Sunday, July 19, 2009

Most Specific Facet First Search Strategy/Lib Lit Database


Search Query:
Information on integrating technology across the curriculum
Most Specific Facet First
*curriculum or lessons 5625 hits.
*integrating or teaching
*technology or computers
Quick test set revealed that curriculum or lessons facet returned fewest results. Additional searches posed as (curriculum or lessons) + (integrating or teaching) + (technology or computers) = 288 hits. Further searching would be required using successive fraction or building block strategies.
Using the quick test to find the first specific facet was more time consuming than the final search so I was wondering why it was considered more efficient.

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