Library Research 101 - Syllabus |
| Fall 1998 - Term I Section 001 M/W 12:15-1:05 |
Instructor: Araby Greene |
| Date | Class | Reading and Assignments |
| 8/24 Mon |
Course Objectives and Class
Policies WNCLN & HidenSeek Library Services Virtual Library Tour |
Read the text assignments before each class. Do the Exercises at the end of each chapter as a self-test. Expect a short quiz in each class. |
| 8/26 Wed |
Library of Congress Classification Library Locations & Call numbers |
Chapter 1 Appendices B, C |
| 8/31 Mon |
Course Project Accessing your e-mail account. Using Pico to edit an HTML document |
Chapter 2; Research Strategy;
Appendix D Get Course Project instructions See Sample Project |
| 9/2 Wed |
Electronic databases: Boolean logic; Keyword searching | Chapter 3, pp. 1-14 Lab 1 - Boolean Logic and Keyword Searches |
| 9/7 Mon |
Library Catalog: Subject headings; Subject searches; other searches; limiting search results | Chapter 3, pp. 15-end Lab 2 - Advanced Search Techniques Turn in course project topic. Turn in Lab 1 |
| 9/9 Wed |
Periodicals: Introduction General and Subject Indexes Ramsey Library Newspapers |
Chapter 4 Lab 3 - Periodicals & Indexes Turn in Lab 2 |
| 9/14 Mon |
Periodicals: Subject Indexes: Searching electronic indexes; Locating periodicals | Lab 4 - Electronic Indexes Turn in Lab 3 |
| 9/16 Wed |
Reference Resources: Bibliographies; Biographical resources, book reviews. Critically Analyzing an Information Source | Chapter 5 Lab 5 - Reference Resources Turn in Lab 4 |
| 9/21 Mon |
The World Wide Web: Quantity,
Quality Comparison of directories, search engines, and meta-search engines |
Chapter 6 Lab 6 - Web Search Tools Turn in Lab 5 |
| 9/23 Wed |
Basic Web Searching | Lab 7 - Web Searching Turn in Lab 6 |
| 9/28 Mon |
Advanced Web Searching | Lab 8 - Advanced Web Searching Turn in Lab 7 |
| 9/30 Wed |
Work Day |
Chapter 8 (Media & Special Collections) Work on your course project in class. |
| 10/5 Mon |
Federal & State government information on the Web | Chapter 7 Lab 9 Turn in Lab 8 |
| 10/7 Wed |
Revisiting Research Strategy Tying up any loose ends |
Review Chapter 2 Lab 10 - Research Strategy Turn in Lab 9 |
| 10/12 Mon |
Catch-up Day. Review. Course Evaluations |
Work on course project in class. Turn in Lab 10 |
| 10/14 Wed |
Class Presentations (Share your course project with class - 5 min.) | Course projects must be completed by class time
today. No exceptions. There will not be a final exam. |
Required text: Making Sense of Library Research: A Guide for Undergraduate Students, 1998. The UNCA Bookstore will have it. Please ask for help if you need it or have questions. Appointments are not necessary, but to ensure that I will be here, you may want to ask, call or send e-mail to greene@bulldog.unca.edu. You are very welcome to come see me at any time that I am available. I will post my regular schedule for you and office hours that should work most of the time. URL of this page: http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/lr/lr101/greene/syllabus_fall98.html Top of Document | Introduction and Class Policies | Library Services General information on LR 101 & 102 |
UNCA