Amy Soldavini SLM502 July 15, 2012
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak For this MARC record, most of the required information was found on the copyright page, including the summary. The price was imprinted on the back cover. Once I consolidated the assignment instructions, module 3 explanation, and the information in our Kaplan textbook, I discovered it might be easiest to create a template of fields in MARC Magician. I needed to Google for the authors birth date information and used Scholastic s Markus Zusak Biography page. For the Dewey number, I used the Carroll County OPAC. I also needed to question on blackboard how to handle the multiple publishers. For the 658 field, I used the online MCPS curriculum archive. For the awards field, I used the Novelist database available through the Montgomery County Public library. I measured this book with my ruler. Carroll County OPAC: Des2ny Catalog. N.d. Web. 7 July 2012. <h2ps://des7ny.carrollk12.org>. Online Curriculum Archive. MyMCPS. Montgomery County Public Schools. Accessed through employee intranet. 7 July 2012. NoveList Plus. EBSCOhost. Online subscrip7on database accessed through Montgomery County Public Library. 7 July 2012. "Teachers." Markus Zusak's Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 July 2012. <h2p://www.scholas7c.com/teachers/contributor/markus- zusak>. Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Print.
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks For this and the following six print book MARC records, I used the template I had created in MARC Magician based on the assignment guidelines. Again, a lot of information was taken directly from the recto/verso pages and the barcode on the back cover. I found the author s birthdate by looking at his mother, Anne Bancroft & father, Mel Brooks, biographies I could not find a credible bio on Max that included birthdate. There was no summary on this title page and I could not find one in the LOC catalog, either, so I used Novelist s. The awards and lists come from NoveList. This is a high-interest book, but without curricular connections. Again, I had to measure with my ruler. "Anne Bancroft Biography." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 15 July 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000843/bio>. Brooks, Max. The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead. New York: Three Rivers, 2003. Print. Library of Congress. N.d. Web. 8 July 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/index.html>. NoveList. EBSCOhost. Online subscription database accessed through Montgomery County Public Library. 7 July 2012.
Americapedia: Taking the Dumb out of Freedom by Jodi Lynn Anderson, Daniel Ehrenhaft and Andisheh Nouraee The only information that I could not get off the recto/verso pages was a summary, and again the Library of Congress did not list one, so I used the NoveList summary. There are no awards. Once again, size comes from my ruler. The curriculum connections are to the MCPS curriculum. Anderson, Jodi Lynn., Daniel Ehrenhaft, and Andisheh Nouraee. Americapedia: Taking the Dumb out of Freedom. New York: Walker &, 2011. Print. Library of Congress. N.d. Web. 8 July 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/index.html>. MyMCPS. Montgomery County Public Schools. Accessed through employee intranet. 7 July 2012. NoveList. EBSCOhost. Online subscription database accessed through Montgomery County Public Library. 7 July 2012.
Levithian by Scott Westerfeld I used Google to find a biography for Westerfeld s birthdate & I became very distracted by his website, his sardonic wit shines through. I think he d intimidate me in person. I had to measure with my ruler. For field 440v I choose to format as Book One, and would keep that consistent through my library series order is important to students (and me as a reader). I added Steampunk to the 650 subject field because I know how popular that subgenre is with my population. The major awards & book lists that I choose to include from NoveList, when there are many, are the ones learned about and used in my SLM504 course, Young Adult Lit. Library of Congress. N.d. Web. 8 July 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/index.html>. MyMCPS. Montgomery County Public Schools. Accessed through employee intranet. 7 July 2012. NoveList. EBSCOhost. Online subscription database accessed through Montgomery County Public Library. 7 July 2012. Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan. Keith Thomas, Illus. New York: Simon Pulse, 2009. Print. Westerfeld, Scott. "Scott Facts." Scott Westerfeld. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 July 2012. <http://scottwesterfeld.com/about-the-author/scott-facts/>.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney I went to Kinney s website for his birth date. I choose to include written and illustrated by in field 245c for students to know that the illustrator is the same person as the author, and is not simply missing. There is no edition information available. As directed by the copyright page, I went to loc.gov for the CIP data. The subject heading humor for guys is from NoveList. For consistency with Leviathan and other series books, in field 440v, I put Book six. "About the Author." Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 July 2012. <http://wimpykid.com>. Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever. New York: Amulet, 2011. Print. Library of Congress. N.d. Web. 8 July 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/index.html>. NoveList. EBSCOhost. Online subscription database accessed through Montgomery County Public Library. 7 July 2012.
