Final class 4/16/08

• refreshments!
• microsoft office tips and tricks!
• web 2.0 and you!
• last day to turn in final project!

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.

Tips for Web Project (due 11/26)

Q: How do I format a bibliography in APA style?

A: APA style calls for a list of References instead of a bibliography. The requirements of a reference list are that all references cited in the text of a paper must be listed alphabetically by first author's last name in the list of References and that all references listed must be cited within the text. A bibliography, on the other hand, typically includes resources in addition to those cited in the text and may include annotated descriptions of the items listed. In general, the list of References is double-spaced and listed alphabetically by first author's last name. For each reference, the first line is typed flush with the left margin, and any additional lines are indented as a group a few spaces to the right of the left margin (this is called a hanging indent, see here for an example).

Format the references list

Title	Type the word "References" at the top of a new page, centered.
Spacing	All entries should be double-spaced, unless your assignment instructs you otherwise.
Indentation	Although the current Publication Manual advises standard (five spaces, first line) indention for the references list, this is primarily designed to make typesetting easier; the typeset version will have hanging indents (first line flush left, following lines five spaces indent). If your final version will be turned in for a grade rather than publication, we recommend that you use hanging indents for enhanced readability. We have formatted our sample references list with hanging indents.
Capitalization	Capitalize only the first word of titles of books and articles and the first word after a colon.
Punctuation	Use a comma to separate surnames from initials a newspaper title from p. or pp. a journal title from volume number a volume number from page numbers when given, an issue number from page numbers (Ed.) from book title city of publication from state

Example of an annotation:

National Institute of Mental Health. (1982). Television and behavior: Ten years of scientific progress (DHHS Publication No. A 82-1195). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Documents connections between children's lack of attention in school and hours of television watching; provides scientific evidence of changed viewing habits over ten years.

Annotated Bibliographt powerpoint

chihi.chipfalls.k12.wi.us/departments/english/annotated%20biblio%20slide%20show2.ppt

agenda for 3/19/08

6-6:30- discussion of 3/26 makeup class and Overview of Knight Cite and APA format
6:30-6:45 Overview of annotations
6:45-7:15; Quiz 6, 7 and Written assignment 5
7:15-7:30- Break
7:30 -8:30 10 point web project- to be completed and handed in in class today or by next Wednesday in my mail box.

Citing Websites in APA style

Examples:

Bryant, P. (1999). Biodiversity and conservation. Retrieved October 4, 1999, from
[indent this here] http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm

Bell, S. H. & Gallagher, L. J. (2001, February). Prime-age adults without children or disabilities: The "least deserving of the poor"—or are they? Retrieved April 20, 2001, from Assessing the New Federalism: an Urban Institute Project Web site:
[indent this here] http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b26/b26.html


Pellegrino, J. (n.d.). Seamus Heaney. Retrieved October 4, 1999, from the Internet Poetry

Archive Website: http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/heaney/heaney.bio.htmlLynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved October 8, 2007, from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html

see also:
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm
http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/webapa.htm

Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report

List as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have to hunt around to find the information; don't be lazy. If there is a page like http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, and somepage.htm doesn't have the information you're looking for, move up the URL to http://www.somesite.com/):

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved month day, year, from http://Web address.

NOTE: When an Internet document is more than one Web page, provide a URL that links to the home page or entry page for the document. Also, if there isn't a date available for the document use (n.d.) for no date.

Chapter or Section of a Web document

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. In Title of book or larger document (chapter or section number). Retrieved month day, year, from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/.

Engelshcall, R. S. (1997). Module mod_rewrite: URL Rewriting Engine. In Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3 Documentation (Apache modules.) Retrieved March 10, 2006, from http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html

NOTE: Use a chapter or section identifier and provide a URL that links directly to the chapter section, not the home page of the Web site.

FAQ about citing web sites in APA

Q: How do I reference a Web page that lists no author?

