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Spring1999

Course Outline and Assignments for...
INFS 470 Special Topics: Scientific Literature and Communication in the Sciences

Week

Date
meets weekly on Tuesdays, 10:30am-12:15pm

Readings and Assignments Due
     
1 January 7
  • meet to set up arranged time
  • explain next assignment & assign sections
2 January 12 Introduction to Scientific Communication

Reading:

  • Chapters 1 & 2 (pp. 1-33) in From Print to Electronic

Assignment:

  • complete worksheet on reading
  • present to class an assigned section of reading
3 January 19

1/18 Martin Luther King Day

 Introduction to Scientific Communication … continued

Reading:

  • Chapters 3-5 (pp. 35-96) in From Print to Electronic

Assignment:

  • present to class an assigned section of reading
4 January 26 Introduction to Scientific Communication … continued

Reading:

  • Chapters 6 (pp. 97-114) in From Print to Electronic

Assignment:

Exam 1:

  • Chapters 1 - 6 in From Print to Electronic
  • any additional material covered since beginning of semester
5 February 2 Types of Scientific Literature, Ethics of Information Use, & Selecting Topics

Reading:

  • Chapters 1 - 3 in Literature Searching in Science, Technology, and Agriculture, by Pritchard & Scott

Lab 1: assigned & completed during class
6 February 9 Locating Books & Other Sources in Libraries; Introduction to Electronic Retrieval of Information

Reading:

  • Chapter 4 and Chapter 9 in Literature Searching....

Lab 2: assigned & completed during class
7 February 16

2/15 Presidents Day

 Electronic Information Retrieval -- Life sciences

Reading:

  • Chapter 5 in Literature Searching....

Assignment: Using Chapter 5, make a list of the titles of the abstracting and indexing services (abstracts & indexes) described.

Lab 3: assigned & completed during class
8 February 23 Electronic Information Retrieval -- Life sciences

Reading:

  • pp. 39-40, 57-58, 71-72, 249, 263-265
    In C.D. Hurt, Information Sources in Science & Technology, 3rd. ed. (1998).
    ON RESERVE in library

Assignment:

9
Midterms
Week		 March 2 Electronic Information Retrieval -- Informal Communication (Discussion Lists, etc.)

Exam 2

In class: begin work on Project 1Part 1
10 March 6 - 14

Spring Break

 Spring Break
11 March 16 Electronic Information Retrieval & Review;
Guidelines for Projects 1 and 2

Due: Turn in Project 1 Part 1

In class:
Lab 4 assigned
Project 1, Part 2 assigned
Project 1 (Guidelines) assigned
Project 2, Part 1 assigned
Project 2 (Guidelines) assigned
12 March 23 Electronic Information Retrieval -- DIALOG information service

Due: Turn in Lab 4 and Project 2 Part 1

In class: Subscribe

13 March 30

4/2-4/5 Easter holiday

 Electronic Information Retrieval -- Physical Sciences

Due: Turn Project 1, Part 2

In class: Lab 5
14 April 6

Instructor at conference Apr 8-11.

 Electronic Information Retrieval -- Physical Sciences
15 April 13 Finding Answers
16 April 20 Finding Answers

Due: Project 1
17 April 27 Finding Answers

Due: Project 2 (written paper)
18
Finals
Week		 Final:
Wednesday, May 5, 1999
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
In Library, Room 201		 Final: Project 2 (oral report)

Last updated 04/27/99
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