Your Name: ______________________________
This Lab Exercise relates to the need for resources and access to such resources in support of a wide range of topics covered by Geog.207 and your projects. However, it also recognizes that the study of information activities and processes is well within the realm of our interests in Economic & Business Geography, i.e. an area of concern and a genuine focus in its own right. Have your accomplishments checked off by one of our "helping hands"; then submit form to Krumme at the end of this Lab (or make arrangement for submission on Wednesday)
A. E-Mail Communication Skills |
CHECK |
| (1) Have you sent your first E-mail message by 12:30 today: YES | NO (circle) | (1) |
| (2) Save this, your first 207 message, into a new Geog207 folder | (2) |
| (1) Find the Geog 207 cover page in Netscape. (a) Take a "Bookmark" for this page to make things easier for the rest of the day. (b) Now click on: "How to succeed". Which suggestion do you find most useful in this guide or any of the linked guides? | (1a) |
| Response: | (1b) |
| (1c) For convenience, open a second Netscape window. Click FILE on menu bar, select NEW WEB BROWSER, then use your Bookmark to open the '207 cover page', go to the 'agenda for week 2' and click on "Skills Check-Off List". You now can use the "hyperlinks" in this form if you like. | (1c) |
| (2) Back-up to the 207 Cover Page. Which "Resource List" under "Seed References" might you consult for your project? | |
| Response: | (2) |
| (3) Which section in the "Electronic Survival Guide" might be most helpful for you at this time? (http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/esurvival.html) | |
| Response: | (3) |
| (1) Find the 207 Reserve Book List in the UW Libraries Catalog and identify the title most likely able to help you with your "concentration". | |
| Title: | (1) |
| (2) Run a search each in the library data bases "Business Index" and "Expanded Academic Index" using the same key word(s) related to your concentration interests. | |
| (a) Keyword(s) used: | (2a) |
| (b) Number of references produced by Business Index: | (b) |
| (c) Number of references produced by Expanded Academic Index: | (c) |
| (d) Which index looks more useful to you? | (d) |
| (e) Name one reference: | (e) |
| (f) Send the most useful looking references to your E-mail account for future use! | (f) |
| (3) Find an article relevant to Econ Geog in today's Washington Post (UWIN) | |
| Article: | (3) |
| (1) There are now many "search engines" available to facilitate Web-based searches. "Metacrawler" (developed on this Campus) is one of the more useful ones since it is "secondary" and makes use of a number of other (primary) search engines. Use "Metacrawler" for the keyword "Location Quotient" (as a "phrase", use "comprehensive search") | (1) |
| (a) It is useful to find out which primary search engine works best for you and your particular research interests. Thus, take note of the primary Search Engine which provides the most returns: | (a) |
| (b) Find an actual (already calculated) Location Quotient: | (b) |
| (c) Give some details about this L.Q.: | (c) |
| (d) URL for this site: | (d) |
| (e) Conduct a search of your choice; Keyword(s): | (e) |
| (f) Search Engine with Most Returns: | (f) |
| (1) Click here and contribute your comments and Lab-related suggestions. | (1) |
| (2) Well done! Have your "helper" give you a slap on the back. Congratulations! Ask about the next Lab Sheet (Just kidding!) | (2) |
January 1997; Return to: Agenda for Second Week || Geography 207 [econgeog@u.washington.edu]