Tuesday
Sept. 30
Room A

Introductions, Course Expectations (yours and mine), Course Outline.

The Research Process: Overcoming Library Phobias

Thursday
Oct. 2

LAB

In the Library Lab: Guided tour of the Course Web Page
Information Sources: Public & Academic Libraries, & the Internet

READ:
Chapter 1: Finding Information in the Digital Age: The New Library
& Chapter 2: Introducing the Research Process
TURN IN: Survey

Tuesday
Oct. 7

Room A

General Topic Guidelines; Choosing and Refining a topic; Group topic definition.

TURN IN: Browsing the Library
READ: Chapter 3: Choosing and Focusing a Topic

Thursday
Oct. 9

LAB

The "Information Cycle" & Principles of Organization (Library of Congress, Dewey Decimal System, Academic Disciplines)

READ: Chapter 4: Organizing Information
TURN IN: Topic Proposal

Tuesday
Oct. 14

Room A

Documenting Sources; Writing citations and annotations

READ: Chapter 6: Documenting Sources: Using the Information you Find
BRING: Article or book you recently read and enjoyed.

Thursday
Oct. 16
LAB

In the Library Lab : Evaluating Sources; Chain of Information

READ: Chapter 5: Identifying Quality Information
TURN IN:Brainstorm & Topic Outline

Tuesday
Oct. 21

Room A

Introduction to the Reference Section
Using reference sources to define and refine your topic

READ: Chapter 7: Finding Background Information and Basic Facts

Thursday
Oct. 23
LAB

In the Library Lab : Introduction to searching the WWW and Reference on the Web
Topic conferences

TURN IN: MLA Citations

Tuesday
Oct. 28

Room A

Databases: An Overview


READ: Chapter 8: Using Databases

Thursday
Oct. 30
LAB

Database Searching

TURN IN: Reference

Tuesday
Nov. 4

Room A

Finding Books; Using Library of Congress Classification and Headings

READ: Chapter 9: Finding and Using Books

Thursday
Nov. 6
LAB

In the Library Lab : Using library catalogs to expand your search

TURN IN: Databases

Tuesday
Nov. 11

HOLIDAY

Thursday
Nov. 13
LAB

Finding and Evaluating Periodicals
Search strategies and techniques for periodical databases
Searching periodical databases

READ: Chapter 10: Finding and Using Periodical Literature

TURN IN: Books

Tuesday
Nov. 18

Using the Internet for research (Guest Instructor: Ian Chan)
Compare what you find through the WWW with print sources; Reviewing results and filling gaps.

READ: Chapter 11: Searching the Web

Thursday
Nov. 20

UW Libraries

University of Washington Libraries Visit

TURN IN: Periodicals

Meet at 12:00 in front of the SCCC library to carpool to UW. The tour should last about 45 minutes.

Tuesday
Nov. 25
LAB

In the Library Lab: Internet for Research, continued: Evaluating Web sites;

Project Workshop & Samples;
Final Project Conferences by Appointment

TURN IN: UW Libraries

Thursday
Nov. 27

HOLIDAY

Tuesday
Dec. 2

LAB

Alternative Formats and Alternative Sources of Information (Guest Instructor: Sharon Spence-Wilcox)

TURN IN: WWW Resources

READ: Chapter 12: Information Age Issues

Thursday
Dec. 4

Room A

Information Age Issues

Post-Test

Tuesday
Dec. 9
Room A

Wrapping Up
Final Pojects Due & Presentations

Thursday
Dec. 11
Room A