Distance Education at West Los Angeles College

 

LIBRARY SCIENCE 101 – LIBRARY RESEARCH METHODS

(UC:CSU) 1 Unit
Instructor: J. Chow
Email: prochowonline@wlac.edu

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General Information:

8 week class – starts 7/2/2007, ends 8/26/2007.

This course takes place entirely online. No on-campus visits are required. 

The course begins on July 2.  You must access the course by July 10 or you will be dropped.

Newly enrolled students must email the instructor to confirm enrollment.  Please do this now by clicking here: prochowonline@wlac.edu.

 


Course Description:

Students will become familiar with the organization of the Library and the types of resources – both print and electronic – in the Library. Students will also learn to discriminate and select various types of resources in order to develop appropriate search strategies for research projects. Knowing which sources to use, and the most efficient ways of using them, will maximize the benefits of library research.


Required Materials:

No text required for this course.


Recommended Materials:

Trimmer, Joseph. A Guide to MLA Documentation; with an Appendix on APA Style.
7th Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. (Paperback)

Glenn, Cheryl et. al. Hodges' Harbrace Handbook. 16th Edition., Heinle & Heinle
Pub., 2006.


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