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Calendar

Note:

  1. An assignment turned in after the due date loses 2 points as late penalty. No assignments will be accepted after the seventh week.
  2. Take-home assignments are NOT group projects, and therefore, should be completed independently.
  • Most of the following links (Assignments and Handouts) go to PDF files which require the Adobe Acrobat Reader. 
  • Internet Explorer is required to view the PowerPoint files listed as Lectures.
  • Readings are available from Electronic Reserves.

Week 1: Introduction & Course Overview

Assignments

  • Virtual Tour of the Downtown Campus Library
  • Virtual Tour of the Evansdale Library
  • Read the article by Foster on eReserves under Week 1
  • Take home Assignment 1 Information Navigation & Selecting a Research Topic (10 points)

Handouts

  • WVU Libraries
  • Sample Research Topics

Lecture

  • Introduction and Course Overview (Slides require Internet Explorer)

Week 2: Evaluate Websites

Assignments

  • Assignment 1 is due
  • Read after class the artitle by Zukowski on eReserves under Week 2
  • Take home Assignment 2 Evaluate Websites & Response to Reading (10 points)

Handout

  • Evaluating Web Resources

Week 3: Finding Articles (Part I)

Assignments

  • Assignment 2 is due
  • Quiz 1 (5 points)
  • Read the chapter by Badke on eReserves under Week 3
  • Take home Assignment 3 Response to Reading & Search EbscoHost (10 points)

Handout

  • RefWorks Basics

Lecture

  • Finding Articles (Slides require Internet Explorer)

Tutorial

  • Information Cycle Tutorial

Week 4: Finding Articles (Part II)

Assignments

  • Assignment 3 is due
  • In-class Assignment 4 Finding Articles Using Other Library Databases (10 points)

Week 5: Classification Systems and MountainLynx

Assignments

  • Quiz 2 (5 points)
  • Take home Assignment 5 Search MountainLynx and WorldCat (10 points)

Handouts

  • MountainLynx
  • Library of Congress Call Number Arrangement
  • Library of Congress & Dewey Classification

Lecture

  • Finding Books by Subject and Keyword (Slides require Internet Explorer)

Call Number Arrangement Practice

  • http://www.lcsc.edu/library/SatchLCall/ (Lewis-Clark State College Library)

Week 6: Finding Books by Topic

Assignments

  • Assignment 5 is due
  • In-class Assignment 6 Finding Books by Topic in the Library (10 points)
  • Take home Assignment 7 Prepare an Annotated Bibliography (10 points)
  • Read the chapter on eReserves under Week 6

Lecture

  • How to prepare an annotated bibliography

Week 7: Academic Integrity & Avoiding Plagiarism

Assignments

  • Assignment 7 is due
  • Quiz 3 (5 points)
  • Group exercise (8 points)

Lecture

  • Academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism (Slides require Internet Explorer)

 

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