Online Project for Horticulture

Purpose To demonstrate proficiency in using the Internet to search for quality resources to apply to specific information problems related to horticulture.

To complete this project, you can use computers in the Computer Technology Center (Building 1400). Call first to check for hours -- 477-5285. Lab computers have Word, Excel, and offer access to the Internet.

If you are totally unfamiliar with the basics of using the Internet, you might want to explore resources offered on the Internet and Library Instruction page. Librarians in the Library can also offer assistance to the unitiated.

Two ways to do this project.

1) You can print out this project and fill in your responses in ink. If taking this option, put your name here:

name______________________ date_______________

OR

2) If you are working at a computer that has simultaneous access to the Internet and to word processing, you can open a word processing document, put your name at the top and date it, and type Optional Project for Horticulture. Label each Activity as you type up your responses.

Activity 1

You work for a landscape contractor in this area. Your office has a new manager who just recently moved here from out of state. He wants to get familiar ASAP with speciality plants in this area, such as the Ben Lomond spineflower. He leaves you a note: "Please find me a good Web site for Santa Cruz plants, with pictures. Thnx."

YOUR SOLUTION
1.Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage. The URL (Uniform Resource Locator -- Internet address) is http://libwww.cabrillo.edu
Don't know how to do this? To open a new URL, highlight the current URL at the top of your screen (where it says Go To, or Net Address, or Location) and type in the new URL. If you are at one of the Information Workstations in the library, click on HOME towards the top of the screen to get to the Library homepage.
2.Click on Internet Links
3.Click on Horticulture
4.Click on California Plants & Habitats (listed under Specific Aspects)

What is the URL for this site?__________________________

Spend some time getting acquainted with this database. How do you search it? What limits can you apply? Once you've become familiar with it, do a search for plants in Santa Cruz County.

How many results did you get? ______________

Besides the Ben Lomond spineflower, what other plants do you think your manager would want to know about? Are any of them considered endangered?

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If you are using word processing software, you might want to copy and past an image of some of the plants into the document you are creating; be sure to label the images, and give credit to the Web site from which you copied them.

Activity 2

Your boss is interested in possibly going to the next Western Nursery and Garden Expo conference. Where and when is it going to be? "Check hortworld & let me know," she says on her way out.

YOUR SOLUTION
Many people know their favorite Web sites by their domain names. But, the domain name is not the whole address. Most Web addresses begin with http://www [http:// tells your brower to use hypertext transfer protocol; www stands for World Wide Web]. You guess that it's a commercial site she's referred to, so you add .com to the domain name. The complete URL you've constructed from her cryptic comment is http://www.hortworld.com. Open that URL. Explore the Web site and the information it offers. Notice that there is a Calendar link (over on right); click on that. To see where the Western Nursery and Garden Expo conference is mentioned on the Web page, use the Find command (Ctrl +F).

Where and when is the next conference?____________________

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Anything about the forthcoming conference you think your boss would be particularly interested in?

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Activity 3

A friend has told you that she saw a great little article in Natural History magazine about the Butterfly Valley Botanical Area in California. You'd like to read it.

YOUR SOLUTION

1. From the Cabrillo College Library homepage, select Fulltext Articles [If you are accessing these resources for off-campus, your library card number is your user ID.]

2. Click on Magazine & Journal Articles (EBSCOhost). Next, click on EBSCOhost Web

3. Once you are connected to the database, search for your article using keywords such as "butterfly valley" You could also try limiting the search to fulltext. Since your friend remembers that it was published in Natural History, you could also use the name of the magazine as a filter.

Title of the article:______________________________________

Print out at least one page of the article and attach it to this project.

Turn in your project (these pages printed out, with your responses and fulltext article attached, or your word processed document with fulltext article attached) to your WE Instructor and a copy to Leslie Read according to the time line specified in your learning objectives.

If you have questions or need additional information, contact Leslie Read, the CWEE Coordinator, or the CWEE Office in 2100B, lower campus. Office hours are Mon. through Thurs. 1 - 4 pm. The office phone is 831.477.5650.