Journalism 190 / sociology 190

Information sources in the digital age

Tuesday, 12:20 - 1:15 / Reid 211

Professor Grefe / Professor Locy

September 13 -- Introduction and Web Site "Tour" -- Assignment: Please read this article from Inside Higher Ed before our next class meeting
September 20 -- Selected Reference Sources (Grefe)
September 27 -- Finding and Evaluating Books (Grefe)
October 4 -- Periodicals Research Overview (Grefe)
October 11 -- "General" Periodical Databases (Grefe)
October 18 -- Specialized Periodical Databases (Grefe)
October 25 -- U.S. Government Information (Grefe)
November 1 -- Government Records: Birth and Taxes to Mortgages and Death (Locy
November 8 -- Details, Details, Details: Census to Sex Offender Databases (Locy)
November 15 -- Court Records Online and Offline (Locy)
November 22 -- Scrubs: Backgrounding People and Companies (Locy)
November 29 -- TBA (Locy)

Final grades will be determined almost entirely by performance on assignments associated with weekly lectures.
Late papers are not accepted and will receive no credit. Completed assignments generally will be due by 12:00 noon on the day of the subsequent class meeting.
Attendance is taken into consideration in the formulation of final grades.
There will be no mechanism (extra credit, make-up assignments, etc.) to raise final grades.

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