INS3707 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester21 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

INS3707 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester21 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references ..... Question 1 First read learning unit 9 in the study guide and then do the thesaurus construction exercises in the workbook (Tutorial letter 102). Construct thesaurus entries from the following lists of terms: Clinics Health institutions Hospitals Doctors Add references to broader, narrower, related, forbidden and preferred terms as you think necessary. Also, include examples of scope notes. Arrange your entries in alphabetical order. With regard to reciprocal entries, remember: RT always refers to RT (related term) BT (broader term) always refers to NT (narrower term) NT always refers to BT U (use) always refers to UF (used for) (U prohibits further use of the term, and UF refers to the preferred term) Please note that it is not a thesaurus if you only create a BT, RT, NT, SN, U and UF for each of the five terms. You will have to add additional terms to show the relationships between terms and to add reciprocal entries. Also create ONE thesaurus, using all five terms as a starting point. Your thesaurus must include more terms than the ones given. (15 marks) NB: No marks will be given if you do not include valid reciprocal entries in your thesaurus. The following rubric will be used for this question: QUESTION 1: THESAURUS CONSTRUCTION Criteria Marks Comments Alphabetical order 2 RT terms 2 BT terms 2 NT terms 2 U terms 1 UF terms 1 Reciprocal entries 2 Scope notes 2 Plural/Single Terms 1 TOTAL 15 NOTE: No marks will be given if the thesaurus does not include reciprocal entries. Question 2 1. Write a structured abstract of 200 words for the article by Boloka MJ and Jiyane V and Mojapelo SM. (20 marks) 2. Write an indicative abstract of 100 words for the article by Boloka MJ and Jiyane V and Mojapelo SM. NOTE: You may NOT choose your own headings. You will NOT be credited for different headings. (20 marks) The following rubric will be used to mark these questions: QUESTION 2: ABSTRACTING Structured Abstract Bibliographic details 2 Objectives 3 Research methodology 4 Findings 4 Discussions and conclusion 4 Number of words 1 Initials/signature 2 TOTAL 20 Indicative Abstract Bibliographic details 2 First sentence 2 Style 4 Completeness 4 Accuracy 4 Number of words 2 Initials/signature 2 TOTAL 20 Question 3 1. Assign thesaurus terms for the article by Boloka MJ and Jiyane V and Mojapelo SM. Use the excerpt from the ERIC thesaurus (Appendix A) in your study guide; you may also use the ISAP thesaurus in Tutorial Letter 102/3/2022 (workbook). Do not create your own thesaurus entries. Note that you will assign less thesaurus terms for an article compared to the natural language terms you assigned in Question 3, number 1. Also note, ONLY the entry term is used when a thesaurus term is used for indexing. SEE the examples in the workbook. The relationships that are indicated for terms in the thesaurus are to guide the user of the thesaurus in finding the most relevant terms. They are of no relevance when indexing an article or searching for information in an information retrieval system. (5 marks) Question 4 1. Design a personal bibliographic database about Information access and access in public libraries. Use the form (conceptual schema at the end of learning unit 7 of your study guide). The database you plan must accommodate the different types of information sources. It must include enough fields so that you would be able to use the database to create a bibliography. Also provide fields to describe the intellectual contents of the documents. (30 marks) 2. Test the database you planned in Question 4.1 by adding one example of a book, a journal article and an internet source in the database. You do not need to use database software for this, I will accept a database typed up in a word processing programme. (10 marks)