Successive Fractions Approach- The search starts with a broad concept, the successive fraction approach narrows the search by applying various limiting techniques. (Chu, 85)
Reflection: For this search I wanted to find literature on children’s books or literature that encouraged participation. I began my search with the broad term of children and when that returned a large amount of results I added the next term: literature, and lastly by adding the term "rhyme" I was able narrow the results down to 234 records. I think this approach would be good for users who are new to database searching because they are able to simply narrow their search one step at a time and find what they are looking for without much difficulty.
Reflection: For this search I wanted to find literature on children’s books or literature that encouraged participation. I began my search with the broad term of children and when that returned a large amount of results I added the next term: literature, and lastly by adding the term "rhyme" I was able narrow the results down to 234 records. I think this approach would be good for users who are new to database searching because they are able to simply narrow their search one step at a time and find what they are looking for without much difficulty.
Database: Academic Search Complete
Search 1 Results: Children, 722,507
Search 2 Results: Literature, 60,063
Search 3 Results: Rhyme, 234
Search 1 Results: Children, 722,507
Search 2 Results: Literature, 60,063
Search 3 Results: Rhyme, 234
Result: Nursery Rhyme News.Preview School Library Media Activities Monthly, Nov2008, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p39-39, 1/7p; (AN 34615482)
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