LBR 110
Effective
Internet Searching
PLEASE NOTE:
LBR110 has moved to a hybrid
format. Hybrid courses combine both
face-to-face classes on campus as well as distance learning elements through
the World Wide Web. In this course, we
will use this web-page for the distance learning portions of the course, and
meet in AA327 for the face-to-face portions.
Please consult the syllabus for more detailed course information
Thanks for
your interest in LBR110. If you have any
questions about the course, or the hybrid format, please contact Matt Todd mtodd@nvcc.edu.
(Note:
these materials may be subject to copyright restrictions)
Course
Materials
Week
One (in-class): History and Development
of the Internet & World Wide Web
Lecture:
Assignments:
2. Post on the course blog
Week One Handout: Why Effective Internet Searching?
WEEK ONE: MYTHS AND FACTS ABOUT THE WEB
Week
Two (no class meeting): Search strategies: Search like a pro
Lecture:
Assignments:
2.
Post on the course blog
Week
Three (in class): Search Tool Analysis: Google & Beyond,
and Under The Hood (How Does It Do That?)
Lecture:
Week 3 Handout: The Next Generation
Search Engine
Relationship Chart (with background/history)
Week
Four (no class meeting): Searching
the Invisible Web
There is no lecture this week.
Assignments:
Week
Five (No Class): Evaluating What You Find
Lecture:
Internet
Detective (an interactive introduction to evaluating internet sources,
especially for academic research)
Assignments:
The Major Search Engines –
a Review
Week
Six (in class): Web Page Design: The User’s Perspective
Lecture:
Week 6 handout (the GOOD and the BAD of web
design)
Assignment:
1. Post on the course blog (Visit the College Website at www.nvcc.edu. Use at least 5 (FIVE) of Jakob Nielsen's criteria to evaluate the college
website. Post to this forum with five critiques of the college
website. Feel free to discuss each other's observations)
Week
Seven (in class): Copyright and Internet Law
Lecture:
Copy Right or
Copy Wrong: Take the online quiz from the University of Maine Farmington
Assignment:
1. Post on the course blog (In Week Seven's lecture we reviewed some
legal aspects of the World Wide Web, including copyright. Many people do
not realize that information, images, video, artwork, logos and other Web
elements are subject to copyright law. In our cut-n-paste society we like
to view the internet as one free forum for the exchange of information and a laboratory
for collaborative innovation.
- Should
the World Wide Web be completely unregulated, or should web designers and
users be subject to rigid interpretations of copyright law?
- Is
the Web a forum for creative expression or a means of transmitting information?
- Is
the current copyright law fair? Do
you think the Fair Use doctrine is flexible enough?
Choose one of these topics to begin or participate in
a discussion.
Week Eight
(no class): Final Project Due!!
Due to me by 5pm on Friday of Week Eight!
How to write an annotated
bibliography
Supplementary
Materials