A: When there is no author for a Web page, the title moves to the first position of the reference entry:

New child vaccine gets funding boost. (2001). Retrieved March 21, 2001, from [indent this here] http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/story_13178.asp

The text citation would then just cite a few words of the title to point the reader to the right area of your reference list: .are most at risk of contracting the disease ("New Child," 2001).

Q: How do I cite Web site material that has no author, no year, and no page numbers?

A: Because the material does not include page numbers, you can include any of the following in the text to cite the quotation (from p. 120 of the Publication Manual):

1. A paragraph number, if provided; alternatively, you could count paragraphs down from the beginning of the document.
2. An overarching heading plus a paragraph number within that section.
3. Nothing. Just put quotation marks around the words you're using, which the reader can use as a search string.

Because there is no date and no author, your text citation would include the first couple of words from the title and "n.d." for no date (e.g., para. 5, "Style List," n.d.). The entry in the reference list might look something like this:

Style list for references. (n.d.). Retrieved January 1, 2001, from http://www.apa.org

APA Slideshow

http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/tutorial/plagiarism/selector.htm

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Bryant & Stratton Official Style Guide to Citing Sources

http://vl.bryantstratton.edu/Portals/0/SystemAPAguide-2008-Winter.pdf



and other recommended sources
http://vl.bryantstratton.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=298

Knight Cite Citation Generator

http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/

Citing articles from library databases

http://vl.bryantstratton.edu/Portals/0/APAdb.pdf

This is *NOT* a correspondance course

That means in order to succeed in this class, you must attend- in person. By the end of March, you should have 60% of your grade in:
10 in class activities= 10 points
5 homeworks = 10 points
5 in class writing assignments = 10 points
10 quizzes = 10 points
evaluation project (that was due last week) = 10 points
annotated bibliography (web project due at end of March)= 10 points

March 12: Plagiarism topic, citation generator: Knight Cite, web project assigned
March 19: Citing other sources, web project worked on and completed
March 26: make up class. Come in and make up missed quizzes and homework. There is an opportunity to earn up to 20 points during this class, in addition to turning in two 10 point projects for 8 points of credit.

April 2: Final project assigned. Database presentation. Database project
April 9: Database project. Final project lab
April 16: Final project due; web 2.0 technologies and Microsoft Office tips and tricks.

Homework 4 Due 3/12/08

Find an article or webpage on the topic of plagiarism. Write a brief summary of the article. Tell me how the article and the reading from the textbook affect the way you think about academic integrity and giving proper credit to the ideas of others. Make sure to include the citation information for the article you found.


This assignment should be typed and be 1 double spaced page.
(approximately 500 words)

Another resource for evaluating web sites

http://library.lakeforest.edu/help/evalweb.html

Agenda for 3/5/08

6-6:30 review of Web Site Evaluation
6:30-7 Plagiarism slidehow
7-7:15 in class writing
7:15-7:30 break
7:30-8 evaluation project 10 points
8-8:30 homework 4 assigned

Plagiarism slideshow

is here

Homework for 03/04/08

• Read in Research Strategies for a Digital Age pgs. 97-106.
• Complete Evaluation Project (10 points)
• Find a site that is either misinformation OR biased. Send me the URL along with a sentence explaining why you chose it as such and email this to me at al.coblish.denise@mail.bryantstratton.edu. (This is technically HW3 - 2 pts.)

Evaluation Project due next week- 10 POINTs

Take 4 web sites that you are using for your Human Relations project (or any other paper you are writing) and evaluate them based on the evaluation criteria we discussed in class.

Agenda for 2/27/08

6-6:30 Review searching. Use handout.
6:30-7:00 Propaganda/misinformation assignment (Technically HW 3) and In-Class activity
7-7:30 awards ceremony
7:30-8:30 Evaluation project: 10 point project due 3/5/07. Optional: Students may attend Black History Celebration OR work on and turn in Evaluation Project.

