What I learned from the Miller Center OPAC is basically everything. I have been a student at SCSU for over two full years and will be a junior (credit wise) after this semester; never have I ever utilized this tool! I believe in a communications class I took my first semester we did a library tour, but I never recall discussing the OPAC and the advantages it can bring when researching for a project.
Features that were the same between the two sites were the basic and advanced searches and the ability to search by title, author, keywords, etc. When I used the 'basic' search on both sites I used the two keywords "homophobia sports" and received varying results. The Miller Center brought back seven materials of information while the Great River site only yielded one. While the Miller Center's search did appear to produce a source that was a seemingly perfect fit for the desired topic, I was a little disappointed with only one result. I again tried a few different key words in both the basic and advanced searches, but still only the one book. The book was "Strong women, deep closets: lesbians and homophobia in sport"; the description is fitting but more variety is needed.
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Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the world of the OPAC--better late than never! The best part is that once you know how to use one type of OPAC, you can use them all. They all basically work the same way; only the interfaces will look a bit different.
It is interesting that GRRL only had one book dealing with homophobia and sports. Did you try doing a keyword search for "gay" and "sport" in GRRL?
R. W.