Fall 2007 IDIS-120-1 Library Research Methods

Syllabus

This is a change.

Assignments

Assignments turned in after their due date will not receive full credit. Late assignments will no longer be accepted once the graded assignments have been returned to the class.

Reaction Paper 1

Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Assignment 3

Assignment 4

Assignment 5

Assignment 6

Reaction Paper 2

Assignment 7

Assignment 8

Assignment 9

Assignment 10

Final Project Description and Grading Rubric

Course Schedule

8/28/2007: Introduction to the Course

8/30/2007: Organization and Characteristics of Information

9/4/2007: Information Lifecycle

9/6/2007: Information Technology + Reaction Paper 1 Due

9/11/2007: Finding Web Sites

9/13/2007: Evaluating Sources + Assignment 1 Due

9/18/2007: Picking Your Topic

9/20/2007: Research Process + Assignment 2

9/20/2007: Author Talk extra credit opportunity at 3:30 p.m. in the Library

9/25/2007: Reference Sources

9/27/2007: Effective Searching Techniques + Assignment 3 Due

10/2/2007: Finding Books Part 1

10/4/2007: Finding Books Part 2 + Assignment 4 Due

10/9/2007: Finding Articles Part 1

10/11/2007: Finding Articles Part 2 + Assignment 5

10/16/2007: NO CLASS - Fall Break

10/18/2007: Finding Articles Part 3 + Assignment 6 Due

10/18/2007: Author Talk extra credit opportunity at 3:30 p.m. in the Library

10/23/2007: Finding News

10/25/2007: NO CLASS

10/30/2007: Finding Government Information

11/1/2007: Writing Annotations + Reaction Paper 2 Due + Final Project Assigned: Description and Grading Rubric

11/6/2007: Creating Citations

11/8/2007: Citing Sources + Assignment 7 Due

11/13/2007: Plagiarism

11/15/2007: Ownership of Information + Assignment 8 Due

11/15/2007: Author Talk extra credit opportunity at 3:30 p.m. in the Library November Author Talk has been canceled. Alternative Extra Credit option.

11/20/2007: Privacy and Censorship

11/22/2007: NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break

11/27/2007: HTML XHTML

11/29/2007: CSS + Assignment 9 Due

12/4/2007: Publishing to the Web

12/6/2007: Class Wrap-Up + Assignment 10 Due

12/11/2007: Final Project: Description and Grading Rubric Due by Noon