100 words every high school freshman should know by the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries Creating this was very straightforward from the information found on the recto/verso. There is no edition information, and the title takes the place of a summary. 100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Print.
Phenomena by Henry & Melissa Billings This was the most interesting, to accomplish, it was a textbook that I had at home from school that I want to use next year it is not my class text, rather a supplemental professional resource our media center. I m sure I will have to catalog stuff like this it may actually be one of the few I need to catalog on my own. I had to go to World Cat for help figuring out Dewey it is not in the LOC catalog. Could not find a credible author biography online for their birthdates. The MARC Magician tips say that if width is greater than height to list both. I wrote the summary, with the staff as intended audience and the subject headings are from World Cat. Billings, Henry, and Melissa Billings. Phenomena: Critical Reading Series. Lincolnwood, IL: Jamestown, 1999. Print. "Find Items in Libraries near You." WorldCat.org: The World's Largest Library Catalog. N.d. Web. 15 July 2012. <http://www.worldcat.org/>. Library of Congress. N.d. Web. 8 July 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/index.html>.
Chicka, Chicka 1-2-3 by Bill Martin, Jr; Michael Sampson and Lois Ehlert. Having three novels, three nonfiction, and a textbook, I purposely attempted a MARC record for a picture book format. Most of the necessary fields were on the recto/verso, I did need to count the pages I was surprised that I didn t find 32. For the birth dates I went to the authors & illustrator biography pages. Michael Sampson and Bill Martin, Jr share a website. Michael Sampson does not list his birth date. This is also where I retrieved the longer/alternate name for Bill Martin, Jr. "Author of the Month Lois Ehlert." McGrawHill Higher Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 July 2012. <http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/kidlit/aom/janaom.html>. Martin, Bill Jr., and Michael Sampson. Chicka Chicka 123. Lois Ehlert, Illus. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2004. Print. Michael Sampson & Bill Martin, Jr., Authors. N.d. Web. 8 July 2012. <http://www.billmartinjr.com/>.
Walt Disney pictures and Walden Media present Bridge to Terabithia, based on the novel by Katherine Paterson I used the motion picture template in MARC Magician. I went to the official website for the information that my eyes were too old to read, but once I had taken the pictures for this project, I was able to make the back cover legible. I wrote the summary by taking out the subjective language in the summary on the official website, and the subject headings are based on NoveList s entry for the novel that this movie is based on. "Bridge To Terabithia." Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment. N.d. Web. 10 July 2012. <http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/bridge-to-terabithia.html>. Bridge to Terabithia [video Recording]. Dir. Jeff Stockwell and David Paterson. Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2007. DVD. NoveList. EBSCOhost. Online subscription database accessed through Montgomery County Public Library. 7 July 2012.
National Geographic Kids from the National Geographic Society For this periodical, I used the serial template found in MARC Magician and all of the hints & tips on each category. Most of the information is found in the copyright column in each issue. For field 260c, I found the information listed on the official website. I needed to go to the LOC for the official subject headings. I was happy to learn that a catalog entry is created for the periodical, not for each issue. The issue # is very hard to see, but is listed in the bottom right corner of the copyright column. As for all of the other items in this project, I had to measure with my ruler. "Fast Facts." National Geographic Media Kit. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 10 July 2012. <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mediakit/pdf/ng-kids/fast_facts.pdf>. Library of Congress. N.d. Web. 8 July 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/index.html>. National Geographic Kids. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. Aug. 2008: 43 pag. Print. NoveList. EBSCOhost. Online subscription database accessed through Montgomery County Public Library. 7 July 2012.