LBR 110
Effective
Internet Searching
Due to low
enrolment, LBR110 has been cancelled for Fall 2009. LBR110 will
be offered again in Spring 2010.
PLEASE NOTE:
LBR110 follows 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 &
this semester’s course schedule.
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
Syllabus (please print this for your records)
Week
One: 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: Search strategies: Search like a pro
Lecture:
Assignments:
2.
Post on the course blog
Week
Three: Searching
the Invisible Web
There is no lecture this week.
Assignments:
Library Home Page: www.nvcc.edu/library
Week
Four: 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
Search
Engine News: Search Engine Showdown & Search Engine Watch
Week
Five: Evaluating What You Find
Lecture:
Assignments:
More
on Evaluation (from University of California Berkeley)
Week
Six: 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: 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.
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