Competency #5D: Successive Fractions Search in WorldCat with Reflection

In looking for resources related to helping emergent readers use the school library to further their reading skills and interests, I chose to try the successive fractions strategy in the WorldCat database.

I began with the largest concept, that of reading.

S1= reading support or reading encouragement or reading motivation
4922 hits

I continued with the second largest concept, elementary school.

S1+ elementary or primary or grammar=s2
1575 hits

I further narrowed my search by applying the final concept, school libraries.

s2+school library or school library media center=s3
52 hits

As I still had many hits, I limited the search with a date range.

Limit by date range 2000-2008
34 hits

Here is a hit.

Building the habit of reading how public librarians and school library media specialists support and enhance early reading initiatives / http://ezproxy.twu.edu:2123/WebZ/FSPage?pagetype=return_frameset:sessionid=fsapp12-37995-fikbi6i8-qoicpz:entitypagenum=49:0:entityframedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.ct.us%2Fsde%2Fdtl%2Fcurriculum%2Flrit02%2Fbldghbt_readfnl.pdf:entityframedtitle=WorldCat:entityframedtimeout=15:entityopenTitle=:entityopenAuthor=:entityopenNumber=: http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/request?id%3Doclcnum%3A76064572Author: Goyette, Betty.; Leone, Luci.; Williams, Linda. Publication: [Hartford : Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Bureau of Curriculum and Instruction, 2006 Document: English : Internet Resource Computer File

This search was comfortable for me. Beginning with the largest concept and narrowing it down in subsequent steps is a very systematic approach. I like processes that have steps to follow, it is part of my learning style.