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Monday and Wednesday classes meet in the Suzzallo B069 located in the basement of Suzzallo-Allen Library, unless noted otherwise. Fridays are lab days, class meets in Suzzallo 102B unless noted otherwise; these days are marked with an *. Readings and assignments are listed under the date they are due.

Week	Topic	Readings	Assignments/Exercises
March 28	Introduction to the course Orientation to library
March 30	Introduction to databases & records Search basics	The Universe is Expanding Libraries and the anxiety of order The Shrine of Nonlinear Reading Who Loves you like a library
*April 1	Searching lab		In class: Catalog 1 In class: Catalog 2 In class: Search Statement 1
April 4	Time out Monday: World War I
April 6	Historical sources I	Where have all the footnotes gone? Credit & Acknowledgement Bicycles, Roman Toilets and Other Microscholarship Out of the Ordinary Dancing with Professors
*April 8	Character distribution Searching lab		In class: Searching 1 In class: AHL & HA Day in the life assignment due
April 11	Historical Sources II Introduction to group project	Nature and Variety of Historical Sources Primary Sources: Handle with Care Historical Sources
April 13	Newspapers & magazines as historical sources Finding newspaper & magazine articles.	Realities of War	My hometown newspaper due
*April 15	Searching lab		In class: Reader's Guide Retrospective
April 18	Printed bibliographies & indexes
April 20	Using the web for historical research
April 22	Meet in Room B069 Poster lab		Individual bibliographies due
April 25	Poster presentations		Group posters & pathfinders due
April 27	Midterm
*April 29	Portfolio introduction		In class: Searching character 1 In class: Searching character 2 In class: Searching character 3
May 2	Meet in Allen Auditorium Time out Monday: World War I
May 4	Diaries, letters & memoirs as historical sources	Making Sense of Letters & Diaries
*May 6	Searching lab -- Bring 1-2 relevant secondary sources		In class: Searching character 4
May 9	Meet in Suz 102B Individual Consultations
May 11	Images as historical sources	Making Sense of Documentary Photography
*May 13	Open lab
May 16	Event 2 Goverment Publications as historical sources		Portfolio 1 due
May 18	Using manuscript collections
*May 20	Searching lab
May 23	Time out Monday: World War I
May 25	Other types of historical sources	On Using Oral History Collections Making Sense of Oral History
*May 27	Evaluation Day
May 31	HOLIDAY!
June 1	Portfolio presentations
*June 3	Portfolio presentations		Portfolio 2 due Your obituary due via email by midnight June 6