Lab Sheet (January 20, 1999)

Date: Jan 20, 1999 || Your Name:____________________________

Resource Skills Lab Sheet #3 (Geog. 207, Winter '99):

Demonstration of Library, Internet & Research Skills

(http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/207/99/lab3.html)

ASK FOR HELP WHENEVER NEEDED!!

Make a copy for your own Notebook before you submit this Lab Sheet.

A. Some Basic HTML (Have the Time of My Life) Code:

CHECK

(1) Have you already created your "review" file with the complete reference (author, title, publication, date, location) to the document which you are reviewing for Thursday? If not, please do so now. (1)

(2) Would you like to present your Document Review in HTML on your Webpage? YES | I WILL DO IT LATER | NOT SURE (2)

(2a)If so, or you are not sure, have a look at this self-explanatory template and its source code (via "View" and "Source"), and, if you wish, copy and paste it into your 207 subdirectory as a file called "review.html" (2a)

(3)Whether or not you feel ready for your Review in HTML, we want to introduce some very simple code (see HTML Handout). How do you create new line breaks, paragraphs and spaces between paragraphs in HTML code?
.
(3)

(4) How do you create differently sized fonts in HTML code?
.
(4)

(5)How do you bold, underline or italicize words in HTML code?
.
(5)

(6) How do you center your topic or title in HTML?
.
(6)

(7) Identify another HTML code of your choice
.
(7)

(8) Which section in the "Electronic Survival Guide" (/~krumme/esurvival.html) might be most helpful for you at this time (January 20)?
. (8)

B. Library & Internet Data Bases

The objective of the following searches is to try to convince you that you may find important leads, insights and fresh perspectives for your field of interest not only from sources which are dealing with your field directly, but possibly also from seemingly unrelated sources which deal with issues, types of analysis and theoretical explanations which, upon deeper contemplation, may be related to your field and possibly help you deal with your issues. Do consider to include the use of the Library Information Gateway in your search process.

(1) Find (at least) two new references which deal with your area of interest within Economic Geography fairly directly and unambiguously. \| Titles: . .	(1)
(2) Find a reference which deals with an economic activity, facet or issue which is close to your interest without being concerned with the same geographic context with which you have so far associated your field of interest: \| Title: . .	(2)
(3) Find a reference which, in terms of conceptual (e.g. consulting) approach and/or research methods comes as close to your problem as possible without dealing exactly with the same economic activity, facet or issue. \| Title: . .	(3)
(4) Send these references to your E-mail account for future use!	(4)

C. Final Communication: Please Give Us Your Feedback!

(1) Click here and contribute your comments: (How useful do you find the 207-Membership List? Have you found already classmates with similar or related interests? Would you appreciate additional times during the week when computers and help are made available to you? How useful has been the 207 Glossary? etc. (If you wish to receive "participation credit" for this part of the Lab, you need to identify yourself by name)

(1)