Competency 6: Building Block Search was my first search and I used JSTOR. I searched (African American writers) and got 3923 hits. My second search I entered (African American writers and Harlem or Renaissance) on this search I received 44941 hits. If I were researching for a paper I would have to Narrow my search.

Competency 6: Specific Facet Search - For my second search I searched ERIC using the Specific search. I typed in the words "Negro writers" because I wanted to how many hits I would get if I typed in something other then "African American writers". I got four hits using the words "Negro writers". My second search using ERIC I entered the words "Negro writers" and "Harlem or renaissance" and got 1287 hits. I knew I would get several hits using African American however, I did not expect to get only four hit using the word Negro.

Competency 6: Successive Fraction Search - My next search was I used LibLit. for my Successive search. I was very surprised by the number of hits I received. When I typed in (Negro writers) I got only three hits. However, when I did my second search the number of hits increased by using the Thesaurus and typing in the words African American and Harlem or renaissance; I received 310 hits. I am amazed at how the different databases give different numbers of hits.

Competency 6: Citation Pearl I used Academic Search Complete. I typed in "The Harlem Renaissance", because I knew a particular article had been published about

the Harlem Renaissance. I was able to get 869 hits. I knew this would be a successful hit.

I searched four different database using many different techniques and I received many different hits while using the same words or similar words.