Week of
Spring
2009
PRINCIPLES OF SEARCHING [17:610:530 ] online e530
Tefko Saracevic
PRELIMINARY Exercise schedule for Spring 2009
12 Exercises – 2 abridged to allow work on term project
Unit/Topic
Exerc Exercise
Exercise topic
covered that week,
ise
due on
including discussion*
no. **
Mon
Jan 20
1, Overview
1.
Jan 26
Jan 26
2.
Feb 2
Feb 2
2. Structure of inf.
resources
3. Vocabularies
3.
Feb 9
Feb 9
4. Information retrieval
4.
Feb 16
Feb 16
5. Search engines
5.
Feb 23
Feb 23
6. Search techniques
6.
March 2
March 2
7. Advanced searching
7.
March 9
March 9
8. Web search
8
March 23
March 16
Spring break
None
March 23
9. Bibliometric methods
9.
March 30
March 30
10. Evaluation
10.
April 6
April 6
11. Mediation
11.
April 13
April 13
12. Presentation of
search results
13. Search services
12.
April 20
13
April 27
April 20
April 27
Dialog 1
Basics; simple Eric search
Dialog 2
Searching using fields
Dialog 3
Vocabulary; expand,
Boolean exercise &
Scopus 1: basics
Web 1
Google, RUL Searchlight
Scopus 2 – abridged for project
Searching using fields
Scopus 3
Using results for expanding
Web 2
Scirus, Google Scholar, Scitopia
Bibliometric 1 – abridged
Web of Science (WoS)
Bibliometric 2
Scopus, WoS, Google Scholar
News, legal
LexisNexis
Professional – keeping up
Library Lit & Inf Sc; LISA
None – work on project
Term
project***
coordinated
w exercises
Selection
Progress
report
14. Ethics; Final report
Final report
presentations
May 4
15. Future.
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 20;
unit/topic 2 (Structure of inf. resources) including discussion the week of Jan 26 etc.
**Exercises are done during the indicated unit & week and are due latest on the Monday
following a unit. E.g. Exercise 1 is due by Mon Jan 26; Exercise 2 is due by Mon. Feb 2, 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 23; progress report on Mon March 23; and final report
on Mon April 27, 2009. Exercises are light or suspended during the week preparing for a term
project report, so that students have more time to devote to the project