Competency 4: WorldCat

As a young adult librarian I would be responsible for putting programs together for the community's youth. Not all of those programs are going to relate to reading. For that reason I wold like to explore a question that can relate to future programs to be run that would engage the young adult community.

Question: I want to get young adults interested in yoga as a means of relaxation and exercise that can be fun at the same time. Any articles on how to do this?

My facets are going to be: yoga, young adult, exercise, and fun.

Initial terms:
Yoga: X
Young Adult: Youth, Adolescent, Teenager
Exercise: X
Fun: Fulfillment, Enjoyment, enjoyable, enrichment, recreation

Now, I'm going to take my brainstorming to the WorldCat Database:

WorldCat's suggested thesaurus terms:
Yoga: yogis, chakras, Hinduism
Young Adult: Youth, young men, young women
Exercise: Physical Fitness, exercises
Fun: Recreation, Leisure, Amusements

The additional databases that I chose were PapersFirst, Medline, and WorldCat

Ss1: (yoga OR yogis OR chakras)AND (young adult* OR youth OR Young Men OR Young Women) AND (recreation or Leisure)(All in Subject Field)

Results: 0

Ss2: (yoga OR yogis OR chakras) AND (young adult* OR youth OR Young Men OR Young Women)(All in Subject Field)

Results: 34
9 results from Medline, and 25 from WorldCat

Finally, I've gotten some great articles!!

Chryssicas, M. K., & Coppola, A. (2007). Breathe: Yoga for teens. New York, N.Y.: DK Pub.

Purperhart, H. (2009). Yoga exercises for teens: Developing a calmer mind and a stronger body. Alameda, CA: Hunter House.

Brock, C. (2003). Yoga 4 teens. [Newport Beach, CA]: Yogaminded.

Kalayil, J. A. (1988). A controlled comparison of progressive relaxation and yoga meditation as methods to relieve stress in middle grade school children. Thesis--Seton Hall University, School of Education (Counseling psychology).