Challenge 7: WorldCat

I really like using WorldCat.  It's like having access to the world's biggest library at your fingertips!

Martin Luther
To find appropriate books about Martin Luther, I did an Advanced Search.  I searched for Martin Luther in keywords and limited the type to books and the language to English.  I further limited my search by these Subtype Limits: Juvenile (audience) and Not fiction (content).  There were 1252 results and many of those were about Martin Luther King.  So I refined my search further by adding a limiter:  not King.  This cut my results down to 221, a much more manageable number to search.  My library actually owns several titles listed, but this patron may also wish to borrow Martin Luther by Sally Stepanek (NY:  Chelsea House, 1986).  Libraries in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa own this book. 

Graphic Classics
I also did an Advanced Search to find graphic novels of classic titles.  I searched for Graphic in Genre/Form (under subject in the drop down box), and the keyword Classic.  For limiters, I selected English (language), Books (Type), Juvenile (since I am a Children's Librarian), and Fiction.  I had 229 results.  One title I would like to add is "The Wizard of Oz" by Michael Cavallaro (NY:  Puffin Books, 2005). 

I redid my search changing "classic" to "classics."  This time I had 176 results. 

I did my search a third time, using two of the databases:  ArticleFirst and PapersFirst.  [I thought there may be journal articles about classics in graphic format that would contain bibliographies.]  I searched for Keywords Graphic and Classics which resulted in a list of seven articles, all from ArticleFirst.  Three of the articles listed look promising.  Although they are not very recent (2007 and 2009), getting copies of these articles may be a good place to see all that is available.

My Fair Lady
Finding the musical score for My Fair Lady was not difficult.  I did an Advanced Search for Title Phrase My Fair Lady.  I limited the language to English, the type to Musical Scores, and subtype limits to Not Juvenile and Not Fiction.  There were 266 results.  I chose the second in the list, which has an OCLC accession number of 26429906.  This item is available at NSU, so our patron can go there to check it out.