Students will explore sites, learn about resources, and gain a general understanding of the Internet. An introduction to tools and search techniques currently available on the World Wide Web. Covers how to formulate a question,how to do a search which gets good results, and how to analyze and evaluate the usefulness of information which is found. A course to develop and refine search skills for effectively finding information in electronic databases. Apply basic and advanced search techniques to databases such as commercial magazine databases and the Internet.
Specific databases vary from semester to semester.
An online class for the Library Resources class that includes assignments, popup quizzes from the CATE system and email exams. This web-interface is pretty slick, but requires a newer browser with Java capability. The Library Training Lab at Petaluma Another Petaluma-based site that features the lab for Petaluma students and instructors. This website and its contents are copyright 1999-2000 by Michael R. Cirivello . No portion of this site should be annexed or reproduced without expressed written consent.