LIBR534: Health Information Sources and Services - Winter 2009-2010, Term II

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LIBR 534: Health Information Sources and Services (description) see full details here: LIBR534 (Winter 2009-2010, Term II) - Classes I - XIII
Winter Term 2
Thursday evenings, 6-9pm - Jan 2010
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) at The University of British Columbia

Contents 1 Instructors 2 Goals and objectives 3 Introductory class 4 Modules 5 Assignments

Instructors

Dean Giustini & Greg Rowell Health Sciences Librarians
Office phone: Dean (604) 875-4505; Greg (604) 822-4970
E-mail address: dean.giustini@ubc.ca & greg.rowell@ubc.ca
Class location: IKBLC, Rm. 461

Goals and objectives

At the end of the course, students will have a foundation in...

Introductory class

• Locating yourself in health librarianship 2010
• LIBR534 2010 - Student Profiles
• Health sciences librarianship pathfinder

Modules

• Completed Modules I,II,III
• See Modules IV, V, VI ...

Assignments

• Three search assignments, value=60% (Modules 1-3)
  • Assignment #1 - Basic searching in medical databases (due February 1st)
  • Assignment #2 - Filtering (Due February 14th) and Marking rubric
  • Assignment #3 - Assimilate (Due March 15th) - Expert searching
• Term paper, value=30% (instructions) due: Friday, April 16th, 2010
  • See also paper/topic ideas
• Participation, value=10%