Lib127

LIB 127 - Course Related Materials

Dr. Tina Hovekamp
thovekamp@cocc.edu

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Week 1 – Mon 9/22 & Weds 9/24
a. A tour of the library!
b. How libraries are organized. Library of Congress Classification.

In-class exercise 1

Week 2 - Mon 9/29 & Weds 10/1
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

In-class exercise 2

Assignment #1 (due Mon 10/6)

Week 3 - Mon 10/6 & Weds 10/8 - Quiz 1 (Mon 10/6)
Reference sources

In-class exercise 3
In-class exercise 4

Assignment #2 (due Weds 10/15)

Week 4 - Mon 10/13, NO CLASS (non-teaching college day) & Weds 10/15
a. Database Searching: Subject versus Keyword searching
b. Improving Keyword searches

In-class exercise 5

Get more practice on keyword searching!

a. go through the library tutorial (New York University Libraries): http://library.nyu.edu:8000/research/tutorials/boolean/boolean.html. It really does not take too much time to complete!!

b. here is another library web page (Loyola University, Chicago) with quick online exercises: http://libraries.luc.edu/seminar/0506/Search08.shtml. Use the link “Click to begin the search query exercise” under the door icon to start! You will then be asked to select key terms and connectors by dragging the imaginary ”magnets” on the imaginary “fridge”… kind of fun! (click on the “check answer” button to receive feedback on your search queries).

c. for those that might have missed it ... there are two additional exercises for you to practice with, linked right at the bottom of our course page at http://web.cocc.edu/thovekamp/lib127/keywordsearch.html.

Week 5 - Mon 10/20 & Weds 10/22 - Quiz 2 (Weds 10/22)
a. Searching the COCC Catalog
b. Beyond local collections: searching and requesting using Summit & WorldCat

In-class exercise 6
In-class exercise 7

Week 6 - Mon 10/27 & Weds 10/29
a. ..more on Summit & WorldCat

Assignment #3 (due Weds 10/29)

b. Finding Articles & using Ebsco

In-class exercise 8

Week 7 - Mon 11/3 & Weds 11/5 - Quiz 3 (Weds 11/5)
a. ...more on Ebsco