Library Lit Database - Successive Fractions search: Competency 6

For this search, my beginning search term was "school librar*" which yielded 30,857 hits. The next term was "elementary and (students or children)" which yielded 1614 hits. Finally, the third term was "teach* library skills" which yielded 563 hits. When I combined them into one search, I ended up with a manageable 104 hits.

Dialog Database - Specific Facet First search: Competency 6

I started my search with Library Skills and Children. This only resulted in 95 hits, which I thought was quite manageable.





I did another search for school librar? which resulted in too many hits.

Academic Search Complete - Citation Pearl Growing search: Competency 6

I chose to begin the citation pearl search by using the author of the book I tagged for Competency 5. I searched for Violet Harada in Academic Search Complete and received the following results:




Then I found the article, School Librarians Help Students Acheive: Here's the Evidence, that I liked from these results. Then used the subject term "Libraries and Students" to further my search.



These are the final results.

WorldCat Database - Building Block search: Competency 6

My inquiry is for information about teaching media skills to elementary school students. My original search did not include a date range and resulted in information from the 1970s and 1980s. I decided to add the date range so the results would be more current.





These are the results.

Tagging: Competency 5

education(1) inquiry(1) learning(1) library(1) location-harvey(1) non-fiction(1) partnership(1) professional resource(1) school library media(1)

http://www.librarything.com/work/1049037

I found this book, Inquiry Learning Through Librarian-Teacher Partnerships by Violet Harada while searching for resources for school librarianship. My interest in librarianship was sparked by the untapped resource of school librarians in the schools where I have taught. This book gives a detailed plan of how to create a teamwork approach to inquiry learning. There is a brief summary of each chapter included under the Book Descriptions tab. Just from reading the description, I think this is a book I would like to have.

RSS feed: Competency 4

The feed I chose is from the ALA website and is a booklist by Keir Graff. I am especially interested in the children's and youth listings since my area of interest is school library.

eLibrary Podcast:Competency 3

I found the following podcast about eLibrary on YouTube.com. I chose it because I am discouraged by how little my students are taught about research in the library.
It sounds a bit like an advertisement but is very informational. For me, it is quite useful since I really have no experience with eLibrary. From watching the podcast, eLibrary seems like it would be a wonderful research tool for my students. I especially like that you can sort by reading level so my younger children wouldn't have to sort through pages of items that are above their level.