LIB 127 - Course Related Materials
Dr. Tina Hovekamp
thovekamp@cocc.edu
Week 1 -
Tues 9/18 & Thurs 9/20
a. How libraries are organized.
Library of Congress Classification.
b. A tour of the library!
In-class exercise 1
Week 2 -
Tues 9/25 & Thurs 9/27
a.
Coming up with ideas for a research
project:
... the
first steps
...
getting help from two great databases: CQ Researcher and Opposing
Viewpoints
b.
Looking critically at your sources
| Assignment #1 (due Tues 10/2) |
Week 3
- Tues 10/2 & Thurs 10/4 - Quiz 1 (Tues 10/2)
Reference sources
In-class exercise 3
In-class exercise 4
| Assignment #2 (due Tues 10/9) |
Week 4 -Tues
10/9 & Thurs 10/11
a.
Database Searching: Subject versus
Keyword searching
b. Improving Keyword searches
c. Searching the COCC Catalog
In-class exercise 5
In-class exercise 6
Week
5 - Tues 10/16 & Thurs 10/18 - Quiz 2
(Tues 10/16)
Beyond local collections: searching and
requesting using Summit & WorldCat
| Assignment #3 (due Tues 10/23) |
Week
6 - Tues 10/23 & Thurs 10/25
Finding Articles
| Assignment #4 (due Thurs 11/1) |
Week 7 - Thurs 11/1 - Quiz 3
(Thurs 11/1)
Lexis-Nexis
Week
8 -
b. More newspaper sources!
| Assignment #5 (due Tues 11/13) |
Week
9 - Tues 11/13 & Thurs 11/15
a.
The case of plagiarism (let's take a break from searching!
)
b. Searching the free
web
c. The world of Google and other
web search tips
In-class exercise 11
In-class exercise 12
Week 10 - Tues 11/20 & NO CLASS on Thurs 11/22 (Thanksgiving Holiday)
The web world to government information
| Assignment #6 (due Tues 11/27) |
Week 11 - Tues 11/27 & Thurs 11/29 -
Quiz 4 (Thurs 11/29)
Evaluating Web pages
Week 12 - Finals Week
Your take home final exam was posted "here" and was due by:
Thurs, Dec 6, 10:00am