Course Assignments

There is no midterm nor final exam for this course. The class contains multiple in-class exercises, assignments and team projects. Check course schedule for the due dates.

You will use dialogclassic for your dialog assignments, a class login from factiva.com page to do factiva search, and individual LexisNexis accounts for LexisNexis Academic search.

To login to dialog, go to http://dialogclassic.com/
To login to factiva, go to http://www.factiva.com/redirects/login/global/
To login to LexisNexis Academic, go to http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/

Note: Without proper excuse, late assignments would get 2 points deducted per day after the due day.

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I. Assignments: (57%)

The following assignments are done independently by individual students.

Assignments	Percent
Assignment 1: Basic Search: Dialog and Factiva	10%
Assignment 2: Advanced Search: Dialog Nested Search and LexisNexis Power Search	12%
Assignment 3: Dialog Fulltext Database Search, DialIndex and OneSearch	10%
Assignment 4: Citation Search and Patent Search	10%
Assignment 5: Domain Topic Search: Comparative Analysis of Search Interfaces and Vendor Results	15%

II. Projects and Participation: (43%)

The following projects are done in teams (same team membership for the two projects).

Electronic Resource Librarian Interview Question Development Wiki Project: 8%

For this project, you will work in teams (the same teams as your final case study project) to develop interview questions that will be used in your final case study project. You will use the class wiki page as the platform for your team discussion and submission of final questions.

Details will be available on the project sheet.
Electronic Resource Management in Libraries Case Study: 28%

During the semester, you will work in teams to conduct a case study of a real library's approaches and strategies in managing electronic resources by examining the electronic resource offering via the library Website and conducting a phone interview with the electronic resource librarian.

Details will be available on the project sheet.
Class Participation and Presentation: 7%

III. Course Grading Scale

Grade	Credit	Score Range
A	4.0	95-100
A-	3.7	90-94
B+	3.3	86-89
B	3.0	83-85
B-	2.7	79-82
C+	2.3	75-78
C	2.0	71-74
C-	1.5	68-70
D	1.0	60-67
F	0	0-59

There is no midterm nor final exam for this course. The class contains multiple in-class exercises, assignments and team projects. Check course schedule for the due dates.

You will use dialogclassic for your dialog assignments, a class login from factiva.com page to do factiva search, and individual LexisNexis accounts for LexisNexis Academic search.

To login to dialog, go to http://dialogclassic.com/

To login to factiva, go to http://www.factiva.com/redirects/login/global/

To login to LexisNexis Academic, go to http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/

Note: Without proper excuse, late assignments would get 2 points deducted per day after the due day.

-- Click the buttons below to get more detailed information --

I. Assignments: (57%)

The following assignments are done independently by individual students.

Assignments

Percent

Assignment 1: Basic Search: Dialog and Factiva

10%

Assignment 2: Advanced Search: Dialog Nested Search and LexisNexis Power Search

12%

Assignment 3: Dialog Fulltext Database Search, DialIndex and OneSearch

10%

Assignment 4: Citation Search and Patent Search

10%

Assignment 5: Domain Topic Search: Comparative Analysis of Search Interfaces and Vendor Results

15%

II. Projects and Participation: (43%)

The following projects are done in teams (same team membership for the two projects).

Electronic Resource Librarian Interview Question Development Wiki Project: 8%

For this project, you will work in teams (the same teams as your final case study project) to develop interview questions that will be used in your final case study project. You will use the class wiki page as the platform for your team discussion and submission of final questions.

Details will be available on the project sheet.

Electronic Resource Management in Libraries Case Study: 28%

During the semester, you will work in teams to conduct a case study of a real library's approaches and strategies in managing electronic resources by examining the electronic resource offering via the library Website and conducting a phone interview with the electronic resource librarian.

Details will be available on the project sheet.

Class Participation and Presentation: 7%

III. Course Grading Scale

Grade

Credit

Score Range

A

4.0

95-100

A-

3.7

90-94

B+

3.3

86-89

B

3.0

83-85

B-

2.7

79-82

C+

2.3

75-78

C

2.0

71-74

C-

1.5

68-70

D

1.0

60-67

F

0

0-59

Rong Tang 2011. Site created by Rong Tang August 2011.

Rong Tang 2011.
Site created by Rong Tang August 2011.