Competency 6: LS 5013 Sucessive Fractions Search Strategy

Search Topic: How do picture books help children to develop a love of reading?

Database: Academic Search Complete (ASC)

S1 = picture books or wordless books
S2 = children or kids
S3 = reading or literacy

S1 = 7,917 results
S2 = 415, 004 results
S3 = 88, 212 results

Facets from broadest to narrowest = S2, S3, and then S1

Actual Strategy:
After finding 415,004 results for S2, which was way too many, I combined S2 and S3 (the next broadest facet).
S2 and S3 = 17,228 results which was still too many to look through.
Next I combined S2 and S3 and S1.
This last combination of S2 and S3 and S1 gave me a total of 275 results, which was much better.
1 example of results I found in this search:

Title:
PUT SOME PIZZAZZ IN YOUR READ-ALOUDS.
Authors:
Sasson, Dorit
Source:
Reading Today; Jun/Jul2008, Vol. 25 Issue 6, p36-36, 1/2p

Reflection:

This search went very smoothly. It was a lot like doing the Building Block Search, which I like. Some of the results were not exactly what I was looking for, but I was able to find some good articles on my search topic.

I like the Successive Fractions Search Strategy almost as much as the Building Block Search Strategy. Both searches remind me of each other. This type of search strategy is very useful because of the fact that the user can use it to narrow down his or her search in order to find just the information he or she is searching for. The Successive Fractions Search Strategy is another search strategy that I am glad to have learned how to do in this course.