READINGS

Electronic Research and the Internet: LIB 015

Instructor: Joy Chase

Readings     - Readings must be completed for proper comprehension of the material.
	Websites     - Websites give additional enrichment to the class. You will need to check these to enter into class discussions and keep up with course content.

 

WEEK 1: 

-     Introduction to this online course and WebCT course software environment.

 

Readings for WEEK 2: 

        Introduction to the Internet, World Wide Web, browsers and managing information.

 -     Chapters 1-3 in TEXTBOOK: "Searching and Researching on the Internet and the World Wide Web" by Ernest Ackermann and Karen Hartman.

-      Select pages to read and interact according to your level of knowledge and curiosity. This website gives you the basics of the Internet. http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1945/index1.htm

 

Readings for WEEK 3: 

       Using the World Wide Web for research.

-         -         Chapter 4 in TEXTBOOK

-         -         Click on the website to learn more about browsers http://www.webteacher.org/winnet/browser/browser.html

 

Readings for WEEK 4: 

       Strategies for using Search Engines

-         -         Chapter 6 in TEXTBOOK

-         -         For a tutorial in using Search Engines and searching the Net, follow the links. http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html

 

Readings for WEEK 5: 

       Further use of Search Engines

-         -         Chapter 7 in TEXTBOOK

 

Readings for WEEK 6: 

       Directories, virtual libraries and library catalogs

-     Chapter 5 and Chapter 9 (library catalogs) in TEXTBOOK

-         -         Explore the joint San Jose Evergreen Community College District Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) http://library.sjeccd.cc.ca.us/

 

WEEK 7: 

-         -         Test on Chapters 1-7 and 9 in TEXTBOOK

 

Readings for WEEK 8: 

       Specialized databases

-         -         Chapters 8 and 15 of TEXTBOOK

-         -         Explore textbook website on subject specific resources. http://www.webliminal.com/search/search-web07.html

 

Readings for WEEK 9: 

        Searching archives, email, newsgroups and usenet

-         -         Chapters 10, 11 and 12 in TEXTBOOK

 

Readings for WEEK 10: 

       Evaluating information found on the World Wide Web

-         -         Chapter 13 in TEXTBOOK

 

Readings for WEEK 11: 

       Citing Web and Internet Resources

-         -         Chapter 14 in TEXTBOOK

 

WEEK 12: 

-         -         Test on Chapters 8, 10-15 in TEXTBOOK

 

WEEK 13: 

       Privacy and security on the Internet. Read pages 445-453.

-         -         Read through the American Library Association page on Intellectual Freedom  http://www.ala.org/washoff/intellectualfreedom.html  and its links. Check information on the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) http://www.ala.org/cipa    Discuss this subject online.

 

WEEK 14:

        Read chapter 15: Putting it all together in a research project

       RESEARCH PAPER DUE

 

WEEK 15: FINAL

-          -          Presentations due.

-          -          Read about how to give an oral presentation http://www.courses.psu.edu/Materials/SPCOM115G_jmf251/presentation.htm  from Pennsylvania State University. 

-         -          Read about how to create a simple Presentation in PowerPoint by Topsy N. Smalley http://www.topsy.org/S02PowerPoint.htm

-          -          Make a simple web page for your presentation. Read “Five HTML tags to know” http://www.webdiner.com/webadv/begin/fivehtml.htm

-          -          For more in-depth information on using HTML to create web pages, read “Writing HTML; a tutorial for creating web pages” from the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/

-          -          Please read instructions to share your presentation with the class. Check the calendar.