LIS1001 Course Calendar -- Jim Alderman, Monday, 12 - 12:50 PM
| Date | *Topics/Readings | ||||
Readings listed in the calendar should be completed prior to the beginning of the class session for which they are assigned. All readings are online unless I bring handouts to class. The posted schedule remains flexible. If we need to spend more time on a certain topic, we'll adjust the schedule mid-stream. If an additional assignment will help enhance understanding of a topic, we will add an assignment. |
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| Topics | Resources/Readings | Assessment | Exercises/Projects | ||
| August 24 | Class Introduction. Finding and navigating the LIS1001 Website. Using Blackboard. What is a library and what does it do? | ||||
| August 31 | Research -- What is it? Why do it? Research Topic -- What makes a good topic? How to find a good topic. | Examples of good and bad research topics. READ: **Encyclopaedia Brittanica: Library & University & Research Libraries ** Information: What Is It ** What Is Research? ** Choosing a Research Topic |
Weekly Quiz | ||
| September 7 | Labor Day | ||||
| September 14 | Using Library Resources to Help Narrow a Research Topic | Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Library Catalog
examples.
READ: |
Weekly Quiz | ||
| September 21 | Search Strategies -- Conceptual Framework. | Search strategy examples. READ: ** Search Strategies |
Weekly Quiz | ||
| September 28 | Search Strategies -- Search Operators, Tips and Tricks | Look at ways to further
refine topics using the catalog. Look at additional strategies,
including Boolean searching, phrase searching, date limiting, etc. |
Weekly Quiz | ||
| October 5 | Books,
Government Documents, Videos, Sound Recordings, Maps, etc. What
is appropriate? |
READ: |
Weekly Quiz | ||
| October 12 | Midterm Exam. (In class) |
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MIDTERM EXAM | ||
| October 19 | Databases -- Introduction to newspaper articles, magazine articles, journal articles. |
Search examples in databases. READ: ** Using Indexes ** General Purpose Databases ** NewsBank |
Weekly Quiz | DUE: Project 1 -- Search Strategies, Library Catalog, Books, Documents, and Other Library Sources |
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| October 26 | Databases -- Additional search strategies. Recognizing different types of articles. Differences between magazines, newspapers, trade publications, and journals. |
Examples of magazines and
journals. |
Weekly Quiz | ||
| November 2 | Evaluating articles -- Selecting an appropriate database based on the topic and project requirements. | READ: ** Evaluating Articles |
No Quiz | ||
| November 9 | Evaluation of Internet Sources | READ: |
Weekly Quiz | ||
| November 16 | Using RefWorks to create bibliographies. Citation Styles. APA. MLA. | Review RefWorks READ: **Creating Bibliographies Using RefWorks **Citation Guide **Creating an Annotated Bibliography |
Weekly Quiz | DUE: Project 2 -- Finding and Evaluating Articles |
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| November 23 | Google, Google Books, Google Newspaper Archive, Google Scholar. | Google Handouts. | Weekly Quiz | ||
| November 30 | Review for Final Exam (if needed) | DUE: Project 3 -- Bibliography |
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| December 7 | Final Exam. | Final Exam | |||
