Introduction

Instructors
Syllabus
Course schedule

Topics

Resources
Citation
Glossary
Bibliography

Topics

Citation / Classification Schemes / Copyright / Databases / Government Information /
History of Information / Identity Theft / Information / Internet / Libraries / Plagiarism /
Privacy / Search Strategies / Web Evaluation / Web Searching

• Citation
  • Citation Machine: APA & MLA formats
  • Citation Style for Research Papers
    C. W. Post's B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library of Long Island University easy to use color coded guide to citation styles.
  • Citing Net Sources - Quick Guide
  • Skidmore Writing Center- Resources
    
    
• Classification Schemes
  • Library of Congress (LC)
  • Dewey Decimal System
  • SuDoc
    • Classification Scheme Explanation - FDLP desktop
    • Basic Elements of a SuDoc Number
    • Federal Agency Symbols
• Copyright
  • Racing Against Time by Lawrence Lessig
  • An Interview with Lawrence Lessig on Copyrights: Library of
    Economics and LibraryForum. April 7, 2003.
  • Music Downloading, File-sharing and Copyright: A
    Pew Internet Project Data Memo -Pew Internet & American Life Project
  • Am I a crook? [videorecording] : copyright issues on the Internet KF2994 .A4 1998
  • Cornell Legal Information Institute: Copyright Overview
    • Copyright Term chart - by Peter Hirtle of Cornell
    • When U.S. Works Pass into Public Domain - chart by Laura Gasaway, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Scribner Library Subject page: Copyright Information
    
• Databases
  • Database Presentation assignment
    
• Digital Divide
  • The Ever-Shifting Internet Population: A new look at Internet access and the digital divide - Pew Internet & American Life Project
    
• Government Information
  • How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the World Wide Web
  • GPO Access - News Release 7/14/03
  • State-by-State Report On Permanent Public Access to Electronic Government Information - pdf / html
    
• History of Information
  • A Brief History of Information - Susan E. Beck, LSC 311 Information Literacy, New Mexico State University
    
• Identity Theft
  • Identity Theft - FTC web site
  • 'Phishing' - high-tech email scams to deceive consumers into disclosing credit card numbers, bank account info, social security numbers, passwords, etc.
    
• Information
  • Characteristics of Information
    • Case of Kelly exercise
  • Reference Sources
    • LC Reference bks exercise
  • Information Timeline or version 2
    • Information flow exercise
    • Information flow exercise 2
  • "Information Cycle: how today's events are tomorrow's information" video - PennState University Libraries
    
• Internet
  • Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial - A Table of Contents to UC Berkeley's excellent tutorial on the Internet.
    • Links to search tools tables and exercise handouts
  • Internet Tutorials by Laura Cohen, University at Albany - lots of useful information on using and searching the web
  • Net Timeline PBS Life on the Internet
  • Short History of the Internet by Bruce Sterling
    
• Libraries
  • Scribner Library
    • Online Catalogs
      • LUCY2
      • Other Libraries
        
• Plagarism
  • What is Plagiarism at Indiana University?
  • Plagiarism Self-Test from U. Of Toronto
  • Plagiarism Webliography by Sharon Stoerger
    • History News Network: Plagiarism Cases
      Links tracking the Ambrose case from the initial
      reports in the press to its present status.
    • Plagiarism in the News
      The Bridgewater College (VA) Online Writing Lab compiled articles on plagiarism issues, including the Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose scandals.
    • Julie Hilden, "A Legal Remedy for Plagiarism? Rethinking The Ambrose And Goodwin Plagiarism Scandals." FindLaw's Legal Commentary
  • A Note on Plagiarism from Augusta State University's Dept. of Sociology
  • Richard Possner, "The truth about plagiarism"
    
• Privacy
  • EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center
    • Privacy Issues
    • Right to Privacy Exercise
  • Privacy and the Internet exercise
    • http://www.anywho.com/
  • Library Circulation Records
    • USA Patriot Act
• Search Strategies

• Structure of Scholarly Information
  • Disciplines
    
• Web Evaluation
  • Web site Evaluation Checklist
  • Evaluating Web Pages tutorial from UC Berkeley
    • Web Page Evaluation Checklist
• Web searching
  • Internet Search Tools
  • Types of Search Tools tutorial from UC Berkeley
    • Recommended Search Engines: Table of Features
  • The Deep Web Laura Cohen, U of Albany, explains the deep/invisible web