JCT Course 210615

Course 210615 - Introduction to Information Science "Ofakim" Fall 2007

Mrs. Chana Lajcher - Library Director
Jerusalem College of Technology
telephone: 02-6751221
email: my last name @ jct.ac.il
Don't forget to mark all emails with "210615" in the subject


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.
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.

Lecture I: Books and articles

JCT Library Home Page

JCT Library Catalog

Jewish National & University Library, Jerusalem

Israel Union List

The Library of Congress (USA)

ABI Inform on Proquest

Medline on Pubmed

ERIC

SPIE


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.


Assignment 1:

1. Get an email account from the Computing Center.

2.1 Go to the JCT Library catalog and find a book about nursing. What is the shelfnumber?
2.2 Then look for the book on Amazon. What is the price?
2.3 Look for the book in another library. Which library has it?

3. Go to the ABI, Medline, Eric and SPIE databases and find one article about sunglasses from each database.

4. Go to ABI and find the table of contents of Computerworld, with the date closest to your birthday.

5. What is the article, "THE DARK SIDE" by Stephanie Thompson. Advertising Age talking about??

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