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Spring 2008
Tuesday and Thursday
9:40 am - 10:55 am
Sequoia 8
Syllabus 		Brian Greene
Office: Tamarack 124
Phone: (209) 588-5179
Email: greeneb@yosemite.edu

    My expectations of you:
  • Come to class prepared
  • Respect that class time is for class
  • Complete assignments on time
  • Ask questions!
    My commitment:
  • Make classes and assignments relevant
  • Return assignments within one week
  • End class on time
  • Be available to answer questions

Topic Examples

Evaluation

Calendar

Date / Unit #

Topics

Assignments
Tuesday, February 5 / Unit 1 Search Strategies & Techniques
Searching the Web		 Search Engine Evaluation
Thursday, February 7 / Unit 2 Evaluating Web Resources Berkeley Reading Web Evaluation
Tuesday, February 12 / Unit 3 Library Resources and Services; OPUS, the Online Catalog Library Catalogs

Thursday, February 14 / Unit 4

Catalogs of Other Libraries and Regional Networks

Other Libraries

Tuesday, February 19 / Unit 5

Documenting Sources

Semester Project

Thursday, February 21

Review
MIDTERM EXAM

Midterm

Tuesday, February 26 / Unit 6

Periodical Database: Academic OneFile

Academic OneFile

Thursday, February 28 / Unit 7

Periodical Database: Wilson Web

Wilson Web

Tuesday, March 4 / Unit 8

Periodical Database: LexisNexis Academic and Newspaper Indexes

Lexis-Nexis

Thursday, March 6 / Unit 9

Reference Sources: Dictionaries, Thesauruses, Encyclopedias

Reference Sources

Tuesday, March 11 / Unit 10

Review - Google Services

Review

Thursday, March 13

FINAL EXAM - Semester Project Due

Final