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Mondays are lab days, class meets in OUGL Collab 2 unless noted otherwise; these days are marked with an *. Wednesday and Friday classes meet in Mary Gates Hall rm. 228. unless noted otherwise.

Week	Topic	Readings	Assignments/Labs
Jan. 3	Introduction to the course: goals, syllabus, requirements Class newsgroup		Read and take the quiz on Ethical and Proper Use of Computer Accounts at UW Do the student survey Turn in copies of the syllabi of any history class you are taking this quarter. Send an introductory message to the class discussion list (info__220b1@u.washington.edu) giving your name, major, why taking the class, what you want to get from the class, career goals, hobbies, etc.
Jan. 5	Organization of the library Library tour	A Sense of History: Some Components Why Study History? The Too-Much-Information Age	Information Gateway exercise
*Jan. 8	Transcription 1		Transcriptions due in class Jan. 10
Jan. 10	Transcription 2		Transcription annotations due in class Jan. 17
Jan. 12	NO CLASS
Jan. 15	MLK HOLIDAY
Jan. 17	Introduction to databases and records Subject headings In-class exercise: Create a record
Jan. 19	Searching basics Searching the UW Libraries Catalog In-class exercise: Be a reference librarian
*Jan. 22	Searching catalog lab		UW Libraries Catalog Exercise I UW Libraries Catalog Exercise II UW Libraries Catalog Exercise III
Jan. 24	Topic formulation In-class exercise: Topic
Jan. 26	Meet in Collab 2, Undergrad Library Indexes -- Using databases to identify articles, book reviews and other material In-class exercise: What database is this		Search Strategy I Search Strategy II
*Jan. 29	Review of reviews assignment/lab		Search Strategy III AHCI exercise Review of review due Feb. 5
Jan. 31	NO CLASS
Feb. 2	NO CLASS
*Feb. 5	Scholarly communications Publication cycle	Humpty Dumpty of Scholarship: History Has Broken Into Pieces	Subscribe one of the discussion lists on H-Net for the duration of the quarter. A brief review of the H-Net list will be due Mar. 2
Feb. 7	Historiography In-class exercise: TOC shuffle	The Unpredictable Past: Reflections on Recent American Historiography Revising the Twentieth Century
Feb. 9	Introduction to primary sources In-class exercise: Primary sources	Traces and Storytelling What Happened in Rainier Grand's Lobby? A Question of Sources
*Feb. 12	Primary sources in the catalog	Tales from the Vault: Incest in the Archives
Feb. 14	Newspapers as primary sources - Glenda Pearson guest lecturer
Feb. 16	Meet in Government Publications, Basement Suzzallo Government documents and records as primary sources - Cass Harnett guest lecturer	Declassification Analysis
Feb. 19	PRESIDENT'S DAY HOLIDAY
Feb. 21	Meet in Petersen Room, 4th Floor Allen North Manuscripts and archives - Diana Shenk guest lecturer. (meet in Manuscripts conference room, basement Allen North)	Backlogs of history
Feb. 23	History on the web	Future of the Past: Academic and Popular History in the Age of the Internet
*Feb. 26	Searching the WWW
Feb. 28	Evaluating web sites (meet in OUGL Collab 2)	Truth, Lies and the Internet	Web site evaluation
Mar. 2	Creating a web site (meet in OUGL Collab 2)		H-Net Review Email Nancy and Theresa your final assignment choice. Final assignment due in class Mar. 9.
*Mar. 5	Meet in Allen Auditorium (lobby of Allen North) Adventures in research - Guests: Michael Reese and George Behlmer	Bicycles, Roman Toilets and Other Microscholarship
Mar. 7	Ethical issues of information: copyright, plagiarism, fair use
Mar. 9	Meet in Petersen Room, 4th Floor Allen North Course recap		Final assignment due March 12 Post-class survey Optional: Extra credit, due March 12

Illustration: "The Last Stand Made by the Federals at Manassas." Illustrated London News, 15 Nov. 1862. Courtesy of Civil War Images of Northern Virginia, George Mason University.