telephone: 02-6751221
email: my last name @ jct.ac.il
Note: please mark all emails with "210615" in the subject line.
Course Objectives:
To understand the organization of information.
To be able to look at a database or site and understand what is there.
To frame the query to enable a successful search.
To fill information needs for yourself and for others.
Things to know:
Best way to reach me is by email.
Please PLEASE PLEASE write your name on each item you send me.
Each assignment is REQUIRED and each student must give me her own assignment.
You may work together but each asignment must be handed in separately.
The final exam is a take-home.
Final exam must be submitted one month after the end of the course. Late exams will receive lower grades.
There will be a chart with each student's name and completed assignments - please check the chart every so often.
Yes, almost all of the material for this course is in English.
The course is web-based and all the lectures are Internet-based.
Introduction to Information Science
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Lecture #1: Library catalogs and article databases.
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Lecture #2: Part 1: Review of Assignment 1, Part 2: Classification.
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Lecture #3: Improving Google searches.
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Lecture #4: The First (and Last) Annual Machon Tal Treasure Hunt.
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Lecture #5: Visual Display of Information (Tufte).
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Lecture #6: Music.
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Lecture #7: Bibliography, citation indexing, plagiarism.
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Lecture #8: Bibliography Practice.
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Lecture #9: Good and Bad on the Internet.
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Lecture #10: People, photographs and questions.
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Final exam:
