One of the activities while exploring MARC records and indexing was to search the keyword: cars and then compare it to a subject search: automobiles.
At Dixon elementary cars are a very popular subject with students, so when I searched the keyword: cars; many books came up. Every title with the word 'car' in it came up, even in french (auto). The search results came up with 99 items. So lots of books with the word car in the title.
When I did the next search for subject: automobiles, 55 results were found. Lots of different titles came up that were about automobiles.
Getting use to an OPAC is tricky, finding information takes a lot of practice and skill. I am certainly not there yet. I think I need a few hours playing with Destiny to figure out all the important ways to search for information. I want to make sure that when students and teachers come to me for help, they are getting it.
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