Using the topic: Designing a library program that teaches research skills, educates the students about plagiarism, and minimizes incidents of plagiarism at the high school level, the broadest topic would be high school students.
Using Academic Search Complete I entered high school student* which brought up 16,618 records. I then added plagiarism which brought up 21 records. Finally, I added research which brought up 6 records:
Most Kids Cheat from the April 2008 issue of School Library Journal
Keeping it Real from the May/June 2005 issue of Teacher Magazine
The making of a relic from the March 2002 issue of Teacher Magazine
How do I know if they're cheating from the July 2001 issue of Curriculum Journal
How to handle cyber-sloth in Academe from the January 2001 issue of Chronicle of Higher Education
Educators turn to anti-plagiarism Web programs to detect cheating from the December 2000 issue of Education Week
Each one of these articles relates directly to my topic/area of interest. I found this to be a very efficient way of searching and was pleased to see the number of hits reduced as I moved from the broad topic and narrowed down each successive search. ASC uses Boolean Logic so using the AND operator to refine my search produced very satisfying results. I enjoyed using this search strategy and found it to be very productive.
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