Friday, April 17, 2009

Reflections: Search Techniques

These are the search strategies that have most currently experimented with.

citation pearl growing search
successive fraction search
specific facet first

I am learning to appreciate the successive fraction technique. At first, the concept was somewhat difficult to comprehend. With practice, it is now my preferred search option. You begin with a broad search, then you apply restrictions that eventually limit your hits to entries that you are interested in.

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