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Library 1

Fall 2009
Monday and Wednesdays
8:00 - 9:25am
Library Demo Area - Tamarack Hall
Syllabus 		Brian Greene
Office: Tamarack 124
Phone: (209) 588-5179
Email: greeneb@yosemite.edu

    My expectations of you:
  • Come to class prepared
  • Respect that class time is for class
  • Complete assignments on time
  • Ask questions!
    My commitment:
  • Make classes and assignments relevant
  • Return assignments within one week
  • End class on time
  • Be available to answer questions

Evaluation

Examples
Assignment      Project
Good           Good
Poor             Poor

Calendar

Date / Unit #

Topics

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Assignments
Mon., October 5 / Unit 1 Search Strategies &
Library Resources and Services; OPUS, the Online Catalog		 RSS Feeds
U of A - LC Call Numbers		 Library Catalogs
Wed., October 7 / Unit 2 Catalogs of Other Libraries and Regional Networks Searching the Web Other Libraries
Mon., October 12 / Unit 3 Searching the Web What is a Browser?
Sonoma State - Web Evaluation
Wikipedia Article		 Search Engines

Wed., October 14 / Unit 4

Evaluating Web Resources
Note: Semester Project

 Cornell - Citations

Web Evaluation

Mon., October 19 / Unit 5

Documenting Sources

  

Semester Project

Wed., October 21

Review
MIDTERM EXAM
Boolean

Midterm

Mon., October 26 / Unit 6

Periodical Database: Academic OneFile

 Google Scholar
(read only that section!)

Academic OneFile

Wed, October 28 / Unit 7

Periodical Database: Wilson Web

Cornell - News Articles
OSU - Finding News Sources

Wilson Web

Mon., November 2 / Unit 8

Periodical Database: LexisNexis Academic and Newspaper Indexes

 Sac State Intro to Ref. Sources

Lexis-Nexis

Wed., November 4 / Unit 9

 Reference Sources: Dictionaries, Thesauruses, Encyclopedias   Reference Sources
Mon., November 9 / Unit 10

FINAL EXAM - Semester Project Due

  

Final