Final class 4/16/08

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Final project

The final project (due 4/16 and to be worked on in a full Final project Lab on 4/9) consists of the following. If you notice, you already has a majority of this work completed from other projects. You just need to assemble the pieces together.

LIBS 100 Final Project: 30 points

The LIBS100 Final is comprised of all of the components of the course: Internet research, web site evaluation, and APA citation. The final consists of the following pieces: a cover sheet (as completed in HW2), Internet research (as completed in weeks 3-6). Web site evaluation (as completed in weeks 7-8) and APA citations (including in-text citations and an annotated bibliography as completed in weeks 9-11). Below is the grading rubric for the final

Task	Notes	points
Cover Page	This is a cover page as completed in HW2. Please have the title of your project “Final Project”	5 points
4 web site sources	These are the four sites that you located and evaluated for the 10 point Evaluation project. You will turn in an abbreviated evaluation forma bout these sites.	5 points
A paper	The paper can be one written specifically for LIBS 100 or for another class. It must utilize the information found in the evaluated web sites. The paper exists as a vehicle to hold the remaining project items.	5 points
In text citations	It is expected that you will use a direct quote or paraphrase at some place in your paper. Please include the proper in-text citation. See the textbook and linked web sites for the proper format.	5 points
Bibliography	The sources used for this paper should appear at the end under the heading “references”. They should be in alphabetical order and in the proper APA format.	5 points
Annotation for web sites	Each bibliography entry should have a description underneath explaining what the site is about and what helpful features it possesses.	5 points
Total		30 points

Database project: 10 points and 4/2 class

Attendance at the 4/2 class is required to earn the full 10 points of the Database Project. The project will be completed during this class.

Class on 3/26

This is a Makeup class. If you have the majority of your quiz/writing/class activity/homework points and have completed the Evaluation project and the Web project, you are EXCUSED from this class. This is the reward for completing items on time and for attending class this term.

If you have missed several classes and are in jeopardy of failing this class, you may still have a chance to pas by attending this special make up class. You will be given the opportunity to make up missed quiz/writing/class activity/homework points as well as the two 10 point projects that are due. For failing students, attending this class and the remaining 3 classes will offer you a chance not only to pass this course, but to attain as high as a B for this course.

Make up Class 3/26

Next week is a make up class. If you have turned everything (5 in class writing assignments, 4 home works, 2 10 point projects) by 3/26 (in class or via my email or mailbox) than you ARE NOT required to come to class on 3/26. That is the reward for completing everything on time. Students who are very behind and in jeopardy of failing this course may come in on 3/6 from 6PM-8PM and complete a series of make up homeworks, quizzes, and writing assignments, as well as work on their 10 point projects. Students that are failing still have the opportunity to pass this course if they come to the 3/26 class and catch up. Students who are failing and DO NOT come to this class will not pass this course. All of the April classes are dedicated to the final two projects and require successful completion of all the work up until then.

10 point Web Project (due 3/26)

The 10 point web project is an annotated bibliography of the 4 sources that you used for the 10 Point evaluation project. Both of these projects should be complted by the end of March.

Steps:

1. Complete 10 Point Evaluation Project. Try to write as much information about the web sites (author, date, URL, etc) as this will make it easier to enter the information into KnightCite . The more descriptive your comments on the evaluation criteria are, the easier it will be to write your annotation.
2. Go to the Knight Cite web site (http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/) and choose APA Style, Electronic Sources, and Web Document. Plug in the information from your four sites you evaluated. Copy and past the citation into a Word Document.
3. Under each citation write a couple sentences that describes the site, what it hold, and what one would expect to find when they visit it. Use your notes from the evaluation project to write this.
4. Proofread your bibliography. Make sure it says References at the top of the page. make sure the four citations are in alphabetical order. Make sure the lines after the first line are indented. Make sure your name is on the paper.

Example of web project annotations

Here are two:

Fields, A. (n.d.). Developing an Annotated Bibliography.

Accessed October 10, 2003 from http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/eduweb/annotated.htm

The site provides a good, simple, definition and hands-on description of what an annotated bibliography is all about. An example and several other electronic references are given.

Funderberg Library, Manchester College. (n.d.).

Writing an Annotated Bibliography. Retrieved October 10, 2003 http://www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/library/ref/elcstyle.htm

This site provides information from several good universities on how to write an Annotated Bibliography, including Caly Poly San Luis Obispo, Cornell, Purdue, St. Cloud, and the University of Wisconsin.