Required Textbooks:
1. Stair, R., & Reynolds, G. (2006). Fundamentals of Information Systems. Boston: Thomson Course Technology.
ISBN: 0-169-21560-7. (To be purchased from CUA Bookstore Textbook Section).

2. Kocktanek, T. R. & Matthews, J. R. (2002). Library Information Systems: From Library Automation to Distributed Information Access Solutions. Westport, CT: Library Unlimited.
ISBN: 1-59158-018-8. (To be purchased from CUA Bookstore Textbook Section)

I. Systems to be explored:

1. Web search engines and directories: Open Directory Project, Webbrain, Google, clusty, and Kartoo
2. Online Database Systems: Dialog
3. Library Systems: OCLC Systems , Library of Congress Information Systems, WRLC Aladin & MetaLib, and Koha
4. Library Web Sites: Linked from libweb
5. Metadata Templates and Dubline Core Generator
6. SSH Secure Shell for ftp and uploading web pages
7. etc.

A WebCT course page has been established for the purposes of enhancing and extending the communication and discussion of the class. Assignments and course lecture notes will be posted to the page immediately following the class session. Students are welcome to post messages relating to the class to the discussion board on the course page.

You will be giving the password of our WebCT course page in the first class session. You may access the page via the following Web site:

http://courses.cua.edu, and click on the WebCT button

III. Information Systems resources

IS resources on the Web may be found on our resource page.

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© Rong Tang 2006.
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Last updated: January 03, 2006.