Click on the above graphic to see an excellent example of a web site at http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/index.html According to its home page, "The Chapel Hill Web Company specializes in putting up whatever it dern-well wants to put up on the InterNyet." The graphic has been reproduced from the ChillWebCo's web-site at http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/ only for academic discussion, evaluation, research and complies with the copyright law of the United States as defined and stipulated under Title 17 U. S. Code.
http://www.unc.edu/courses/jomc050/ for new notes or links every week,
especially before lab sessions... latest
revision, December 13, 1996
Note: All projects are due at the beginning of class on the
assigned day.
NEW! Online Course Resource Page -- List of all required readings and handouts!
Week 1 | Day |
 Topic |
 Assignment |
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 Wednesday, Aug. 21 |
 Intro. to the course and to one another; sorting out of lab assignments, possible
videotape of class; more information about the syllabus |
 Computer experience survey. If you don't have an Email account, create one at any
computer lab! |
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 Investigate computer labs, Davis Library and OIT documents on
your own if weather permits. |
 If you have not used a Macintosh before,
please read Macintosh Basics and
Macintosh Getting Started. These WWW documents are designed
to accompany free
short courses offered by the Office for Information
Technology. (highly recommended if you have time).  These publications can be printed from the Web, and are also
available as handouts from OIT at 402 Hanes Hall or 300 Wilson
Library. If you are new to using computers at UNC, also get a
copy of OIT's
Computing in the Humanities handout, or see the Web version.
If you have computer and modem, you also should read OIT's
Connecting to UNC-CH via Modem. (Same locations) |
| Day |
Topic |
Assignment |
 Monday, Aug. 26 |
Intro. Information Sources & Global Internet
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Buy disks before next lab! You'll need at least two disks in this course, one for your work in the Macintosh Lab and one for PCs at Davis Library. See the detailed explanation |
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Wednesday, Aug. 29 |
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Thoughts on InformationDefining "information Age" before it gets old by Doc Searls |
 Lab sessions: | Intro to Lab Sessions.
|
Same as last week, plus Web pages about Electronic Services
at Davis Library. Also scan the Macintosh and Netscape online help systems and decide whether you'd rather buy $25 reference books that will be out of date next year or read this kind of information off the screen. |
| Day | Topic | Assignment |
|---|---|---|
 Monday, Sept. 2--Labor Day, No Class
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Wednesday, Sept. 4 |  Discovering the LibraryBooks, card catalogs, Library of Congress Subject Headings, introduction to keywords, online catalogs, databases. Introduce Topic Proposal Assignment (handout) |
Lab session: |
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| Day | Topic | Assignment |
|
 Using Computers for Your Information Search
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OIT Web page about online research. |
|---|---|---|
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Class cancelled!!
What we were planning: The Internet and World Wide WebHistory of the Web, hypertext and online publishing. Search Engines and Indexes Gopher and earlier Internet tools |
Internet: Introduction and
Internet Browsing. These WWW documents are also available as
handouts from OIT, 402 Hanes Hall or 300 Wilson Library.
In class, we'll look at some of these sites (or browse on your own):
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Hands-on Internet
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| Day | Topic | Assignment |
|---|---|---|
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The Internet and World Wide Web |  Topic Project #1 dueRead: Handout titled: Principal Figures in the Development of he Internet and World Wide Web |
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The Culture of Commerce & Business with Guest speaker: Rita W. Moss, Business/Economics Librarian, Davis Library
| Get acquainted with these Web sites:
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| Day | Topic | Assignment |
|---|---|---|
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Anatomy of Email, Web and Internet Research
Search Engines and IndexesGopher and earlier Internet tools
The biggest index? Alta Vista. A few words about mailing lists (handout) | |
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More Government Information
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Please assemble near front door of Davis Library. Virtual Reference Desk Microforms Collection Ask a Reference Question Difference betweenCD-ROMs and U-Search |
| Day | Topic | Assignment |
|  Academic Resources
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|---|---|---|
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Almost Mid-semester test A multiple-choice test on all aspects of the course including discussions in class, lab sessions, and handouts. 50 Questions (Time limit: 45 minutes) | |
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| Day | Topic | Assignment |
|---|---|---|
|  Special session:Guest speaker Mary Lynn Rice-Lively explains the importance of a commitment to life-long learning, especially with regard to networks and information technology.
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Lexis/Nexis and beyondMastering Lexis/Nexis |
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There are more than ten times as many students in this class as there are Davis Library Lexis/Nexis workstations, so you must spread your work on this project through the week. | OIT's Web Page Authoring Basics Page |
| Prof. Deb Aikat daikat@email.unc.edu |
Tom Hughes, teaching assistant tahughes@email.unc.edu |
| Mark McCarthy maggot@sunsite.unc.edu |
Mike Manning manning1@email.unc.edu |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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