I searched for "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua on WorldCat and learned that 1141 libraries have the book. When I clicked on the number, the Brookings Library appeared as the top listing, with other SD libraries listed next. I was able to acees the Ames, Ia Public Library record, but got an error message when I clicked on the link to the Brookings Public Library (404 - File or directory not found.) The call number was 920 CHUA, A. 2011. When I clicked on Amy Chua's name, no other books, (other than a sound recording of the same book) were listed. She has written other professional books for attorneys. but these were not listed. In looking for material related to the subject of this book, there was nothing more in which Ms. Chu was the subject, but there were books to consider about mothers and Chinese American women, including Maxine Hong Kingston's recent biography.
Searching OAIster for South Dakota was very interesting. It produced such an odd assortment of information, from agriculture to photographs of school houses to 1912 election information. I looked at : "Sweet Clover in Great Plains Farming" and it had a 54 page publication to read. It seems as though OAIster woud require careful searching to end up with pertinent information, because a rather general search about South Dakota led to oddly specific information about other subjects. It was fun to review the older documents that this search revealed.
In looking at Gentle Reader's blog, I saw that she did no seem to have trouble accessing the BPL information on WorldCat, leaving me feeling just a touch envious...
Hi, Saila, thanks for your comments. Yes, OAIster is for serious researchers, but it can also be a place to access images unavailable elsewhere. The link from library owner to catalog is always iffy. If something changes on the vendor side or library catalog side, the connection won't be made. However, you do know that the book is held at BPL and can check the catalog on your own. Not as convenient, but it still works. When I did an "Author Phrase" search for "Chua, Amy," limiter "books," I got a list of all her books. We hope you will appreciate WorldCat as a place to find materials, especially books, world wide.
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