9. Academic Search Complete Database

Search purpose: To locate information that will provide ideas for ways to attract children and young adults to the public library. OR provide ideas for programs and events for children and young adults, with the intention of increasing their library attendance. OR with the intention of gathering ideas for ways to attract children and young adults to the public library.

Query: Programs for children and young adults in the public library

Citation Pearl Growing: Academic Search Complete

Article: Teens Are from Mars; To Best Serve Youth, Librarians Must Understand Them Developmentally, Jami Jones

(S1) teens are from mars AND jones (1 hit)

Subject Terms:
Libraries
Teenagers
Web sites
Adolescence
Librarians

(S2) (teenager* OR adolescen*) AND librari* (696 hits)

Narrow: Public Libraries (81 hits)

Hit: Types of Youth Participation Programs in Public Libraries: An Annotated Webliography, Susan Asis

Academic Search Complete was a good database to use for this search. I began with an article retrieved from another search. I located this article on the database. Academic Search Complete provides subject terms with each hit. Selecting a few of these terms and performing a truncated search led to a manageable set of results with several relevant articles.