Notice: Teaching Assistant Midterm Evaluation

Please go to http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/TAEval/survey.cfm and complete an evaluation for each Teaching Assistant you have this semester. The midterm process provides the Teaching Assistants with feedback about their teaching skills, methods, and approaches.

The survey is active from Monday, October 10, 2005 through Friday, October 28, 2005.

Notice: Discussion Class on October 19

The discussion class on October 19 will be held in Phillips Hall 213.

Course Description

This course looks at the methods used to search for and discover information in digital libraries and Web information systems. Methods that are covered include techniques for searching, browsing and filtering information, descriptive metadata, the use of classification systems and thesauruses, and web search systems.

Basic Information

The Teaching Assistants do not have scheduled office hours but are available to help you by email. 

Please send all message about the course to: cs430-l@lists.cs.cornell.edu.  Messages to this addresses are forwarded to the Instructor and the Teaching Assistants.

Notices and Syllabus

Urgent notices about the course are posted on the home page of this web site.  Check the page regularly for current information.

The course syllabus is posted on the Syllabus page of this web site.  It has the schedule of lectures, discussion classes, assignments and examinations.  Note that the syllabus is subject to change as the course progresses.

Discussion Classes

The discussion classes on Wednesday evenings are a central part of the course. Each class is based on a paper to be read or a computing task to be carried out in advance of the class.

The grades for the discussion classes allow everybody to miss up to two classes, but the material in the readings will be covered in the examinations.

Assumed Background

Computing Laboratory

Assignments and Grading

The course grade will be based on course assignments, participation in the discussion classes, and the examinations (mid-term and final).  The weightings given to these components are expected to be as follows, but these weightings may be changed:

All assignments are individual assignments, but you are encouraged to discuss the readings and the course concepts with your colleagues. To understand when collaboration is appropriate read the web page on Academic Integrity and understand how it applies to this course.