syllabus

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Date	Class Work	Assignment
Sept 2	Orientation Introduction to Networks & networking Online etiquette Copyright, security, privacy PCs, Windows & Word Getting help: TAG & ITS	Choose a topic to be the focus of your searching for the semester. You will search on this same topic during each assignment. If you need extra help with computer programs or databases: CTB (Computer Based Training) Free Training Classes via ITS Free Training sessions at the Library
Sept 9	Communication Introduction to Venus, student account & class account Email Distributed email lists	1. Post a brief message to the class email list describing your topic. The subject line of your message should be YOUR LAST NAME, YOUR FIRST NAME - TOPIC. Save your message to disk
	The Web Bookmarks Forums and bulletin boards Searching vs. surfing Web searching: Directories vs. Search Engines Primary vs. secondary sources Relevance and pertinence Evaluating information sources: authority, currency.	.2. Reduce your topic to one or two key words. Conduct a web search for your topic keywords using the following resources. Save your search results on disk. http://altavista.digital.com http://www.excite.com http://www.hotbot.com http://www.infoseek.com http://www.lycos.com http://www.opentext.com http://www.yahoo.com 3. Post a message to the "Web Search" thread in the class forum describing your search experience. The subject line for your post should be YOUR LAST NAME, YOUR FIRST NAME - WEB SEARCH. Save message to disk.
Sept 16	Databases Anatomy of a database Introduction to strategic searching Vocabularies vs. natural language	4. Translate your topic and keywords into a viable search strategy and conduct a search in at least six of the databases, including First Search, that are available via the Blagg-Huey online Resources web page. Save your search results on disk
	Indices, Thesauri, Boolean Operators, proximity operators, truncation, nesting Full text vs. bibliographic Accessing Blagg-Huey Library online.	.5. Post a message to the "Database Search" thread in the class forum describing how you constructed, used, and adapted your search strategy for the various databases, and evaluating your search experience. The subject line for your post should be YOUR LAST NAME, YOUR FIRST NAME - DATABASE SEARCH. Save your post to disk.
Sept 23	Telnet Logging a telnet session. Searching library catalogs online. Subject headings, keywords, field searches.	6. Using telnet, search the Blagg-Huey online public access catalog (OPAC) for local holdings relevant to your topic. Log search on disk. 7. Search other library catalogs available via Venus, and log your search on disk.
		8. Post a message to the "Library Search" string on the class forum describing your search experience and explaining a difference between searching the web, searching databases online, and searching library catalogs. The subject line for your post should be YOUR LAST NAME, YOUR FIRST NAME - OPAC SEARCH. Save your post to disk.
Sept 30	Finding People Online, Journalism Resources Online, Government Resources online, jobs online	Work on assignments 1-8.
Oct 7	Review, Discussion & practice	Assignments 1-8, and disk, due.
Oct 14	Review, Discussion & practice	Check "midterm evaluation" thread in class forum for instructions.
Oct 21	Informationalism & Virtuality Ethics, Principles and Professionalism Online Working with librarians and other information professionals Information management Overload, anxiety, addiction	Mid Term Evaluation Assignment due. 9. Write a brief essay about an ethical and/or professional issue that has come to your attention since you began studying online resources this semester. Your essay should include a thesis, antithesis, and synthesis, and should focus very sharply on a single aspect of a wider topic. Use of first person is OK. Post your essay to the "essay" thread in the class forum. The subject line of your post should be YOUR LAST NAME, YOUR FIRST NAME - ESSAY. Save your post to disk.
Oct 28	Archives: FAQs, Newsgroups, Listservs Online journals Mass Media archives Gopher http://www.landfield.com/faqs/ http://www.dejanews.com http://www.newslink.org/ecar.html http://www.reference.com	10. Search a list, newsgroup, online journal or mass media archive for messages/documents, people/resources relevant to your topic. Save your search on disk. Post a message to the "Archive" thread in the class forum describing what resource you chose, what search strategy you used, and briefly describing your search experience. The subject line of your post should be YOUR LAST NAME, YOUR FIRST NAME - ARCHIVE SEARCH. Save your post to disk.
Nov 4	CD Roms	Meet on the front steps of Blagg-Huey Library 6pm
Nov 11	Introduction to Dialog	telnet://dialog.com , http://www.dialog.com
Nov 18	Introduction to Lexis-Nexis
Nov 25	Thanksgiving Holiday	Rest and Recuperate!
Dec 2	Configuring venus web space Intro to HTML using Word97 Hyperwriting. Weaving a web while your write searching.	Essay Due Begin Final Project
Dec 9	Final Project - LAB	Continue work on final project.
Dec 16	Final LAB - Attendance optional	Final Project Due at Midnight