To do the successive fraction search I used the database WORLDCAT. In this search the idea is to narrow down a search by using the broadest facet first and then narrowing it down with narrower facets. The first search I did was using the term "adult" which brought back 270,095 articles. As this is too many books to search through, I added my second facet of "education". Adding this search term it reduced the number of books to 101,359. Still too many to work with, plus they were not relevant to my blog topic. Adding the third search term of "illiteracy" it brought back 475 articles and books. The first hit that came back was the book
"Prisoners of Silence : breaking the bonds of adult illiteracy in the United States"
Author: Kozol, Jonathan.
Publication: New York : Continuum, 1980
Document: English : Book
As this book and articles about it came up in some of my previous searches with different search strategies I found the successive fraction searching technique the best one that I have used for my blog. The thing that I appreciated the most about the WorldCat database was that it offered more information about the hits such as how many libraries carried the book and whether the database subscriber carried it at their library.
"Prisoners of Silence : breaking the bonds of adult illiteracy in the United States"
Author: Kozol, Jonathan.
Publication: New York : Continuum, 1980
Document: English : Book
As this book and articles about it came up in some of my previous searches with different search strategies I found the successive fraction searching technique the best one that I have used for my blog. The thing that I appreciated the most about the WorldCat database was that it offered more information about the hits such as how many libraries carried the book and whether the database subscriber carried it at their library.
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