Week 1

Topics	Readings	Assignments due
Introduction - Library organization History of information Information cycle	Glossary Lesson 1 Textbook: Chapter 1 Keeping our Word: Information across the Ages http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/ref/exhibit/contents.htm	email account

Week 2

Topics	Readings	Assignments
Library of Congress Subject Headings - Classification systems	Dewey Decimal Classification Library of Congress Subject Headings Lesson 2	Assignment 1 - Library of Congress Subject Headings due 8-27-04

Week 3

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Online Library Catalogs	Lesson 3 Boolean search Voyager online catalog Text book: Chapter 4	Assignment 2 - Online Library Catalogs due 9-3-04 (see Voyager online catalog)

 Week 4

Topic	Readings	Assignments
The Research Process Final Project Discussion	Lesson 4 Text book: Chapter 2 & 6 The Seven Steps of the Research Process http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill1.htm	Assignment 3- 1st Final Project draft due 9-10-04

Week 5 - Back to top

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Evaluation and Citation of Information	Lesson 5 Text book: Chapter 6 MLA Style Documentation http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml APA Style Documentation http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill28.htm	Assignment 4 - Evaluation of Information due 9-17-04

Week 6

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Internet and the Web: History Browsers Privacy Digital Divide Netiquette	Lesson 9 A Brief History of the Internet http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html Hintz, Thomas R. "Internet Privacy". Resource. August 2001: 16-17 (use ProQuest to access this article) Digital Divide ( a PBS series) http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/index.html Falling Through the Net http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide/execsumfttn00.htm Text book: Chapter 5

Week 7

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Internet and the Web: Subject Directories Search Engines Evaluation	Brandt, D. Scott. "Evaluating Information on the Internet". Computers in Libraries May 1996: 44+ Brandt, D. Scott. "Relevancy and Searching the Internet". Computers in Libraries Sept 1996: 35+ (use ProQuest to access these two articles)	Assignment 5 - Internet and the Web due 10-1-04

Week 8 - Back to top

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Censorship, Plagiarism, and Copyright	Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/intellectualfreedomandcensorship.html#ifpoint1 Hodges, Marjorie W. & Worona, Steven L. "The First Amendment in Cyberspace" . Cause/Effect. Fall 1997:4-8. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/cem9732.html Fahrenheit 451.2: Is Cyberspace Burning? http://www.aclu.org/Cyber-Liberties/Cyber-Liberties.cfm?ID=9997&c=55 Copyright Basics http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html When Copying is OK - The "Fair Use" Rule http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/tc/nn75.html

Week 9

Topic	Readings	Assignments
HTML and Creating Web Pages	Writing HTML: a Tutorial	Assignment 6 - Creating a Web page due 10-15-04

Week 10 - Back to top

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Government Documents	California Government http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp Federal Information Network http://www.fedworld.gov/ Text book: Chapter 9

Week 11

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Indexes	Lesson 6 Text book: Chapter 8	Assignment 7 - Indexes due 10-29-04

Week 12

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Visit a library for class presentation		Class presentation due 11-05-04

Week 13 - Back to top

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Reference sources: Selected Reference Sources by Types	Lesson 7 Text book: Chapters 7, 10, & 11	Assignment 3- 2nd Final Project draft due 11-12-04

Week 14

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Reference sources: Statistical and Biographical Sources	Lesson 7 Text book: Chapters 7, 10, & 11	Assignment 8 - Reference Sources due 11-19--04

Week 15

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Reference sources: Book Reviews and Literary Criticism	Lesson 7 Text book: Chapter 12	Thanksgiving Holiday

Week 16 - Back to top

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Web databases	Lesson 8 Text book: Chapter 3 & 8	Assignment 9 - Web Databases due 12-03-04

Week 17

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Future of Information	Denison, Dave. "Beyond the Book". The American Prospect. 30 July 2001: 32-33 O'Leary, Mick. "EBook Scenarios". Online. Jan/Feb 2001: 62-64 Scammell, Alison. "Visions of the information future". ASLIB Proceedings. July/August 2000: 264+ (use ProQuest to access these three articles)

Week 18

Topic	Readings	Assignments
Reviews		Final Project due 12-15-04

Reminder: All nine assignments, the class presentation, and the final project must be submitted on or before the end of the course.