Competency #6: Succesive Fractions Search on WorldCat

I wanted to find some books that would be useful to me in my career as a Young Adult Librarian, so I did a Successive Fractions search in WorldCat. I did limit the entire search to books.

Search terms:
Service OR department OR program = 3,719,566 hits

Libraries OR public librar$

Teens OR young adult OR teenager = 194

Limiters: Publication years 2004-2008 = 33

Owned by >50 libraries = 11


Strategy:
WorldCat results for: (kw: Service OR kw: department OR kw: program) and (kw: libraries OR (kw: public and kw: librar$)) and (kw: teens OR (kw: young and kw: adult) OR kw: teenagers) and yr: 2004-2008 and cg: 07 and dt= "bks" . (Save Search) Records found: 11

Here are the first 5 hits:

1.Library teen advisory groups / Author: Tuccillo, Diane P., 1952- Publication: Lanham, Md. : VOYA Books, 2005
Document: English : Book Internet Resource Libraries Worldwide: 411
2.Teen volunteer services in libraries / Author: Gillespie, Kellie M., 1960- Publication: Lanham, Md. : VOYA Books, 2004
Document: English : Book Internet Resource Libraries Worldwide: 384
3.Serving older teens / Author: Anderson, Sheila B.
Publication: Wesport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004
Document: English : Book Libraries Worldwide: 304
4.Extreme teens : library services to nontraditional young adults / Author: Anderson, Sheila B. Publication: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005
Document: English : Book Internet Resource Libraries Worldwide: 299
5.More teen programs that work / Author: Honnold, RoseMary, Publication: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2005
Document: English : Book Internet Resource Libraries Worldwide: 290


Number 8 also very good:

Title: Serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teens :a how-to-do-it manual for librarians /
Author(s): Martin, Hillias J. Murdock, James R.
Publication: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers,
Year: 2007
Description: xix, 267 p. ; 28 cm.
Language: English
Series: How-to-do-it manuals for librarians ;; no. 151; Variation: How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ;; no. 151.
Contents:
Understanding the community -- Identifying teens' LGBTQ information needs -- Offering effective service and providing safe spaces -- Providing readers' advisory and reference interviews -- Using guiding principles to build an LGBTQ collection -- Identifying and acquiring collection components -- Integrating LGBTQ themes into everyday programs and services -- Finding and implementing the right pace for change -- An essential core collection of LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, and non-print items -- Material lists arranged by topic -- Compelling LGBTQ booktalks -- Successful LGBTQ programs.
Standard No:
ISBN: 9781555705664 (alk. paper); 1555705669 (alk. paper) LCCN: 2006-39469
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor:
Libraries and sexual minorities. Libraries and teenagers. Sexual minority youth -- Bibliography. Libraries -- Special collections -- Sexual minorities. Libraries -- Special collections -- Young adult literature.

This type of search is excellent when you have a well defined topic without too many "facets." When you can tell which one will bring in the most results and how to narrow your search it works well. This stragety worked quite well in WorldCat.

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