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GETTING STARTED

1. Tools Needed to Get Started
   • Hardware and Software Needed To Get Started
   • Navigating Through the Course

INTRODUCTION

1. Information Anxiety
2. Information Overload Is Not New
3. Data Is Not Knowledge

MODULE 1

SEARCHING DATABASES AND EVALUATING RESULTS

LESSON 1   WHAT IS A DATABASE?

1. Objectives
2. What Is a Database?
3. Databases, Records, Fields & Access Points (page 1)
4. Databases, Records, Fields & Access Points (page 2).
5. Database Examples
6. What is a Database? - Review & Assignment

LESSON 2   INDEXING AND SEARCHING

1. Objectives
2. Indexing
   • Fable VS. Fact: College Research Online
   • Indexing in Guide to Periodical Literature
   • Indexing in General Abstracts
   • Indexing in Educational Periodical Abstracts
3. Online Research & Controlled Vocabulary
4. Searching - Access Points
5. Searching Strategies
6. Logic and Boolean Operators - Using a Little Logic
7. Boolean Operators - "AND"
8. Boolean Operators - "OR", "NOT"
9. Boolean Operator Quiz
10. Indexing and Searching - Assignment

LESSON 3   THE SEARCH PROCESS

1. Objectives
2. Where Do I Begin? - The Search Process
3. Choosing a Topic
4. The Disciplines
   • Formulating a Research Question
5. Search Strategy
6. Scholarly vs Popular Periodicals
7. Primary vs Secondary Sources
8. Is Currency of the Work Important?
9. Where Should I Look for Information?
10. Defining your Search Statement
    • Search Strategy Workform
11. The Searching Process - Assignment

LESSON 4   EVALUATION

1. Objectives
2. Evaluation - Introduction
3. Evaluation - Who, What
4. Evaluation - Where, When, Why, How
5. Evaluating a Source: In the Shadow of the Holocaust (page 1 )
6. Evaluation of In the Shadow of the Holocaust (page 2)
7. Evaluation of In the Shadow of the Holocaust (page 3)
8. Evaluation of In the Shadow of the Holocaust (page 4)
9. Evaluation - Assignment

LESSON 5   CITATION OF SOURCE(S) USED

1. Objectives
2. MLA and APA Styles
3. Examples of Citations
4. Citation of Source(s)
5. Common Questions Regarding Citation and Copyright

MODULE 2

SEARCHING FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS

LESSON 1   CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND ONLINE CATALOGS

1. Objectives
2. Learning to Explore Library Collections
3. Classification Systems
4. Online Public Access Catalogs
5. Searching Catalist (Page 1)
6. Searching Catalist (Page 2)
7. Using Subject Headings
8. Practice - Searching Catalist
9. Search Results
10. Using Catalog Systems - Assignment

LESSON 2   USING WORLDCAT AND FIRSTSEARCH

1. Objectives
2. OCLC, FirstSearch and WorldCat (page 1)
   • Interlibrary Loan Information
3. OCLC, FirstSearch and WorldCat (page 2)
4. Planning Your Search
5. Practice - Searching WorldCat
6. Evaluating your Search Results (page 1)
7. Evaluating your Search Results (page 2)
8. Using WorldCat - Assignment

MODULE 3

SEARCHING FOR REFERENCE SOURCES PRINT AND ELECTRONIC

LESSON 1   REFERENCE SOURCES AND STRATEGIES

1. Objectives for Lessons 1 - 5
2. Role of Reference Source/Tools in the Research Process
3. Importance of Libraries

LESSON 2   ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND ATLASES

1. Encyclopedias and Atlases
2. Practice - Searching Credo Reference
3. Specialized Encyclopedias/Subject Sources
   • Interlibrary Loan
4. Specialized Encyclopedias/Subject Sources (page 2)
   • List of Specialized Encyclopedias
5. Atlases
   • Examples of Atlases

LESSON 3   BOOK REVIEWS

1. Book Reviews
   • Practice - Searching for Book Reviews

LESSON 4   PERIODICAL INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS

1. Periodical Indexes and Abstracts
2. Searching a General Periodical Database
3. Practice - Searching Academic Search complete
4. Searching a Specialized Database

LESSON 5   MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES

1. Directories
2. Practice - Searching for Associations
3. Biographical Sources
4. Practice - Searching Literature Resource Center
5. Bibliographies
6. Dictionaries, Statistical Sources, Quotation Sources
7. Virtual Reference Sources
   • A List of Reference Sources on the Internet
8. The Role of the Reference Librarian
9. Review Exercise
   
   Assignment For All of Module 3 - Searching for Reference Sources

MODULE 4

SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB

LESSON 1   THE INTERNET

1. Objectives
2. What is the Internet?
3. Growth of the Internet
4. Introduction to the World Wide Web (WWW)
5. Information Transfer on the Web
6. Client-Server Relationship
7. Anatomy of a Web Site
8. URLs, Domains, etc.
9. URL Names and Structure
10. Domains
11. File Extensions
12. Internet - Review
13. Be Critical!
14. Web Evaluation (page 1)
15. Web Evaluation (page 2)
16. The Internet - Assignment

LESSON 2   WEB DIRECTORIES

1. Objectives
2. Search Directories - Introduction
3. How to Search a Directory
4. Practice - Searching a Directory
5. Web Directories - Assignment

LESSON 3   SEARCH ENGINES

1. Objectives
2. Search Engines - Introduction and Listings
3. Web Searching Strategies
4. Additional Ways of Searching
5. Practice - Searching Google
6. Evaluation of Information
7. General Searching Observations
8. Trouble Shooting Searches
9. Narrowing a Search
10. Links to Additional Internet Resources
11. Search Engines - Assignment

LESSON 4   LEGAL & SOCIO-POLITICAL ASPECTS OF INFORMATION

1. Objectives
2. Privacy
3. Censorship and Equitable Access to Information
4. Final Summary

References

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