Competency 6A: Building Block Search

Building Block Search - Competency #6A
ERIC - Internet

S1: (drama or theatre or theater)
S2: (child* or youth)
S3: (librar* or child* librar* or school librar* or public librar*)

ACTUAL STRATEGY: ((Keywords:drama or Keywords:theatre or Keywords:theater ) and (Keywords:chil* or Keywords:youth) and (Keywords:librar* or child* librar* or school librar* or public librar*))

S1 and S2 and S3 = 431 hits

I got a lot of books about children's theatre that are located in the library. I'm not sure how to eliminate those. Then, I found where I could just search Academic Journals which resulted in 21 total hits and 16 full-text relevant hits. I think that button just saved me hours of searching!

First 2, title only:
ONCE UPON A TIME: USING STORYTELLING, CREATIVE DRAMA, AND READER'S THEATRE WITH CHILDREN IN PREK-6. (31651504)
Kamishibai Story Theater: The Art of Picture Telling. (28046673)

SEARCH REFLECTION - I found it very beneficial to be able to limit the search to only academic journals. Out of all of the search techniques, building block is the most natural for me. It was very useful to learn how to truncate the terms. I can see how certain topics would produce far too many hits using building block.