I had a lot of trouble with the advanced search in WorldCat; I must have been searching incorrectly. I had better luck with the basic search. In the advanced search, I searched for several books, and it always said that the book couldn't be found, yet I looked up the same books in the basic search and found them at over 1000 libraries.
The book I ended up searching for was Harry K. Wong's The First Days of School, which could be found at 1355 libraries. The first library listed was in Mountainview, CA. The class descriptor was LC:LB1775.2; Dewey:371.102. The call numbers, I believe, were ISBN: 0962936022 and 9780962936029. LCCN: 97-91202
Harry K. Wong also wrote several other books, including New Teacher Induction: How to Train, Support, and Retain New Teachers; Investigation of Plasma Instabilities..., and Biology: Ideas and Investigations in Science. When I clicked on the subject, I found several other books about teaching, including Growing Minds: On Becoming a Teacher, School Teacher: A Sociological Study, Encouraging reflective Practices in Education, and The Call to Teach.
In OAIster, I read portions of a book entitled A Brief History of South Dakota by Doane Robinson. I was able to read the entire book online, if I wished. I could also find or buy a copy, create a collection where I could save the book, bookmark it, rotate it, or go to specific pages. I'm thinking that this area will be very helpful to supplement my lessons in my classroom and possibly for the students to read on a topic. This is very handy, since we do not have a library at our school, and mine is a new classroom without a large collection of books at this time.
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Wow, Thunderpaws, you have found some great uses for OAIster! You will most likely like the historical images found there, too. Sorry for your trouble with WorldCat itself. It takes some practice, but you did find your way in Basic search. In Advanced Search, Title Phrase, you have to be exact and leave off the "The" in front of the title. The point is, though, that you got there and discovered what WorldCat is about. Good job!
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