LIS 1001 Calendar   Fall 2007 August 29 Orientation Session. You will be given the course syllabus. Discussion on the Library layout, policies and procedures. September 5 How to locate books using the library’s online catalog. September 12 Using other community college and local Library catalogs. September 19 Work on the online catalog assignment. September 26 Brief lecture on Searching for “other” media in our catalog.   Visit the Media Center. October 3 Using indexes to locate periodicals using the Gale Suite of  Electronic Databases.                                       October 10 Subject specific databases. October 17 Work on the online database assignment. October 24 Introduce Reference Books as Resources. October 31 Midterm exam.   November 1 Internet Research, search engines, web page evaluation.   November 7 More web page evaluation. November 14 Work on the Internet/Reference Assignment. November 21 The research paper. Introduce citation styles. November 28 Citing books, periodicals and electronic resources using   MLA style. December 5 “Wrap up” for Final Exam; hand out Take Home Final Exam December 12 Final exam and projects are due.