LIBR 245-01
advanced online searching
spring 2005

Instructor: Dr. Robert Wagers
E-mail
Office: Module E 122 (San Jose)
Telephone: 408-924-2502
Office Hours: virtual

 

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Course Description

This course offers opportunities to improve online searching techniques, deepen understanding of online resources, and investigate advanced problems in the online searching. Each student will choose a project to complete during the semester. These projects may involve major online services such as Dialog and Lexis-Nexis, subscription-based databases, World Wide Web resources, issues pertaining to the online industry, or programs for delivering online services and instruction. See the Projects link for more information on these possibilities, guidelines, and schedules.

Course and School Objectives

The student will:

  • advance their knowledge and skills in online searching
  • learn the features and files from a variety of systems
  • develop criteria for evaluating online sources of information
  • evaluate current developments in database retrieval.

This course supports the following SLIS objectives:

To support the mission of the School in 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.

Course Prerequisites:

LIBR 244

Textbooks:

None


Blackboard: This class uses Blackboard. The course site will be ready for student enrollment beginning January 1. Go to: http://tigris.sjsu.edu to self-enroll.


Course Requirements

Students will satisfactorily complete:

Grading

100% of your grade will be based upon the project you complete. All formal essays must follow APA standards for composition and bibliography. All products will be evaluated on their fit with the objectives of the assignments and your stated goals, normal standards of organization and composition, and quality of analysis and presentation.

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 Jose 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/

Read the SJSU Academic Integrity Policy
http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S04-12.pdf

 

 

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