Oct. 15 - Oct. 29 — Unit I: Information Basics, Topic Selection and Keywords: Due Oct. 29, 2007

Mandatory Class Orientation: attend one of the available times.
Weds. Oct. 17 at 6:30, Mon. Oct. 22 at 9:00 or Tues. Oct 23 at 1:00.

Reading assignment:

Primary & Secondary Resources

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/prim_sources.html

Scholarly and Popular Resources

http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/research101/basic02.htm
http://www.dacc.edu/library/publicationtypes.htm

Topic Selection and Keywords

http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/topic1.html
http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/topic2.html
http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/topic3.html
http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/topic4.html
http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/topic5.html
http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/topic6.html
http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/topic8.html
http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/topic8a.html

Oct 29 – Nov. 13, 2007— Unit II: Searching Techniques and Electronic Resources. Due by Nov. 13, 2007

Mandatory Class Session: attend one of the available times: : Fri. Nov. 2 at 3:00 p.m., Tues. Nov. 6 at 9:00 a.m. Wed. Nov. 7 at 2 p.m

Reading assignment: The first is a module from an introductory Research Skills Unit developed by the University of Washington. Make sure to work through the entirety of the module, following all of the links except the Search the UW/UWCat Module.

Databases: What they are, how to select them and how to search them effectively

http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/searching1.html
http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/searching2.html
http://www.library.umw.edu/talon/searching3.html
http://learntech.physiol.ox.ac.uk/librarytutorials/pubmed_medline_turorial_d0e68.php
http://learntech.physiol.ox.ac.uk/librarytutorials/pubmed_medline_turorial_d0e182.php
http://learntech.physiol.ox.ac.uk/librarytutorials/pubmed_medline_turorial_d0e260.php

Nov. 5, 2007— Short Response 1 due

Nov. 13 - 26, 2007— Unit III: Finding Materials, Using the Online Catalog, and Learning the Reference Collection Due by Nov. 26

Optional class session: Fri. Nov. 16 at 1:00 and Mon. Nov. 22 at 1:00

Reading assignment: The first is a module from an introductory Research Skills Unit developed by the University of Washington. Make sure to work through the entirety of the module, following all of the links.

Finding Materials

http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/research101/finding00.htm (complete module)

Online Catalog Tutorial

http://www.dacc.edu/library/catalog/IllinetCatalog1.htm
http://www.dacc.edu/library/catalog/SubjAlphaSrch.htm
http://www.dacc.edu/library/catalog/IllinetAnyKeyword.htm
http://www.dacc.edu/library/catalog/IllinetDifficulties.htm
http://www.dacc.edu/library/catalog/ILCSO.htm

Reference Collection

http://www.dacc.edu/library/OnlineModules/RefColl.htm

Nov. 22, 2006 007 - Short Response 2 due

Nov. 26 – Dec. 10, 2007 — Unit IV: Information Evaluation and Internet Research Due by Dec. 10, 2007.

Reading assignments:

Internet Research

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Google.html
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MetaSearch.html
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SubjDirectories.html
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html

Evaluation

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html

Dec. 3, 2007 Short Response 3 due

Dec. 13, 2007 Final Exam Due

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