Competency 6--Search Processes

Successive Fractions Search
Search Topic: Constructivism is a reform movement or as a traditional practice in today's educational literature?
Database: Academic Search Complete=S1 +S2=11 ; S1 + S3 =9

S1 (tradition* or norm* or conventional)
S2 (reform or change or alteration)
S3 (constructiv* AND Dewey or George Kelly or Jerome Bruner)

I ran S3 (constuctiv* AND Dewey or George Kelly or Jerome Bruner) first and received 195 hits. Adding S1 and S2 lead to zero result, but combining only S3 and S2 (reform or change or alteration) led to 11 hits and some of the results looked promising. Then I had the idea to carry out a combination of only S3 and S1 (tradition* or norm* or conventional) and these 9 hits looked even more interesting. I especially liked: Lehmann-Rommel, Roswitha. 2000. "The Renewal of Dewey – Trends in the Nineties." Studies in Philosophy & Education 19, no. 1/2: 187-218. Both of these successive fraction searches were useful to me.

Citation pearl/snowballing Search
Search Topic: Constructivism, a basic philosophy behind the work on Carol Kuhlthau.
Database: WorldCat=11 hits
Topic: Is the application of Carol Kuhlthau's Information research process difficult?
S1--application or use or operation
S2--research or information or research process
S3--Kuhlthau

I chose to carry out S4-S1+S2+S3 (9 hits) and chose the following article featuring Kuhlthau's ideas, among others. I would add Information retrieval to S2 if I chose to carry out the search again. However, I like the 9 sources presented, so another search here should not be necessary.

Title: Theories of information behavior /
Author(s): Fisher, Karen E.,; 1966- Erdelez, Sanda,; 1960- McKechnie, Lynne.
Publication:
Medford, N.J. : Published for the American Society for Information Science and Technology by Information Today,
Year: 2005
Description: xxii, 431 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Series: ASIST monograph series;
Standard No:
ISBN: 157387230X; 9781573872300; LCCN: 2005-10420
Access:
Materials specified: Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005010420.html

SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor:
Information behavior. Information retrieval. Research. Information resources. Information science. Comportement de l'information. Sources d'information. Recherche de l'information. Sciences de l'information. Recherche.
Note(s):
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Class Descriptors:
LC: ZA3075; Dewey: 020/.72; 025.524
Responsibility:
edited by Karen E. Fisher, Sanda Erdelez, and Lynne (E.F.) McKechnie.
Vendor Info:
Baker & Taylor YBP Library Services Baker and Taylor (BKTY YANK BTCP) 49.50 Status: active
Material Type:
Internet resource (url)
Document Type: Book; Internet Resource
Date of Entry: 20050412
Update: 20090217
Accession No:
OCLC: 59818630



Specific Facet
Search Topic: Constructivism is a reform movement or as a traditional practice in today's educational literature?
Database: Library Lit=4 hits

(tradition* or norm* or conventional)
(reform or change or alteration)
(constructiv* AND Dewey or George Kelly or Jerome Bruner)

I am pleased with my number of hits after I searched (constructiv* AND Dewey or Goerge Kelly or Jerome Bruner). Based on the titles, three look useful, especially this article:
Garrett, LeAnn (1997). "Dewey, Dale, and Bruner: educational philosophy, experiential learning, and library school cataloging instruction". Journal of education for library and information science (0748-5786), 38, p. 129.
No further search in this database is necessary.

Block Search
Search Topic: Is the application of Kuhlthau's information research process difficult?
Database: ERIC

S1-application OR use OR operation-234,933
S2-research OR information OR research process=520,497
S3-Kuhlthau=38
S4-application OR use OR operation AND research OR information OR research process AND
Kuhlthau=10

I found this search method to be helpful and it narrowed my sources to a very helpful number.