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Tell me, and I may forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand. -- Chinese Proverb

Please be on time

• The class goes fast, and there is so much to cover, so I intend to start as soon as the clock strikes 6:30.
• If you are late or have to miss a class, please arrange to get notes from another student.

Duration

• We will go from 6:30 to 9:20.

Break

• We will take a 10-minute break about 8:00 pm.
• Please be sure to be back in 10 minutes, because we have a lot to cover, and I intend to start again immediately after the break.

Food & Drink in Classroom

• Food and drink ARE NOT ALLOWED in this room.

Absence

• If you are or expect to be absent from a particular class, please arrange with a fellow student to get any notes for the class.
• If you have an important reason to be absent when an assignment is due, you need to send the assignment to me per the directions in Assignments - Turning In below.

Database Searching Assignments - Presentation

This is college. I expect college-quality presentation of your answers to the search questions. This means, generally, typing your answers and presenting the request "record"

• Typing & Block Printing
  • Everything that is turned in must , as required by the individual assignment, be:
    • Typed - This includes name, date, assignment. name, and answers,

      • or, if absolutely necessary,

    • Block printed - This is allowed when you answer on one of the online forms I provide for certain assingments. The block printing must be absolutely clean and readable. I will take off 10% if the printing is difficult to read. Clear communication is an implicit part of information services.
• Database Searching Assignments
  • Depends upon the database being searched. See the directions for each assignment.
  • General Directions: Turn in
    • A cover page for each assignment with typed Name, Assignment Name, and Date.
    • For each question, attach a database record (article with bibliographic information and relevant page(s)) that answers each search question. The specific answer to the search question must be highlighted in a light (preferably yellow) color. DO NO provide the entire atricle, just the pages that contain:
      • 1. The bibliographic information.
      • 2. The answer itself. Remember it must be highlighted.
    • I will take off if the bibliographic information is not included or the answer is not highlighted.

Assignments - Turning In

• Assignments must be turned in at the beginning of class.
• If you can not attend class, send the assignment to me by the day of the class the assignment is due.
• Send by:
  • E-mail - if the assignment is no more that a few pages of answers. I need to receive the email on the date it is due.
  • Mail - if the assignment requires database records for every question. The assignment has to be postmarked the date it is due.
• Late assignments lose one grade.
• The assignments will be corrected and returned to you by the second class after the due date.

Notes for the Class

• My teaching notes are all online at the class Web site (http://www.blueroom.com/LT-65/LT65-INDEX.HTM).
• The most updated notes will be ready and uploaded just prior to the class, so that I can tune them up to the last minute.
• You can print these notes out from anyplace that has a link to the Web and a printer. I suggest, though, that you use these notes online (in a separate window or windows) in conjunction with your work. Save paper; save trees!
• Additional information may be provided in class that will not be in the online notes. TAKE NOTES, as I will be providing examples and interactive (you and me) discussions of online searching problems that can not be easily communicated on paper or HTML.

Listening / Reading / Studying

• This class is intense. You need to:
  • Listen carefully to the lectures and take careful notes because, particularly when I demonstrate and discuss examples of searching.
  • Read the online notes and handouts carefully, as I can not cover every search tool and technique in class, and you will need to use some that I do not discuss, except maybe to point you to them.