PRINCIPLES OF SEARCHING [17:610:530 ] online e530
Tefko Saracevic
Schedule for Spring 2010
Follows academic calendar in Office of the Registrar, New Brunswick – Calendar:
first day of classes Tue. Jan. 19; last day Wed. May 12; Spring break March 13- 21.
Week of
Spring
2010
Unit/Topic
covered that week,
including discussion*
Assign.
&
exercise
no.
1.
Date due
on Mon**
Jan 25
Jan 19
1, Overview
Jan 25
2.
Feb 1
Feb 1
2. Structure of inf.
resources
3. Vocabularies
3.
Feb 8
Feb 8
4. Information retrieval
4.
Feb 15
Feb 15
5. Search engines
5.
Feb 22
Feb 22
6. Search techniques
6.
March 1
March 1
7. Advanced searching
7.
March 8
March 8
8. Web search
8.
March 15
March 15
Spring break
None
March 22
9. Bibliometric methods
9.
March 29
March 29
10. Evaluation
10.
April 5
April 5
11. Mediation
11.
April 12
April 12
12. Presentation of
search results
12.
April 19
April 19
13. Search services
13.
April 26
Term
project***
Selection
Progress report
Final report
14. Ethics; Final report 14.
May 3
presentations
15.
May 3
15. Future.
May 10
Course evaluation.
* Units including discussions covering given topic are run on a weekly basis, Mon through
Sun as given. E.g. unit/ topic 1 (Overview) including discussion is run the week of Jan 19;
unit/topic 2 (Structure of inf. resources) including discussion the week of Jan 25 etc.
** Assignments & exercises are due latest on the Monday following a unit. E.g. Assignment
and Exercise 1 are due by Mon Jan 25; Assignment and Exercise 2 are due by Mon. Feb 1, etc.
Since Mondays have 24 hours, submission can be at any time 0-24 on Monday.
*** Term project selection, progress report and final report are due Mon on given due dates.
i.e. project selection is due on Mon Feb 22; progress report on Mon March 29; and final report
on Mon April 26, 2010.
General issues & questions can be posted at any time.
Schedule may be subject to change.
April 26