Homework for next week: Plagiarism reading.

Homework for 2/27

• Read Evaluation chapter in both textbooks.
• Work on evaluation project.
• Find a web site that would be labeled as either "misinformation" or "propoganda" and describe in one paragraph why it is. Submit this via email.

In-Class Activity 2/20/08

http://www.library.ucla.edu/college/help/hoax/index.htm

Links on Evaluating Web sites

http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evaluating.html

http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/

Link on Boolean Searching

http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.html

Agenda for 02/20/08

6-6:15 Review of Internet Searching
6:15-7 Evaluating Web Sites
7 In class Writing #3
7:15-7:30 Break
7:30-8:15 In Class Activity
8:15 assign first 10 point project: Evaluation Project due 3/057/08

Search Engines vs. Subject Directories Links

http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/techtalk_winter2000.pdf

http://www.berkshirecc.edu/library/search_engines5.html

Points Check

How many points should I have before class today?

Quiz Points: 1
In Class Activity Points: 3
Homework Points: 2
In-Class Writing Assignment Points: 2

Total: 8/100

How many points should I have before next class?
Quiz Points: 2
In Class Activity Points: 4
Homework Points: 4
In Class Writing Assignment: 4

Total: 12/100

Class Agenda for 01/30/08

6-6:10: Update on network and email logons and class points
6:10-7:00 Lecture/presentation on search engines and subject directories
7:00-7:15 In Class Writing Assignment 2 (2 points)
7:15-7:30 Break
7:30 Quiz 2 (1 point)
7:45-8:15 In Class Activity 4 (1 point)
8:15 Resources shared and reading assigned
8:30 Class dismissed

Computer Basics Games

Below are the links to the sites that we could not open at school. If possible, give them a try on your home or library computers:

www.quia.com/cc/65620.html

www.quia.com/mc/65620.html

www.quia.com/ws/65620.html

Homework 2

Homework 2

Cover Page Format

• top and bottom margins 1”; left and right margins: 1.25”

• header top-of-page (abbreviated title)

• middle-of-page; double spaced, 12 pt. centered; include title of assignment, your name, Bryant &Stratton College, course name, instructor’s name, due date:

Homework 2

Your Name

Bryant & Stratton College

LIBS 100: Information Literacy

Ms. Coblish

January 23, 2008

Homework 2 for LIBS 100: e-mail your instructor a correctly typed title page typed in Microsoft Word and enclosed as an attachment. Assignments must be sent through the Bryant & Stratton e-mail system.

Homework 1

This was assigned on 01/16/08 and is due today, 01/23/08

Homework 1



Name:_________________________

What are the four operations a computer performs?






What are the instructions that tell a computer what to do called?






What are the 6 primary components of a computer?






What is an input device?





The main circuit board of the computer is called the


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How does a laser jet printer work?





What is the range of speed at which a hard disc drive spins?






What does CD-RW stand for?






What is application software?






The World’s largest network is ______________________________________

Class agenda for 01/23/08

6-6:15 Review syllabus and class web site
6:15-6:20 Practice network and email login
6:20-6:30 Find Microsoft Word on computer
6:30-7:00 Presentation on Microsoft Word
7:00-7:15 In Class Writing assignment 1
7:15-7:30 Break
7:30-7:35 Quiz 1
7:35-8 Class activity3
8:00 Homework 2 assigned
8:30 Class dismissed, begin office hours.

Note: Homework One is Due TODAY

Class Agenda for 1/16/08

6-6:15 Greetings, new students, catch up, syllabus, textbooks
6:15 - 6:30 Overview of network and email login
6:30-6:45 Contacting me by email, blog, instant messenger
6:45-7:15 Computer basics presentation
7:15-7:30 Break
7:30-8:00 Group Activity 1(1 point)
8:00 Reading and Homework 1 assigned(2 points and due next week)
8:30 end of class
8:30-9 I am available to extra assistance.