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0 Introduction to the Course
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Readings: none
Exercise: OU userid, databases access,
distribution list
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Technical requirements for the course. This
pre-Session is set aside for checking the use of your OU Net ID and password,
which are used to give you access to both library databases as well as the
web-based course management system, Desire to Learn (DTL). After the
first week or two, session materials will be served up on Sundays. For
this first unit, which is background material, access is by means of this
link: Session 0
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Unit I: Basic Search Tools
& Techniques
The
fundamentals of searching and the development of search strategies using two general
information systems available to college and university students today: 1)
the open, uncontrolled Web; and 2) the academic library's resources.
Consideration of what constitutes quality information; practical working
consideration of search engines, metasearch
engines, general web directories, and special, classified,
academically-oriented directories. Introduction to LC subject headings,
LC classification, and virtual browsing of library collections.
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1 Search Engines & MetaSearch Engines;
Finding Useful Keywords
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Readings: Schlein,
Chapter 4, General Search Tools
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Exercise: Keywords and Web
Searching--
Vivisimo and Google
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Introduction to searching the Internet--the World Wide
Web. The development of relevant keywords for searching. The
development of search strategies. The best uses of search engines and metasearch engines. Session 1
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2 General Subject Directories &
Academic
Subject Directories; Finding Quality Information
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Readings: Schlein,
Chapter 4, General Search Tools
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Exercise: Subject Directories--
General and Academic Directories
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The use of general and
academic classified directories of Web resources. Criteria for
discerning quality information. Session 2
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3 Online Reference Tools & Academic Library
Reference Tools
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Readings: Schlein,
Chapter 5, Specialized Tools
Mann, Chapter 16, Reference Sources
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Exercise:
Online Reference
Tools--
Reference Tools & Directory Information
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Project:
Project Topic Statement & Audience
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Freely accessible
online analogs to traditional print-based reference resources.
Print-based reference resources not yet available online,
and online resources available through authenticated access to library
services. Session
3
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4 Library Catalog Access Systems
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Readings: Mann, Chapter 2, Subject Headings
Mann, Chapter 3, Systematic Browsing
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Exercise:
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Project: Vocabulary and Classification Ranges
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Controlled Vocabulary searching:
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). Library of Congress
Classification. Browsing the collections of libraries virtually. Session 4
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5 OU Catalogs & Other Acad/Research Library
Catalogs
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Readings: Mann, Chapter 13, Material in
Other Libraries
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Exercise:
Electronic
Document Delivery & ILL
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Locating other
libraries and institutional resource collections that are likely to have
materials you need. Obtaining materials or copies of materials from
other libraries: interlibrary loan (ILL)
and local electronic document delivery procedures. Session 5
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Unit II: Content & Finding Aids for the
General Social Sciences
Introduction of a new model of
scholarly/academic research resources that uses the scientific communication
model (disciplinary research literature) developed initially in the late 60's
and early 70's by Garvey and Griffith, and was expanded by Friedes in the middle 70's to include a parallel
"helping" system of bibliographic resources.
The new, derived model adds the
dual nature of today's resource formats (print-based and/or digital-online),
and refines and reduces the stages or levels of scholarly communication as
being either essentially 1) information-based (new research findings) or 2)
knowledge-based (synthesized, overview, cumulative expressions of "what
is currently known").
For the general social sciences
area as a whole, current best literature and bibliographic resources
(encyclopedias, textbooks, research reviews, indexing services, guides to the
literature, etc.) are noted.
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6 Scholarly Communication
Model of
Social Science Content and Finding Aids
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Readings: A Retrieval Model for the Social Sciences
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Exercise:
The Use of
Freides' model
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A model of scholarly
research resources analogous to the flow of communication among knowledge
workers in a scientific or scholarly discipline or field of study. Session 6
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7 Knowledge-level Content
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Readings: Mann, Chapter 1, Encyclopedias
Mann, Chapter 8, Review Articles
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Exercise:
Using
Knowledge-level content
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Literature reviews and
research reviews. Collections of best literature; essay
collections. Handbooks, textbooks, and histories.
Encyclopedic sources. Session 7
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8 Knowledge-level
Finding Aids
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Readings: Mann, Chapter 9, Printed
Bibliographies
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Exercise:
none
Project: Beginning of Print
Resources draft
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Research
bibliography. Didactic, or teaching
bibliography. Subject guides, and guides to the literature. Session 8
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9 Research Information Content
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Readings: Schlein,
Chapter 6, Government Resources
Schlein, Chapter 7, Public Records
Schlein, Chapter 9, News Resources Online
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Exercise:
Distinguishing
Among Periodical Forms
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Conference papers.
Research reports. Government documents. Scholarly journal articles.
Monographs and books. Session 9
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10 Research Information Finding Aids
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Readings: Mann, Chapter 4, Subj Headings & Indexes
Mann, Chapter 5, Keyword Searches
Mann, Chapter 6, Citation Searches
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Exercise:
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Comprehensive
recurrent bibliography. Citation indexing. Catalogs. Session 10
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Unit III: Content & Finding Aids for Social
Science Disciplines-Professional Areas
This unit is an
overview of the literature and bibliography of each of the disciplines and
professional areas that comprise the social sciences. The best examples
of content (literature) and finding aids (bibliography) are presented for
each of 15 areas using the subject guides model developed in Unit II above:
Social Science
Subject Guides. Please pick 3 or even 4 of the 5 areas to cover for
your own academic goals, while you are completing your pathfinder for
submission by December 15..
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11 Psychology, Sociology, Communication
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Readings:
"Psychology,"
(pdf file) EB
"Sociology,"
(pdf file) EB
"Communication,"
(pdf file) EB
Project: continued
work on pathfinder
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Comprehensive recurrent
bibliography of psychology, sociology and communication. Session 11
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12 Anthropology, Geography, History
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Readings:
"Cultural
Anthropology," (pdf file) EB
"Geography,"
(pdf file) EB
"Historiography,"
(pdf file) EB
Project: continued
work on pathfinder
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Comprehensive recurrent
bibliography of anthropology, geography and history. Session 12
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13 Economics, Business, Leadership
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Readings: "Economics,"
(pdf file) EB
"Business
Organizaton," (pdf file) EB
"Accounting,"
(pdf file) EB
"Marketing,"
(pdf file) EB
Leadership
Theories (web site)
Project: continued
work on pathfinder
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Comprehensive recurrent bibliography of economics, business and
leadership. Session
13
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14 Political Science, Law & Justice,
International Relations
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Readings:
Project: continued
work on pathfinder
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Comprehensive recurrent
bibliography of political science, law & justice and internat.
relations. Session 14
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15 Education, Journalism, Public Administration
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Readings:
Project: continued
work on pathfinder
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Comprehensive recurrent
bibliography of education, journalism and public administration. Session 15
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Pathfinders Due Wednesday, April 30
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