Competency 6: LS 5013 Citation Pearl Growing Search Strategy

The known item I chose for this search is a journal article titled Blooming Booklovers by Jennifer Burek Pierce.

Burek Pierce, J. Blooming Booklovers. American Libraries v. 38 no. 3 (March 2007) p. 79

Database: Library Lit (Library Literature)

Actual Strategy:
After I brought up the article, I used the subject headings to search for more articles like it.

I searched for full text articles written between 2006-2008.

The first subject heading I used was children's reading/projects, thinking that it would give me several articles describing various ways to promote children's interest in reading. I retrieved 1002 results, but I did not find the types of articles that I was looking for, which surprised me.

The next subject heading I used was children's reading/Washington (state). This time the result was much better. I retrieved 16 results. Nearly all of them described different ways that schools and libraries could work together to inspire a love of reading in children.

1 example of results found:
Eldridge, C. Reading buddies: celebrating the joy of reading [reading promotion program at Friday Harbor Elementary School]. PNLA Quarterly v. 64 no. 4 (Summer 2000) p. 16, 21

Reflection:

I chose the original article because it showed me a great way to get children motivated to read. I wanted to find more articles with other ideas that I can use with my students when I become an elementary school librarian. By using the Citation Pearl Search strategy I was able to find several articles that gave me some great ideas on how I can promote a love of reading in my students when I become an elementary school librarian.

I like the Citation Pearl Growing Search Strategy. It is useful because a user can use this type of search strategy to find results similar to other results in a previous search that were useful. I would use this type of search strategy if I were looking for subjects, authors, or ideas that are similar to my original search result(s).