What's Due

Annotated Bibliography: Part 2 is due Thursday (2/28)

Reading #3: "The Infodiet: How Libraries Can Offer an Appetizing Alternative to Google" by Steven Bell. Chronicle of Higher Education (2/20/2004).
[Use library catalog to locate article - see steps below]

Post reading response on blog BY 3/11

- Go to the library homepage
- Click on "Search Catalog"
- Click on the "Journal Title" tab
- Type in "Chronicle of Higher Education"
- Click on "EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier Jan 1999-(last 1 month not available)"
- Find the article by clicking on "Search within this publication" and type in "Infodiet" in the second box (the box below "JN Chronicle of Higher Education")
- Click on "HTML Full Text" to retrieve the full text of the article

Upcoming Office Hours

My office hours on Monday (2/25) will be limited to 3:00 - 4:00.

I will not hold office hours during Spring Break (Monday, 3/3).

Please e-mail me if you have any questions.

Slides and Reminders

The .ppt slides for today are available online: Subscription Databases.

The Library Lingo and Randall Library test is Thursday.

Part I one of your annotated bibliography is due today.

No Office Hours Today

I am out sick today and will not hold my usual 3 - 5 office hours.

Slides and Links

The slides for tomorrow's lecture (2/11) are available online: Classification Systems

Getting familiar with call numbers:

Exercise #1

Exercise #2

Updated Syllabus

I've updated the syllabus to reflect the final exam/last day of class as April 24th

This Week

1/29's Reading Report is due before class on Tuesday (2/5)

News Report #3 is due before class on Thursday (2/7)

On Thursday, we'll be meeting in the Curriculum Materials Center in Watson School of Education (#127). If you are not familiar with where this building is please look at the campus map: http://www.uncw.edu/ba/campus_map.htm

We will be discussing the following on Thursday:

- News Reports #2 and #3
- The Reading Report ("Information Navigation 101")
- Your Annotated Bibliography (Assignment #2)

I'll also be handing out your grades to this point (this will not include Thursday's News Report)