Information Competency Gavilan College Weekly Schedule

Weekly Schedule

Please try to keep up with the schedule. Points will be deducted for late assignments.

To get to the assignments, click on the Classroom link on the left side of our class homepage and

that will take you to the links to get to each assignment.

Due Date	Assignments
February 9	Assignment 1 & Assignment 2 Introduction to the class website. Characteristics of a successful online student. Parts of an Internet address. Pre-test.
February 9	Assignment 3 & Assignment 4 Review of browser mechanics, review of URLs. Search tools: Boolean connectors, phrase searching, truncation.
February 16	Assignment 5 & Assignment 6 Internet jargon review. Search tools review. Ebscohost for magazine articles. Scholarly vs popular journals. Writing a periodical citation.
February 16	Assignment 7 & Assignment 8 Field searching in book catalogs. OPACS at the Gavilan Library, Hartnell, MPC, and CSUMB; public libraries in Hollister & Gilroy, the university library at San Jose State. Writing citations for books.
February 23	Assignment 9 & Assignment 10 Statistical sources and Business information. Internet hoaxes, scams and other misleading information. Writing a citation and submitting it as an RTF file.
February 23	Assignment 11 & Assignment 12 Subject Directories on the Internet. Library of Congress Memory Project. Oral histories. Differences between primary and secondary sources. Evaluating sites. Writing citations.
March 2	Assignment 13 & Assignment 14 Evaluating websites. Examining URLs, finding links to your sites
March 2	Assignment 15 & Assignment 16 More on search engines. Searching for Images. Copyright laws. Share an image.
March 9	Assignment 17 & Assignment 18 Limited Access Databases and a trip around the Gavilan Library Page.
March 9	Assignment 19 & Assignment 20 Local information and one last site to evaluate.
March 16	Assignment 21 Review of all sources and formats.
March 16	Assignment 22 - Final Exam Final quiz. Also due now: bibliography projects. Don't forget to take the post-test.
	Grades

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Last updated on Jan 18, 2005