More Database Searching

I figure that the more articles I can find and read on the subject, the more likely I am to decide on this topic and more importantly what exactly to focus on. I decided to browse Gamecock Power Search again to try to find more articles, as I only found 4-5 I could possibly use, though I will have to read through them to verify even this amount. So I searched "foster care, teenagers, and libraries" to see if I could get more hits. Most of the articles were from the Psychology or Nursing fields, though some had to do with literature and youth. I found these articles:

Winerip, Michael. "Getting a Grip on Survival Skills For Fending in an Unfair World". New York Times: May 14, 2003.
                    This article was about a young man who was in foster care and how going to a library and how working there helped him.

Quinn, Jane. "Where Need Meets Opportunity: Youth Development Programs for Teens". The Future of Children (Princeton University). Vol. 9, No. 2, When School Is out (Autumn, 1999), pp. 96-116
                   This article discusses the need for youth development programs, which includes going to the public library.

First Post

My name is Rachel and this blog is for one of my last classes, Intro to Research, for my Masters in Library and Information Science. It is my online research diary. I have to develop a research proposal on a topic of my choosing. Since my focus is in Youth Services in a Public Library, it will probably have to do with that. I'm thinking about doing it on foster children and access to the library and/or literacy, but I haven't nailed down a topic yet. Feel free to post comments below.