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Information Literacy Activity
Points: 15
Name: Mansi Jadon (G01306916)
Given the following sample research question, plan and execute a search for relevant
information resources.
Research statement: I want to investigate how the practice of blogging has
inGluenced high school education.
1. Identify the main concepts in your search statement or research question. List
the concepts here; these will become keywords that you will use when you
search for information in a database.
2. Think of synonyms for each of your concepts. What other words might you use to
search for relevant information?
3. Using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT, construct a search statement
that includes the various concepts and synonyms.

4. For this exercise, use the database called ProQuest Research Library . This
database covers a wide variety of topics from many different Gields.