1. 1 Online Searching, 4 th ed. Chapter 5 ERIC Search Example 2: Refining on the Results page pp. 74-75 Librarian’s Guide to Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction

2. 2 (Sally the busy grad student)

3. 3 “Perfect! ooo… maybe I should add ‘writing’ to my search” Sally’s brain:

4. 4 Me! Me! Notice me! Me too! Me too! Notice me as well! C’mon Sally – use your eyes! The interface is desperately trying to help you…

5. 5 (Dan, Social Sciences Librarian, Central Public Library) (Dan, Social Sciences Librarian, Central Public Library) corrective feedback AND (second language acquisition OR SLA)

6. 6

7. 7 Feedback (Response) – applied. Then: English (Second Language) – applied. Clicked More. Now to add: Writing (Compositi on)

8. 8 The final (ideal-world) outcome: 3 descriptors applied, down to 53 on-target results (from 5717)

9. 9 Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching, 4 th edition Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction End of this search example