Information technology in organisation and
retrieval of information
HAI4802
ASSESSMENT 04
DUE 31 July 2024
, QUESTION 1
Database Selected: AcademicTechDB
Description of the Database
Name: AcademicTechDB
Subject: Academic source materials regarding technology materials in learning.
Scope: Contains periodicals sources for research articles, conference papers, and
dissertations—periodicals materials related to educational technology, digital
learning, information retrieval, and related topics.
Search Process and Use of Boolean Operators
Research Topic: Lecturers' use of Web 3.0 techn ologies in South African colleges for
information organization and retrieval
1. AND Operator
The AND operator restricts the search results to articles that include all the words or
phrases mentioned.
Search Query:
"Web 3.0 technologies" AND "information organization" AND "South African
colleges"
Demo:
Result Screenshot:
Explanation: This screenshot presents the first list of search results, which means
that when these keywords are combined with the operator AND, the articles retrieved
definitely specialize in using Web 3.0 technologies for the structuring of information
in a South African college context.
2. OR Operator
The OR operator is used to extend the search to include all kinds of articles that
have at least one among the specified keywords or phrases; hence, it is very
effective at capturing related concepts or synonyms.
Search Query:
retrieval of information
HAI4802
ASSESSMENT 04
DUE 31 July 2024
, QUESTION 1
Database Selected: AcademicTechDB
Description of the Database
Name: AcademicTechDB
Subject: Academic source materials regarding technology materials in learning.
Scope: Contains periodicals sources for research articles, conference papers, and
dissertations—periodicals materials related to educational technology, digital
learning, information retrieval, and related topics.
Search Process and Use of Boolean Operators
Research Topic: Lecturers' use of Web 3.0 techn ologies in South African colleges for
information organization and retrieval
1. AND Operator
The AND operator restricts the search results to articles that include all the words or
phrases mentioned.
Search Query:
"Web 3.0 technologies" AND "information organization" AND "South African
colleges"
Demo:
Result Screenshot:
Explanation: This screenshot presents the first list of search results, which means
that when these keywords are combined with the operator AND, the articles retrieved
definitely specialize in using Web 3.0 technologies for the structuring of information
in a South African college context.
2. OR Operator
The OR operator is used to extend the search to include all kinds of articles that
have at least one among the specified keywords or phrases; hence, it is very
effective at capturing related concepts or synonyms.
Search Query:
