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EXERCISE EXAMPLE
COM225 - PRACTICE LESSON EXAMPLE
Please cut and paste this example to an MS Word or Google doc and enter your own topic, keywords, synonyms, and you own search strings and proceed to do both practice lessons below.
Practice Lesson #1 -
Create a search string of keywords for your topic in an MSWord or Google document. Also, please locate and find synonyms that go with each of your keywords. (10 minutes)
Topic: Are children who play video games more likely to be violent?
Keywords: children video games violent
Synonyms:
children adolescents teens kids minors
video games computer games
Violent violence bullying delinquency aggression
Using OneSearch, use the search strings you created for you topic and list their results.
1st - children AND “video games” AND violent - RESULTS? - 2,441 results
2nd - adolescents AND “video games” AND violence - RESULTS? - 546 results
3rd - children AND “video games” AND bullying - RESULTS? - 223 results
4th - children AND “video games” AND aggression - RESULTS? - 519 results
Practice Lesson #2 -
Pick out one database that supports your research on your topic and pick out one scholarly journal article. Use the citation tool to copy and paste the APA citation to an MSWord or Google document. (10 minutes)
APA Citation -
Varghese, S. B. (2022). Violent Video Gaming and Aggression in Children. Pediatric Nursing,
48(4), 193–196.