas...which present do I open first? Clicked the "project" tab and selected several to look at. The pdf file for a Christmas project was extremely complete and usable. I could make this Christmas tree skirt with these directions. And, if I could do it then just about anyone could.
What I wanted to know from the start of this exercise was what magazines are included in the database. I found this by clicking on "help." Using advanced search, I found an alphabetical list of all the periodicals. It is pretty exhaustive. More to explore. This could go on a long time.
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