Databases: Successive Fraction Searching...

This exercise is constructing a successive fraction search which I conducted using the same search terms as the building block search, but this time I used the Academic Search Complete database.

Question: Are social network sites safe for preteen?

Database: Academic Search Complete

(social network sites or chat rooms or blogs or online communities)
(safe or secure or protected or harmless)
(preteens or tweens or kids or children)

S1: (social network sites or chat rooms or blogs or online communities) 11,731 hits.
S2: (social network sites or chat rooms or blogs or online communities) AND (preteens or tweens or kids or children) 630 hits.
S3: (social network sites or chat rooms or blogs or online communities) AND (preteens or tweens or kids or children) AND (safe or secure or protected or harmless) 23 hits.

Following is one of the articles resulting from the successive fraction search:

Title: Staying Safe on the Read-Write Web. (cover story)
Authors: Johnson, Doug doug0077@gmail.com
Source: Library Media Connection; Mar2008, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p48-52, 3p, 1 color
Document Type: Article
Subject Terms: *WEB 2.0*CYBERBULLYING*COMPUTER
crimes*PREVENTION*INTERNET & children*WORLD Wide Web*INTERNET in education*BLOGS*WIKIS (Computer science)*VIRTUAL reality*LIBRARIES & schools*INTERNETONLINE social networks
NAICS/Industry Codes: 517110
Wired Telecommunications Carriers517919
All Other Telecommunications518210
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services519130
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
Abstract: The article discusses important points relevant to dealing with the Web 2.0 to protect children and young adults from cyberbullying and other Internet harms. It highlights the popular manifestations of the social Web as of fall of 2007 including ocial networking sites, blogs, wikis, social bookmarking sites, and three-dimensional 3-D) virtual environment. It offers tips to schools and libraries on how to protect oung students who access the Internet for educational purposes from cybercrimes. ne of these tips is the restriction of interactive web sites.
ISSN: 15424715
Accession Number: 31174901

This method also does not seem to be an efficient use of research resources. Going back to my comments on the specific facet search, it just doesn't seem to be very efficient to not use the whole strategy once you've identified what the relevant search strings should be.