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Exercise 3

After reading Lesson 3, answer the following questions in your own words. Please include your full name and the answers in the body of an e-mail message with the Lesson number in the subject line of an email addressed to me at JJohnson@fccj.org.

Exercise 3 is worth a total of 7 points.

1. (1 point) Broadening a topic - Describe how you would change the following search: You want to do research on migraines, but you are not finding enough information. List both a Boolean phrase you could use, and a broader term you could use to broaden your search.
2. (1 point) Narrowing a topic - You want some information on Vitamin E and its potential benefits in preventing heart attacks. What are the key terms or words for this topic? What Boolean operator would you use to combine the key terms?
3. (2 points) Think of a research question which interests you, and answer the following questions: What is the search topic? What are the key terms used to search for information on the topic? What are some other related terms?
4. (3 points) Log into EBSCOhost's Academic Search Elite. (Remember that your SS# is your Borrower ID.) Use your own research question or area of interest to you to find at least one full-text article. Try to use as many of the search strategies from this lesson as possible. Write your search statement that you used to find the article. Also, email a copy of the article to me by making it an attachment to your email or by copying and pasting it into your email.

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