Database Search

Let's look at searches with in databases. I will complete various searches on the same topic, but within different databases. I will document the results yielded.

ERIC (buidling block search) How can school libraries affect student acheivement rates?
facets: school, libraries, student, achievement (I will combine with Boolean logic).
school or high school=s1
library or libraries=s2
student=s3
achievement or success=s4
37 totals results were yielded
(one example) Data-Driven Collaboration in Two VoicesBuzzeo, Toni; Wilson, StephanieLibrary Media Connection; v26 n2 p20-23 Oct 2007... teach information literacy skills in order to improve student achievement. Numerous studies have confirmed the importance of library media center and library media specialists (LMSs) in improving student achievement. ... Accession Number: EJ776637View Record Find Full-Text InterLibrary Loan

LibLit (citation pearl growing search) I searched the terms Texas and school libraries and student achievement. I found, "The effect of school libraries on student achievement," by J.K. Berry.
Search:
au: Berry
ti: author
758 results were returned. Many included another author with the last name "Berry."
(another article by the author)
Berry, J. The BMA Library. 21st Century Makeover. Getting the Library you Need. Legal Information Management v. 8 no. 2 (Summer 2008) p. 127-30
Berry, J. BMA Library a 21st-century makeover. Library & Information Update v. 7 no. 7/8 (July/August 2008) p. 50-1

WorldCat (successive fraction search) The effect of high school libraries of student achievement in Texas.
s1= Texas high school 7640
s2= library 15, 298
s3= student 17
Student performance of a library-related task Author: Haskell, Loretta Murray.
Publication: 1986Dissertation: Thesis (Ph. D.)--North Texas State University, May, 1986.
Document: English : Book : Microform Libraries Worldwide: 2
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Lexis (specific facet first) I chose library student achievement instead of high school library because I beleived the first term would yield fewer results. 0 results were yielded. I changed the facet to library success. 996 results. Using high school library as my facet. 41 results returned.
(one example) PBS affiliates, local schools do their part; Mini-documentaries add to the storytellingUSA TODAY, October 3, 2007 Wednesday, LIFE; Pg. 7D, 445 words, Kate Naseef