COURSE SCHEDULE

There are 14 sessions in total. The session by session schedule table below displays course schedules arranged by Session Number, Date, Topics and Readings & Assignments.

Here is a list of important dates and no-class dates:

8/30: First meeting of class
9/6: No Class: Labor Day
10/11: No Class: Columbus Day, Class take place on 10/12
10/12:Administrative Monday, 10/11's session takes place on this day
10/18: Presentation by Vicki Sullivan from Dialog
11/29: Client Search Project Presentation Day 1
12/6: Client Search Project Presentation Day 2, Client Search Project Due
12/13: System Comparison Project Due

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Class Schedules

Session
Date
Topics
Reading Assignments
1
8/30

Course Overview
Introduction to online information retrieval
Online Information Industry.

    Walker & Janes, Chapter 1
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9/6

No class: Labor Day
2

9/13

Database Structure
Search Process: Presearch Interview and Search Tactics
Boolean Operators

  1. Walker & Janes, 2, 5-6 (p.55-106).
  2. Labworkbook, Chapter 3 (p. 3_1 - 3_10).
  3. Tenopir, C. (May 1, 2001). Why I Still Teach Dialog. Library Journal.

    Distributed: Dialog Assignment1 -- Boolean operators
    Dialog ID and password

3

9/20

 

Working with Dialog: Basic Commands and Search Planning

Labworkbook Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.

    Distributed: Dialog Assignment 2
    Due: Assignment 1
    Distribute Client Search Project; Assign Clients

4
9/27
Working with Dialog: Searching Database Indexes

Labworkbook Chapter 3 (3_10-3_20) and Chapter 5 (5_1-5_9).

Distributed: Dialog Assignment 3
Due: Assignment 2
5
10/4
Working with Dialog: Word Proximity Searching and Fulltext Databases
  1. Labworkbook Chapter 4
  2. Walker & Janes Chapter 8

    Distributed: Dialog Assignment 4
    Due: Dialog Assignment 3

     
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10/11

No class: Columbus Day
6
10/12

Working with Dialog: Database Indexes and Vocabulary
  1. Labworkbook, Chapter 3 (3_20-3_27) & Chapter 7
  2. Walker & Janes, Chapter 7

    Distributed: Dialog Assignment 5
    Due: Dialog Assignment 4
7
10/18

Working with Dialog: Displaying, Customizing Search Results

Visit from Vicki Sullivan, Dialog
  1. Labworkbook, Chapter 6 and Chapter 9
  2. Walker & Janes, Chapter 9

    Distributed: Dialog Assignment 6
    Due: Dialog Assignment 5

8
10/25

Working with Dialog: Meta Search --
DialIndex (411) and SearchSave

  1. Labworkbook, Chapter 8
  2. Walker & Janes, Chapter 10

    Distributed: Dialog Assignment 7
    Due:     Dialog Assignment 6

9
11/1
Electronic Indexes and Databases
Distributed: System Comparison Project
10
11/8
Lexis/Nexis Classic, Academic Universe and nexis.com
Distributed: Nexis Assignment
Due: Dialog Assignment 7
11
11/15

Introduction to Factiva.com

  • Factiva Inside-out: Chapter 1-3
Distributed: Factiva Assignment
Due: Nexis assignment
12
11/22
Web Searching: Search Engines
13
11/29
Web Searching: Subject Directories and Meta Search Engines


    Due: Web Search Assignment
    Client Search Project Presentation: Day 1
14
12/6
  

Course Summary & Evaluation

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12/13

System Comparision Project

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