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I did several searches on the advanced search, from teaching strategies to Shakespeare.  It was interesting to see the number of records for each topic.  Shakespeare had the most at over 400,000.  Most of those records were books.  It is interesting to see how a person can limit the type of sources.  I can see how this would be helpful for research. There is a wealth of information out there is one just knows how to access it.

On the title phrase search I used the book Where the Red Fern Grows and found 243 records, 2016 libraries that had the book, and Black Hills State University came up as the first library.  There were many libraries from the surrounding states included.

On the full record the LC call number is PZ4.R261 and the Dewey call number is FIC.  I couldn't find any other works by him, but there were things about him and the book.  Some of the related articles were hunting, human-animal relationships, dogs, and hunting dogs.

I think the First Search would be very helpful and time saving for the researcher.  One can see at a glance what material is covered and if it would be a good fit for the research one is doing.

When I did the Discovery Part 2 I found pages and pages of information, but not many really had much to do with South Dakota.  Just the mention of the word in the text and it was listed.  When I clicked on the "Acess"  it took me to the original source.  I think if one were researching this would help find primary sources easily.