Week 1
Course overview; class questionnaire regarding information sources and information usage.

No study required!

Week 2
Read: Chapter 1. Information Gathering/Search Strategies; Case study pg. 343-358.
Exercise 1 - pgs. 1-12
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg1.html

Exercise 2 -  pgs. 12-31
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg1b.html

Exercise 3 - Case Study / pgs. 343-358
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg1c.html

Week 3
Read: Chapter 2.What's the Question?
Exercise 1 - pgs. 33-38
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg2a.html

Exercise 2 - pgs. 39-46
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg2b.html

Exercise 3 - pgs. 46-48
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg2c.html

Week 4
Read: Chapter 4; Digging Into Institutions
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg4.html

Read: Chapter 5: Approaching Libraries: Tactics and Tools
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg5.html

Week 5
Read: Chapter 6: Using Electronic Information and Data Tools
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg6.html

Week 9
Read: Chapter 3: Consulting People and Observing the World
Reading study exercise pages 51-74:
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg3.html

Weeks 10 - 12-Monday
Read: Chapter 7: Interviewing
Reading study exercise pages: 213 - 247
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg7.html

Week 12 Wednesday
Read Chapter 8: Using Polls and Surveys
Exercise 1 - Pages 251 - 253 Intro and the Search Strategy
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/pollquiz1.html

Exercise 2 - Pages 253 - 259 Uses of Polls and Surveys - Organizations that conduct polls and surveys
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/pollquiz2.html

Exercise 3 - Pages 259 - 262 Where to locate Poll and Survey Information
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/pollquiz3.html

Exercise 4 - Pages 262 - 267 Evaluating Polls and Surveys - Types of survey interviews and samples
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/pollquiz4.html

Week 13
Read Chapter 9: Selecting and Synthesizing Information
Exercise 1 - Introduction to Selecting and Synthesizing Information / p285-288
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/ssiex1.html

Exercise 2 - Selecting and Appraising Information / Critical thinking / p 288 - 294
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/ssiex2.html

Exercise 3 - Climate of Opinion and Standards / p294 - 305
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/ssiex3.html

Exercise 4 - Cohn's Six Terms used in discerning Truth from Trash, plus more about Standards / p299 - 305
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/ssiex4.html

Exercise 5 - Synthesizing and Organizing Information / p 305 - 309
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/ssiex5.html

Week 14
Read: Chapter 10: Social Responsibility and The Search Strategy
http://school.discovery.com/quizzes/ear74/migsg10.html
 

Last update 12/30/02