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Assignment #9
1. Login to Lexis Academic Universe. Click on General News Topics.
a. Who was the 1998 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature?
b. Describe exactly how you structured your search?
• what search string did you use?
• what source material did you pick to search?
• what date limits did you use?
2. What search form in Lexis Academic Universe would you pick to find the most current information on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa?
3. Login to the form you named in question 2 and search for the most current articles on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa.
a. Describe exactly how you structured your search?• what search string did you use?
• what source material did you pick to search?
• what date limits did you use?
b. How many articles did you retrieve?
c. Cite the most current article using MLA citation form (hint 4.7.5).
4. What's one reason you might choose ProQuest instead of Lexis Academic Universe?
5. Try to find newspaper articles for your topic.
a. Which database did you use?
b. How did you structure your search (which form did you use, did you limit publication areas, did you try any fancy searching, etc.?) How you answer this question will depend on which database you pick. Be specific!
c. What are the results.
d. If you found something, cite the article using MLA citation style.
6. What do you need to know about searching a full text database? How does it differ from searching a database that is not full text?
Click here to link to the review questions. While not a requirement for this assignment, try to answer as many as you can for next class and we will go over the answers.