Ravil Veli

LIB 101 S : Allied Health

Fall 2002

Thursday 11:00-11:50

Ravil Veli, Associate Librarian

Office Hours Thursday 12:00-13:00 or by appointment

FL 245

564.5306

ravil.veli@plattsburgh.edu

Syllabus:

Week	Date	Text Chapters	Supplementary Reading	Assignments	Exams
1	Aug 29-Sep 04	Chapters 1,2	1.Types of information 2. Primary vs Secondary Sources 3.How Call Numbers Work	Week 1 Assignments	Quiz1 Sep 05
2	Sep 05-Sep 11	Chapter 3	1.Annotated Bibliographies 2.Using Online Library Catalogs 3.Using Periodical Indexes/Abstracts	Week 2 Assignments	Quiz 2 Sep 12
3	Sep 12-Sep 18	Chapter 4	National Library of Medicine Classification	Week 3 Assignments	Quiz 3 Sep 19
4	Sep 19-Sep 25	Chapter 5	1.Medical Library Web Sites: A Directory 2. Libraries on the Web 3. The Library Index 4.Medical / Health Science Libraries on the Web (Hardin Library, University of Iowa): 5. International Medical Libraries Webring: 6. National Network of Libraries of Medicine:	Week 4 Assignments Class exercise	Quiz 4 Sep 26
5	Sep 26-Oct 02	Chapter 6	1.Basics of Boolean 2. Boolean Logic 3.Choosing/Developing Topics for Research 4.Planning Search Strategies	Rewrite Opportunity	Quiz 5 Oct 03
6	Oct 03-Oct 09	Chapter 7	1.Scholarly vs Popular Periodicals 2.Flow of information 3.Internet Searching Tips 4.Conducting Research on the Internet 5. Choosing Internet Search Engines and Directories	Week 6 Assignment Class Exercise	Quiz 6 Oct 10
7	Oct 10-Oct 16	Review	1. Free Text vs Controlled Vocabulary Searching 2. Controlled Vocabulary vs Free Text 3. Plagiarism	Week 7 Assignment	Review Quiz Oct 17
8	Oct 17-Oct 24	---	-----	------	Final Exam Oct 24

Required text:

Title	Author	Year/Edition	ISBN	Cost
Information Research	Carla J. List	2002/2nd	0-7872-9057-2	$29.95*

*at Plattsburgh State College Store

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