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Textbooks | Course Requirements
Students must self-enroll for this course on Blackboard. You will be required to use a password access code which I will provide using MYSJSU Messaging system.
Course Description
Techniques of searching and managing on-line search services. Includes searching strategies, evaluation of database structures, implementation and management of search services and on-line experience.
Prerequisite: LIBR 202
Topics include searching techniques and strategies, database structures, use and evaluation of database services, economic factors, applications, and management of online search services. In-depth instruction in one search system is provided.
Course Goals and Objectives
To support the mission of the School in fostering a broad understanding of the theories, issues, technologies, and values required to provide information services in a variety of settings and formats.
- Goal A: The student becomes familiar with aspects of the online industry and its role in making information available to society in various formats.
- Goal B: The student gains experience with the commercial and web databanks and is able to transfer this knowledge to other systems.
- Goal C: The student gains familiarity with basic commands, and moves beyond that to an understanding of the relationship between database structure and search techniques, evaluation of databases and systems.
- Goal D: The student considers issues in the implementation and management of online services.
The course supports the following objectives from the School's Teaching goal:
Teaching students the major theories, important principles, and current practice in:
- Information transfer;
- Information management, including the selection, organization, storage, retrieval, dissemination and utilization of information resources;
Textbooks
Required Text
Walker, G. & Janes, J. (1999). Online Retrieval: A Dialogue of Theory and Practice. 2nd Ed. Libraries Unlimited [Get directly from publisher http://www.lu.com or any online book seller]
Recommended Text
Schlein, A. M. (2004). Find it Online… BRB Publications, Inc. [Get from any online book seller]
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Course Requirements
Assignments
Total points of 100:
| Exercises |
50 points |
| Quizzes |
15 points |
| Essay |
25 points |
| Participation in online discussion |
10 points |
Grading Scale
Grading scale shall be provided on the first day of class.
Academic Integrity
Read the SJSU Academic Integrity Policy
http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf
Reasonable Accommodation of Disabilities
Students who need accommodation due to a disability must register with SJSU's Disability Resource Center (DRC) during the first three weeks of the semester. The Center will work with the students to determine the disability, document it, and determine the services and accommodations necessary for student success. Then, the DRC will contact the faculty member to determine the types of consideration necessary.
Students attending the Fullerton campus should first contact the Disability Resource Center in San José since they are SJSU students. The DRC will then direct the students to supporting resources on the Fullerton campus.
The DRC Web site: http://www.drc.sjsu.edu/
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