INSTRUCTORS:
Nenita B. Buenaventura Email: nbuena@lbcc.edu Voice mail: 562-938-4576	Eleanor L. Sonido Email: esonido@lbcc.edu Voice mail: 562-938-6733

A hands-on introduction to Web health resources, this course acquaints students with health resources available on the World Wide Web and via subscription databases. This course is beneficial for the general community, healthcare professionals, and students in various disciplines such as nursing and allied health, human services, child development and early childhood education, who wish to expand their specialty knowledge base in order to gain a competitive edge and upgrade their job skills.

At the completion of the course, the students should be able to:

1. Identify browser interface components in order to navigate the Web.
2. Use online health reference tools to find medical and pharmaceutical information.
3. Compare medical subject directories.
4. Use Web sites for specific diseases and condition to locate related information and medical procedures.
5. Criticallyselect and evaluate medical and health resources from the Internet.
6. Cite Web resources according to appropriate documentation styles.
7. Capture a Web document.
8. Develop an effective search strategy on a given topic.

Course Organization:

The course is divided into nine modules. Each module corresponds to one week (2 classroom hours) in the college semester. The modules are as follows:

1. Introduction to the Internet, browser and e-mail.
2. General medical gateways
3. Medical directories
4. Medical dictionaries and encyclopedias.
5. Diseases and conditions.
6. Drug information
7. Wellness and mental health.
8. Healthcare careers
9. Subscribed online Web health resources.

There will be no textbook required in this class All course readings will either be handed out in a class or can be obtained from the Internet and Library's databases .

Participation:
Attendance will be taken at each class. If you have to miss a class due toan emergency, please let me know as soon as possible. After the2nd unexcused absence, I will begin subtracting 5 pointsfrom your Attendance/ Active learning score for every absence.There are 9 weekly meetings. You will get 20 points for each dayyou are present in class.

Assignments:
This is a hands-on class. Every meeting, you will have tasks that mustbe completed in class. There will be demonstrations on how todo required tasks. The purpose of the demonstration is to acquirethe skills in doing the required tasks. There will be assignmentsto show that you have worked independently and have learned theexpected skills. Any class tasks that have not been completedmust be submitted on Tuesdays, the following week. Therewill be a 5-point deduction on every late paper. You couldleave them at the circulation desk in the Library. This will allowme to check your work and be able to give them back on the nextclass meeting. Each assignment will have a grade value of 30 points.

Class Mid-term project:
You will submit a listing of resources from the topic you have chosen.You will get a 100-point credit for this.

Final Examination:
You will be assigned a topic to search on. You will be askedto find sources of information for your topic.You willbe asked to cite the sources you found. You will get 100-pointcredit for this.

Extra credit:
You will be allowed to select your own topic of research. There willbe a class list from which you can select too. The list can beused to help you decide which topic to work on. You will get 50 extra points as soon as you submit your topic. If you submit yourtopic after the third class meeting, you loose your extra credit.If you change your topic, you loose the extra credit.

This course is offered on a credit/no credit basis only. Allwork must be completed with 70% accuracy to receive creditfor the course. If you get less than 70% accuracy on an assignment the instructors will work with you individuallyto correct any deficiencies.

Sources	Points
Participation	180
Assignments	270
Mid-term	100
Finals	100
Extra Credit	50
TOTAL	700

A =	90% to 100% = 630-700
B =	80% to  89% = 560-629
C =	70% to 79% = 490-559
D =	60% to 69%  = 420-489
FAIL =	less than 420

The calendar belowis for your information only. The instructors reservethe right to make changes regarding assignments, exams, and classschedule at any time. Please check on line for update

Class Schedule	Focus:Concepts/Activities	Hands-On	Class Assignments
Session 1	Introduction to the course (Syllabus) Get “familiar” with your computer and mouse Getting To Know a Computer (Power Point Presentation) Browsers, Search Engines and Directories http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html Netscape Navigator http://www.infopeople.org/howto/NetscapeQuickguide.pdf Internet Explorer http://www.infopeople.org/howto/IEQuickguide.pdf Yahoo, Google, Alta Vista, etc. Digital Librarian, Infomine, Librarians Index to Internet (lii) URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) E-mail Accounts	Comparing Search Engines and Directories                      (Handouts from Infopeople) Mouse exercise http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/mousepractice Establishing an e-mail account Learn how to send messages, replying, and forwarding mail. Copying and pasting URLs	E-mail Exercise Before the second class session you need to send an e-mail message to your instructor which should include: How are you feeling about using the computer and the Internet; Any questions you have and; The topic in health about which you want to do extensive search.
Session 2	Selection of Topics for research Research process (Power Point Presentation) Search Engines and Operators Evaluation of Internet Resources http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html Demonstrate searching of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Searching the net using search operators Evaluating Internet Sites based on the evaluation list. Search articles from EB	Visit 5 websites and evaluate them. E-mail 1 article from EB Submit topic for research
Session 3	Study of health related gateways Locating information sites on food and drugs; diseases and conditions. Bibliographic citations (Power Point Presentation) Health Reference Center database	Evaluating health related gateways Search Health Reference Center Academic and Health      Wellness Resource Center databases and printing an             article from it. Searching for Internet sites on food, drugs, and diseases.	Find 7 websites related to your topic and provide a short annotation and citation for each site. E-mail an article to me from Health Reference Center Academic or Health and Wellness Resource Center databases that is related to the topic you have selected
Session 4	Study of local and federal health organization sites. Locating sites for health statistics. A Matter of Fact database	Surfing the Internet on local and federal organizations Locating sites about health statistics E-mailing articles.	Print 3 articles from A Matter of Fact on the following topics: Career on health Related to your topic U.S. health care policies Find 7 websites related to your topic and provide a short annotation and citation for each site.
Session 5	Study of sites on medical terminologies. Mid-term project.	MID-TERM PROJECT Sorting Internet sites Mid- term examination: Search given topics These are take home tests to be submitted after Thanksgiving Holiday	Take home mid term test Assignment: 1. What is your chosen career? Identify 3 internet sites related to your choosen career. E-mail the URL sites to me Pick up 10 terms from the sites you have selected about your topic and list them in a form of glossary of terms.
Session 6	Locating health/nursing/medical associations and directories Study of Electronic citation sites Locating sites about Global Health conditions Close-look at SIRS Database	Evaluation of Internet sites Searching for internet sites on health associations and organizations Printing journal articles from SIRS database	Find 3 articles from SIRS database and e-mail them to us. related to your topic. about children's health about global health conditions Find 7 websites related to your topic and provide a short annotation and citation for each site.
Session 7	Study of health/nursing/medical bulletin boards and lists serves Locating resources for seniors and children's health	Subscribing to list serves or bulletin boards. Evaluating resources Finding Internet resources for seniors and children's health	Submit 2 samples of discussion threads from your bulletin boards or listserv. Find 9 websites related to your topic and provide a short annotation and citation for each site.
Session 8	Looking at on-line health/nursing journals Study of collected resources.	Sorting collected resources Printing journal articles from the Internet and email to instructor	Print 2 articles from e-journals. Sort and categorize listing of internet sites for the final project.
Session 9	FINALS Demonstration of Library Online Catalog (Voyager) Course evaluation	Submission of final project.	Finals