Library credit classes (LRC102, LRC103 & LRC104)
LRC 102 — Information Strategies: Managing the Revolution
- 3 credit Liberal Arts elective - Transferable
- Learn how to use libraries
- Find needed information
- Save time doing research
- Gain a competitive edge
Prerequisites: ENG 099 and CSE 099. Corequisite: MAT 096.
LRC 103 — Internet Research Strategies
Is the Internet too much for you? When you do research, do you feel like you work for the Internet?
Why not put the Internet to work for you!
LRC 103: Internet Research Strategies is a one-credit course designed to familiarize students with:
- Information concepts
- Boolean logic and search syntax
- Invisible Web
- Databases and Web Directories
- Search engines, like Google and MSN
- Evaluating information
- Citation formats
- Annotation techniques
Interested? The Pre/Corequisites are CSE099 and ENG099.
LRC 104 — Information in a Globalizing World
This is a two-credit, Liberal Arts elective that examines how information is produced, used, and controlled in our increasingly global, knowledge-based world. The course will address the issues that underlie such questions as:
- What is an information/knowledge society?
- How do views about information differ around the world?
- Do governments have the right to restrict access to information?
- What factors determine who the information rich and the information poor are?
For more information, contact: Prof. Charles Keyes at 718-482-5476 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or the Library Reference Desk at 718-482-5425 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)