INS3707
Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025
Unique #:
Due Date: 4 April 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
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, QUESTION 1
Information Search Report: “Information Access in Rural Communities
Post-Apartheid Era”
a. Keywords Used and Rationale
To begin my search, I brainstormed and selected the following keywords based
on the core concepts of the topic:
―Information access‖
―rural communities‖
―post-apartheid South Africa‖
―digital divide‖
―information inequality‖
―ICT in rural South Africa‖
These keywords were chosen because they represent the main themes of the
topic: access to information, specific geographic and historical context (rural,
post-apartheid South Africa), and technological infrastructure (ICT, digital divide).
b. Databases and Internet Search Engines Used
I searched for information using the following systems:
Google Scholar – For academic journal articles.
UNISA Library Catalogue – To find relevant books and institutional
publications.
UNISA E-Resources (Databases) – Specifically:
o Sabinet African Journals
o EBSCOhost
o ScienceDirect
I chose these platforms because they are well-known for scholarly and peer-
reviewed material.
c. UNISA Library Search
Varsity Cube 2024 +27 81 278 3372
Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025
Unique #:
Due Date: 4 April 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
+27 81 278 3372
, QUESTION 1
Information Search Report: “Information Access in Rural Communities
Post-Apartheid Era”
a. Keywords Used and Rationale
To begin my search, I brainstormed and selected the following keywords based
on the core concepts of the topic:
―Information access‖
―rural communities‖
―post-apartheid South Africa‖
―digital divide‖
―information inequality‖
―ICT in rural South Africa‖
These keywords were chosen because they represent the main themes of the
topic: access to information, specific geographic and historical context (rural,
post-apartheid South Africa), and technological infrastructure (ICT, digital divide).
b. Databases and Internet Search Engines Used
I searched for information using the following systems:
Google Scholar – For academic journal articles.
UNISA Library Catalogue – To find relevant books and institutional
publications.
UNISA E-Resources (Databases) – Specifically:
o Sabinet African Journals
o EBSCOhost
o ScienceDirect
I chose these platforms because they are well-known for scholarly and peer-
reviewed material.
c. UNISA Library Search
Varsity Cube 2024 +27 81 278 3372
