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| Wednesday, Jan 7 | Welcome
to JOMC 50 -- Electronic Information Sources
Introduction to the course and the JOMC 50 Team |
Computer experience survey. If you don't have an email account, create one at any UNC computer lab, the ATN (Academic Technology and Networks) Help Desk at 300 Wilson Library, or go to the ATN's UserID Services. |
| Lab sessions begin Fri, Jan 9 | Introduction of lab
sessions
Using Macintoshes What is a Browser? Tips for using Netscape Communicator Search Tips for the UNC-CH library catalog Subscribe to the mailing list for jomc050-spr98. |
If you have not used
a Macintosh before, please read Macintosh
Basics and Macintosh
Getting Started. These documents, which can be found on pages 93-115
in the DTE (Dead Tree Edition), are designed to accompany ATN's free Short
Courses, which are highly recommended if you have time.
These publications can be printed from the Web, and are also available as handouts from ATN at 402 Hanes Hall or 300 Wilson Library. If you are new to using computers at UNC, also get a copy of ATN's Computing in the Humanities handout, or see the Web version. If you have computer and a modem, you also should read ATN's Connecting to UNC-CH via Modem. Important: We're sorry but Howell Hall rules (and common sense around electronics in cramped spaces) say no food or drink in the computer labs, not even if you bring enough for everyone. |
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| Mon, Jan 12 | The Evolution
of the Computer
Video shots of the class Preview of lab sessions |
Read the DTE Section
3: What are Keywords? (pp 11-32`).
Buy a 3.5" disk before next lab. You will need at least one disk to store your work for this course. The best kind to buy is an IBM-formatted 2HD disk, because it will work on most of the computers on campus. See About Computer Disks. |
| Wed, Jan 14 | Website of the Day:
Track a FedEx package online
Announce Treasure Hunt Project: Revised DTE pp 223-28 (to be distributed in class) What Are Library of Congress Subject Headings? Characteristics of LOCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) Importance of Keywords and Finding LCSH from a Library Catalog |
Due Date for Treasure
Hunt: Wed, Feb 18
Read the DTE Section 3: What are Keywords? (pp 11-32`), including the Research Topic Triangle. The Importance of Information: What is information anyway? And defining the "Information Age." Related concepts: Information Worker and Information Technology (IT). |
| Week Two Labs | Hands on -- learn how
to:
1. Use Netscape and telnet to reach the library. 2. Use Pine for email. 3. Do online research and take notes on the Macintosh with SimpleText, TeachText, or Microsoft Word. 4. Save your own bookmark list, notes, and bibliography on floppy disks and on email. 6. Joining mailing lists; browsing and Usenet newsgroups. 7. Searching for Usenet newsgroups. 8. Fingers and Signatures: Creating your .sig file. |
Read: Questions
about the Web and Using
Lynx at UNC-CH.
DTE pp 133-50: Email aliases and Pine and Pico. |
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| Mon, Jan 19 | No class: Martin Luther King Jr. Day | DTE pp 99-132: Internet Essentials (6B). |
| Wed, Jan 21 | Website of the day:
The Death of Diana As Depicted on the Web What is the Internet? What is the the World Wide Web ("WWW" or "Web" for short)? Online
databases: Online
Campus Directory
Campus uses of the Web:
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Web
Searching 101.
DTE pp 99-132: Internet introduction, Web browsing, clients and servers. What is the Internet backbone? What's a browser cookie? Are ActiveX and Java the same thing? What is an intranet? What, really, is "push"? Read CNET's list of the 20 most popular questions about the Internet -- and the corresponding answers -- to help you understand the basic principles of the Internet. |
| Week Three Labs | Hands on -- learn how
to:
Use Netscape and telnet to reach the library. Do online research and take notes on the Macintosh with SimpleText, TeachText, or Microsoft Word. Save your own bookmark list, notes, and bibliography on floppy disks. |
DTE pp 15-20:
UNC Online Catalog: Periodicals and Other Services.
DTE pp 33-50: GPO Access. DTE pp 79-88: OCLC First Search and Lexis-Nexis information. DTE pp 159-74: Web Page Authoring Basics. DTE pp 231-34: Sample Bibliography Style Guide. |
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| Mon, Jan 26 | Websites of the day: Internet Pioneers and Map of the Internet | Read: Internet
Pioneers and "As
We May Think," by Vannevar Bush..
Read: Important People and Important Dates in Internet History. |
| Wed, Jan 28 | Website of the Day:
Government:
Them Biggest Resource of Them All.
Guest speakers: Barbara Levergood and Ridley Kessler Jr., reference librarians at Davis Library. Federal, state and local agencies. For example, North Carolina State Government, Orange County, and Chapel Hill. Sample government Web site starting points: Thomas, the Library of Congress source for government information, The White House and the Senate. |
Due Date for Treasure
Hunt: Wed, Feb 18
DTE pp 33-50: GPO Access. |
| Week Four Labs | Computer Quiz
SunSITE tour. |
Read: Answers to the Computer Quiz and History of SunSITE. |