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100			_aSandieson, Robert W.
245			_aHarnessing the power of education research databases with the pearl-harvesting methodological framework for information retrieval./
246			_aThe Journal of Special Education.
300			_avol. 44, 5 tables, 1 figs., refs., appendix.
362			_avol. 44, no. 3 (November, 2010):161 -175.
520			_aDigital technologies enable the storage of vast amounts of information, accessible with remarkable ease. However, along with this facility comes the challenge to find pertinent information from the volumes of nonrelevant information. The present article describes the pearl-harvesting methodological framework for information retrieval. Pearl harvesting relies on the sampling of articles from a body of literature to extract the relevant search keywords. The general steps for using this method were applied to finding the essential list of search keywords for the topic of developmental disabilities. The success with the present investigation suggests that pearl harvesting might be used as a framework to develop keyword search lists in other areas, thereby providing a general methodology to help manage comprehensive literature reviews.
650			_aINFORMATION RETRIEVAL.
650			_aINFORMATION SEARCHING.
650			_aINTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
650			_aDEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
650			_aMENTAL RETARDATION.
700			_aKirkpatrick, Lori C.
700			_aSandieson, Rachel M.
700			_a Zimmerman, Walter.
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040			_cLearning Resource Center