Please answer the following questions using Academic Search Premier.  Click on Edit Page and enter the password library.  Type your responses in the boxes provided.  When finished, click Save.

 

You are researching the first amendment and the media.

 

1. Do a search for first amendment.  Do not set any limits.  How many results do you get?

 

 

6578

 

 

 

2. Do a new search for "first amendment."  Make sure to put the term in quotes.  How many results do you get this time?

 

 

4870

 

 

 

3. Add media to your search.  How many results do you get this time?

 

 

493

 

 

 

4. Look at the full record for the first article in the list.  What is this article about?  Is it on topic?

 

 

The first amendment and media regarding the world in Iraq. It's on topic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Return to your list of results.  Find a scholarly/academic article in the list.  Type the title of the article and explain how you know it is scholarly.  List 3 reasons.

 

 

The future of simulants in compliance...   1) We checked the scholarly box. 2) It's peer reviewed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. How could you truncate one or both of your search terms?  Type the truncated search term(s).

 

 

With an asterisk.   first amendent*   media*

 

7. If the full text of an article you want is not available in Academic Search Premier, what would you do?

 

 

I would click on the "Find full text in other databases"

 

 

 

 

 

8. Type 1 or 2 synonyms or related terms for first amendment and media.  How did you come up with these terms?  (Hint: Subjects, Thesaurus, brainstorming)

 

 

multimedia, communications, broadcast

 

 

 

 

 

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