Information Literacy 101

Schedule of Classes and Assignments

This schedule and all assignments are subject to revision by the instructor. 
January  February  March  April  May

Date	Topics	Readings & Explorations (Do before next class to prepare)	Assignments	Due today by 5 PM!
Jan. 18  Educause	First Day Information Literacy	IFL Etext: Introduction IFL eText: Online Communication (Read all links under Getting Started with Email and YCP Webmail) Windows XP Tour	Email assignment 1 (distributed in email)
Jan. 23	Windows MyYCP Mail  Email Ethics	IFL eText: Ethics (Read YCP Policies section) IFL eText: Network Basics (Read Accessing files on the network) York College Information Technology Policy Statement.	Start work on: Email Assignment #2
Jan. 25	Information Literacy	IFL eText: Research Strategies		Email Assignment #1 due
Jan. 30	Network Basics Network Ethics  I-Search Basics	IFL eText: Evaluation Evaluating Information: A Basic Checklist	Begin writing first draft of Parts I, II & III of your I-Search paper. Submit in Email as a Word attachment. (Due Feb. 6)	Email Assignment #2
Feb. 1	Evaluation	Research Concepts Research Process	Web pages for Evaluation (in class) "Is it real, or is it Memorex?"   Presentations: Mar. 6 & 8
Feb. 6	Evaluation - cont. Research Concepts	IFL etext: Reference Kinds of Reference Tools Schmidt Library Web - Find Reference Sources		Parts I, II & III of I-Search paper
Feb. 8	Reference Sources	IFL eText: Books and Instructional Media Citing Sources IFL eText: Ethics (Read Plagiarism section)	Search the Reference Room for your I-Search topic
Feb. 13	Citing Resources Electronic Reference Sources Avoiding Plagiarism	IFL eText: Books and Instructional Media   (look at Document Delivery section)	Search for books and AV materials on your I-Search topic.
Feb. 15	Schmidt Library Catalog SuperSearch Our Journals List	IFL eText: Good Graphics	Work on draft of I-Search Paper, Parts 4A and 4B due Mar. 16th
Feb. 20 SIRSI	Working Session - no class		Word Exercise (due Feb. 22) You may also want to schedule a group meeting to prepare for your presentations after break
Feb. 22 SIRSI	Working Session - no class		Work on draft of I-Search Paper, Parts 4A and 4B due Mar. 6	Word assignment
Feb. 27	Winter Break
Mar. 1	Winter Break
Mar. 6	Presentations Groups 1-4			Parts 4A and 4B of I-Search paper due. (Reference and Books)
Mar. 8	Presentations Groups 5-8	IFL eText: Periodicals IFL eText: Scholarly/Popular/Trade
Mar. 13	Individual Indexes
Mar. 15	Individual Indexes Citations	IFL eText: Periodicals (Look at Newspapers section)	Cluster Med CiteSeer How do I cite this?
Mar. 20	Newspapers
Mar. 22	Books from other Libraries
Mar. 27	Internet
Mar. 29	Internet	IFL eText: PowerPoint	Web pages for Evaluation (in class)
Apr. 3	PowerPoint		In class group project
Apr. 5	Spring Break
Apr. 10	Internet		Search Tools: Group Project
Apr. 12	Internet	IFL eText: Email (Read newsgroup portions)		Parts 4Cand 4D of I-Search paper due. (Periodicals and Newspapers)
Apr. 17	Other Forms of Electronic Communication	IFL eText: Internet	Newsgroup Assignment
Apr. 19	Internet		.
Apr. 24	Internet Presentations			Newsgroup assignment.
Apr. 26	Internet Presentations
May 1	Internet	New Search Tools
May 3	Last Class			Last day for late assignments.
May 7- Final Paper due by 5 PM. Make sure you include all sections including the Internet, conclusion, and works cited.
May 10, 8-10 AM	Final Presentations