Competency 6: Citation Pearl search in Academic Search Complete

The next four posts will demonstrate competency in database searching using four different search models within four different databases. This first search demonstrates the citation pearl growing search strategy implemented in the Academic Search Complete subscription database.

The strategy begins with a known item and extends the search for like information using the associated index or subject terms that the article reveals. Specific to my blog topic of Library 2.0 in the academic setting is Michael Casey's September 2006 Library Journal article titled "Library 2.0." The terms associated with this article were:

• PUBLIC services (Libraries)
• LIBRARY planning
• LIBRARIES -- Automation
• INFORMATION technology, and
• LIBRARY users.

From these terms (and adding the focus of university libraries) I created the search displayed in this image.

The search yielded 17 hits, all of which were strategically relevant and discussed Library 2.0 concepts within the academic library. Several in particular were keepers; the citation for one such hit:

Checking Out Facebook.com: The Impact of a Digital Trend on Academic Libraries. By: Charnigo, Laurie; Barnett-Ellis, Paula. Information Technology & Libraries, Mar2007, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p23-34, 12p, 2 charts, 4 graphs; (AN 24655398)

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