Class Schedules

Session	Date	Topics	Reading Assignments
1	1/12	Course Overview Introduction to online information retrieval Online Information Industry.	Walker & Janes, Chapter 1
/	1/19	No class: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
/	1/26	Class Cancelled Due to Inclement Weather
2	2/2 (3-4:45pm)	Database Structure Search Process: Presearch Interview and Search Tactics Boolean Operators 5:00-6:40 Guest Presentation from Lexis/Nexis	Walker & Janes, 2, 5-6 (p.55-106). Labworkbook, Chapter 3 (p. 3_1 - 3_10). Tenopir, C. (May 1, 2001). Why I Still Teach Dialog. Library Journal. Distributed: Dialog Assignment1 -- Boolean operators Dialog ID and password
3	2/2 (6:50-8pm)	Working with Dialog: Basic Commands and Search Planning	Labworkbook Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. Distributed: Dialog Assignment 2
4	2/9	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 1 and Assignment 2 Distribute Client Search Project; Assign Clients
5	2/16	Working with Dialog: Word Proximity Searching and Fulltext Databases	Labworkbook Chapter 4 Walker & Janes Chapter 8 Distributed: Dialog Assignment 4 Due: Dialog Assignment 3
6	2/23	Working with Dialog: Database Indexes and Vocabulary	Labworkbook, Chapter 3 (3_20-3_27) & Chapter 7 Walker & Janes, Chapter 7 Distributed: Dialog Assignment 5 Due: Dialog Assignment 4
/	3/1	No class: Spring Break
7	3/8	Working with Dialog: Displaying, Customizing Search Results	Labworkbook, Chapter 6 and Chapter 9 Walker & Janes, Chapter 9 Distributed: Dialog Assignment 6 Due: Dialog Assignment 5
8	3/15	Working with Dialog: Meta Search -- DialIndex (411) and SearchSave	Labworkbook, Chapter 8 Walker & Janes, Chapter 10 Distributed: Dialog Assignment 7 Due: Dialog Assignment 6
9	3/22	Electronic Indexes and Databases	Distributed: System Comparison Project
10	3/29	Lexis/Nexis Classic, Academic Universe and nexis.com	Hallett, K. S. (1999). Mastering the Expanding LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe Learning Nexis Distributed: Nexis Assignment Due: Dialog Assignment 7
11	4/5	Introduction to Factiva.com Guest presentation from factiva.com	Factiva Inside-out: Chapter 1-3 Distributed: Factiva Assignment Due: Nexis assignment
/	4/12	No class: Easter Monday
12	4/19	Web Searching: Search Engines and Subject Directories	Tyner, R. Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques Cohen, L. Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites and Search Techniques Distributed: In-class Web Search Exercise (extra credit) Due: Factiva Assignment Client Search Project Discussion
13	4/26	Course Summary & Evaluation
/	5/3	System Comparision Project

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