CHEM396 - Chemical Information

From the Course Catalog:

1 hour credit, first semester, first module [seven weeks].

Finding chemical information with printed and electronic indexes and reference materials. Online searching of Chemical Abstracts [using SciFinder Scholar]. Assessing the information obtained. Presenting chemical information using equation-editing and chemical-structure software.

Prerequisites: C- or better in CHEM 205 [Organic Chemistry] and in one other core chemistry course.

Notes: Junior majors are encouraged to enroll. Credit/No Entry or Pass/No Pass grading. Enrollment limit: 20.

Instructors: Alison Ricker, Science Librarian, and Robert Thompson, Professor of Chemistry.

Course documents:

• Syllabus (PDF, 96 KB)
• Chemical Compounds for Study (PDF, 29 KB)
• Topics for Investigation (PDF, 40 KB)
• Reference Books for Class Session 1 (Microsoft Word document, 24 KB)
• ChemDraw In-class Exercise (PDF, 79 KB)
• ChemDraw Lesson (PDF, 113 KB)
• Equation Editor in Word In-class Exercise (PDF, 142 KB)
• InClass Practice 1 SciFinder Scholar: Explore by Author, Topic (PDF, 76 KB)
• InClass Practice 2 SciFinder Scholar: Structures, Reactions (PDF 101 KB)
• Presentation Tips (PDF, 60 KB)
• Problem Set 1: ChemDraw, MS Word and Print Sources (PDF, 341 KB)
• Problem Set 2: Library Catalogs and Multidiscipline Databases (PDF, 63 KB)
• Problem Set 3: Journal Article Databases, general and multidiscipline (PDF, 74 KB)
• Problem Set 4: SciFinder Scholar: Explore by Author, Topic, Substance Name (PDF, 47 KB)
• Problem Set 5: SciFinder Scholar: Structures (PDF, 119 KB)
• CHEM396 PowerPoint presentation given at the LOEX 2005 Conference

Additional Resources listed in Blackboard for CHEM396:

• American Chemical Society journal archives: Search page for all ACS journals (excluding Chemical & Engineering News and Journal of Chemical Education)
• Chemistry Resources on the Web: A select, brief list, including major print reference tools in the science library as well as some key Web resources for chemistry.
• OhioLINK Central Catalog: Shared catalog for all OhioLINK libraries (80+ institutions)
• SciFinder Scholar Resources: Read the information for each "Explore" option, linked from the left panel.

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