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You will use the Template for Search Strategy Assignment, which also includes a cover sheet in APA 7 format. [You can refer to this paper format for future assignments.]
The template asks you to select a topic and complete a search strategy table similar to the one in the Unit 1 Learning Resources. After your table is complete, practice using a Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) tool to create Boolean search statements, then analyze the results and create your own statements. Boolean is new to many students; make your best effort and we’ll work together from there.
The Unit 1 Discussion provides an opportunity to receive feedback on this much of the assignment before moving on. You are encouraged review replies to that topic and consider the feedback you and your peers may have received.
In Unit 2, we practice using the UMGC Library and AI tools. Take time to experiment and play. Small changes to a Boolean search or an AI prompt can have a big impact on the results.
After this initial search process, we will refine our searches to narrow the results by using advanced search techniques or database limiters. After we capture images of our refined search results, the template asks us to find a relevant source from the open web. It also asks us to select one article to continue working with. We will practice citing sources using APA 7 format and briefly describe why the article was selected. In the final step, we will reflect on our experience using Gen AI.
👀 View an EXAMPLE of the completed assignment and pay special attention to the tips included.
The Unit 2 Discussion gives us an opportunity to share the sources we found and to receive feedback on the APA format before we submit our assignments for grading. Posting on-time (by Sunday night) in Unit 2 will ensure there is time to receive feedback and make changes before the assignment deadline.
the link below is an example.
https://learn.umgc.edu/d2l/common/dialogs/quickLink/quickLink.d2l?ou=1296407&type=coursefile&fileId=Search+Strategy+Assignment+Example+2255.pdf
Below is a few notes.
Your proposed research question is a great start, but let’s edit ‘like” to “such as”.
Recommend Research Question: How does social media use contribute to mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression, in young adults?
Your proposed search statement is a strong start, just remember that you must use nesting (the parentheses) when using OR. Also, only put phrases (two or more words) in quotation marks for phrase searching.
Recommended Search Statement: (“Social Media” OR “social networking sites”) AND (“mental health” OR “psychological well-being” OR “emotional health”) AND (anxiety OR “anxiety disorder” OR depression) AND “young adults”
Using the above Recommended Search Statement in the Library’s OneSearch tool: UMGC One Search Tool you should retrieve around 480 article results (choose Articles Only from the drop down selection to the right of where you enter your search statement) that you can then narrow down using the limiters on the left side of the screen.
Please use the Recommend Research Question in Step 2, #3 and the Recommended Search Statement in Step 5 in the Search Strategy Assignment in Unit 2 (you can feel free to copy and paste these into your assignment).
below is the link for the umgc library.
https://libguides.umgc.edu/home