INS3707
Assignment 2 Semester 2 2026
Unique number
Due date: 20 August 2026
QUESTION 1: INFORMATION SEARCH PROCESS
The search was planned around the topic “Information access in rural communities
in the post-apartheid era”. I treated the task as an information problem that required
an organised search strategy rather than a single keyword search.
Keywords selected and reasons for selecting them
Concept Keywords and Reason for selection
alternatives
Information access information access; These words represent the
access to information; central information
information provision; problem and allowed me
information services to locate studies that do
not use exactly the same
wording as the assignment
topic.
, QUESTION 1: INFORMATION SEARCH PROCESS
The search was planned around the topic “Information access in rural communities
in the post-apartheid era”. I treated the task as an information problem that required
an organised search strategy rather than a single keyword search.
Keywords selected and reasons for selecting them
Concept Keywords and Reason for selection
alternatives
Information access information access; These words represent the
access to information; central information
information provision; problem and allowed me
information services to locate studies that do
not use exactly the same
wording as the assignment
topic.
Rural setting rural communities; rural Authors use different
areas; rural dwellers; terms for settlements
remote communities outside major urban areas,
so these alternatives
broadened the search
without changing the main
idea.
South African context South Africa; Limpopo; The country term kept the
Eastern Cape; North West search within the required
context, while province
names helped locate case
studies from rural
communities.
Assignment 2 Semester 2 2026
Unique number
Due date: 20 August 2026
QUESTION 1: INFORMATION SEARCH PROCESS
The search was planned around the topic “Information access in rural communities
in the post-apartheid era”. I treated the task as an information problem that required
an organised search strategy rather than a single keyword search.
Keywords selected and reasons for selecting them
Concept Keywords and Reason for selection
alternatives
Information access information access; These words represent the
access to information; central information
information provision; problem and allowed me
information services to locate studies that do
not use exactly the same
wording as the assignment
topic.
, QUESTION 1: INFORMATION SEARCH PROCESS
The search was planned around the topic “Information access in rural communities
in the post-apartheid era”. I treated the task as an information problem that required
an organised search strategy rather than a single keyword search.
Keywords selected and reasons for selecting them
Concept Keywords and Reason for selection
alternatives
Information access information access; These words represent the
access to information; central information
information provision; problem and allowed me
information services to locate studies that do
not use exactly the same
wording as the assignment
topic.
Rural setting rural communities; rural Authors use different
areas; rural dwellers; terms for settlements
remote communities outside major urban areas,
so these alternatives
broadened the search
without changing the main
idea.
South African context South Africa; Limpopo; The country term kept the
Eastern Cape; North West search within the required
context, while province
names helped locate case
studies from rural
communities.
