Competency #6: Citation Pearl Growing Search in LibLit

I did a Citation Pearl Search in the Library Literature database. I started with a citation from my succesive fractions search in WorldCat.

Extreme teens : library services to nontraditional young adults / Author: Anderson, Sheila B. Publication: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005Document: English : Book Internet Resource Libraries Worldwide: 299

In LibLit I entered these search terms:

(extreme teens) TI AND (anderson, sheila) AU

Once I reached the article (it was the only one retreived) I browsed the subject headings that the book was indexed under and clicked on Young Adults' Activities/Projects in the Subject Headings area.
This brought me 237 results.
I limited to Full Text and retreived 97 results.
These are my two favorite hits:

Title: Tame the Beasts: Try a Little TLC with Your Teens
Personal Author: King, Danielle
Journal Name: Florida Libraries
Source: Florida Libraries v. 50 no. 1 (Spring 2007) p. 8-9
Publication Year: 2007
Physical Description: Bibliographic footnotes
ISSN: 0046-4147
Language of Document: English
Subject(s): Young adults' library services/Florida; Young adults' library services/Activity projects; Student assistants/Public libraries; Orange County Library System (Fla.)
Persistent URL: Click to copy the PDF full text article link



Title: Step Up to the Plate
Personal Author: Gorman, Michele
Journal Name: School Library Journal
Source: School Library Journal v. 53 no. 6 (June 2007) p. 31
Publication Year: 2007
Physical Description: Illustration
ISSN: 0362-8930
Language of Document: English
Abstract: The writer provides some tips for young adult librarians on organizing an event to encourage conversations about self-awareness, coming-of-age, identity, and self-expression from a young adult perspective as a way of justifying to the local community the library's inclusion of controversial materials in its collection.
Subject(s): Young adults' library services/Activity projects; Librarians/Social responsibilities; Program planning
Persistent URL: Click to copy the PDF full text article link

I really liked citation pearl searching. Once you have found a good book or article it is a great way to find where else to look in a database. When you find the right "Controlled vocabulary" or index term you get great results.

ELJ