J202 Lectures Work in progress!

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 1: Sept. 30 - Oct. 4. Introduction: Readings. The Search, Chaps. 1-2. Asking the Right Questions, Chaps. 1-3. UO Library Information Resources, pp. A1-C1. "Public Policy" and Asking Questions Final Project Getting Started Janus Beyond Janus Warm Up #1 Week 2: Oct. 7-11. Readings: The Search, Chaps. 3-4, 10. Asking the Right Questions, Chaps. 4-9. UO Library Information Resources, D1 - E9. Article Analysis: Level One LA Times Front Page Pathfinder: TIME Law & Order Analysis: Law & Order Week 3: Oct. 14-18. Guest Lecturer, Oct. 16: Barbara Jenkins, Head, Reference Department, Knight Library Readings: The Search, Chap. 5. UO Library Information Resources, F1-F9. Asking the Right Questions, Chap. 10-12. Writing Annotations Warm Up #2: Article Analysis Topic Teams Information Overload (CNNfn) Week 4: Oct. 21-25. Readings: The Search, Chap. 6, 10. UO Library Information Resources, H1 Guest Lecturer: Ted Smith, Documents Librarian, Knight Library Introduction to Goverment Warm Up #3: Writing Annotations J202 Conference Government Online Week 5: Oct. 28 - Nov. 1. Readings: Asking the Right Questions, Chap. 13-15. Introduction to Legal Resources Reading Laws and Cases Caught in a Web of Words (Washington Post) Week 6: Nov. 4-8. Readings: The Search, Chap. 8. Experts & Interviews Metzler's "33 Tips" Week 7: Nov. 11-15. Readings: Asking the Right Questions, Chap 8-9. Evidence Week 8: Nov. 18-22 Readings: The Search, Chap. 7, and pp. 196-203. Doing Business Access Law Good Writing The Willamette Valley Flood of November 1996 Week 9: Nov 25 (Thanksgiving) Project Outline Week 10: December 2 Jule's "How do I write the essay?" Project Deadline: NOON, Friday, December 6. Old Stuff Below! Search Strategies Parallel Searching - Breaking Events