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Teaching Chemical Information (June 1997)
Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques
— June 1997 —
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Why Teach Chemical Information?
Where to Teach in Curricula
What to teach?
Ideal Chemical Information Curriculum
Tailoring Presentation to Your Audience
(external site)
Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
(external site)
Print Versus Electronic
Strategies and Tactics for the Searcher
(external site)
Copyright
Ways to teach
How to Start
Types of Presentations
Integrated In-class Presentation
Advantages, Disadvantages, Considerations
(external site)
Summary Survey Results
Examples
Organic Course
Selected Resources in Organic Chemistry
Basic Handbooks
(external site)
Dictionary of Organic Compounds
Organic Synthesis
(external site)
Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry
Why Teach?
Description of Beilstein
(external site)
Structure and Reaction Searching
Chemical Substance Searching Awareness
Structure Search Retrieval: Review & Comparison
Structure Search Strategy Overview: Review
Search Question
Sample Search
Finding Preparations
Reaction searching — awareness
CASREACT
Searching by CAS Registry Numbers, Functional Groups & Heterocyclic Rings
Integration into a Sophomore Organic Chemistry Course
Inorganic Course
(external site)
Analytical Course
(external site)
Online Class Demonstrations
Workshop
Advantages, Disadvantages, and Considerations
Short Course
Advantages/disadvantages/considerations
Examples
Indepth Course
Advantages, disadvantages, and considerations
(external site)
Examples
Brigham Young University: Chemistry 391
Connecticut State University: Chemistry 435
Patents
Beilstein and Gmelin
Drexel University: Chemistry 767
Questionnaire
Assignments
Final Exam Answer Key
The Electronic Chemistry Library
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Indiana University: Chemistry 400
Assignment 3
Pennsylvania State University: Chemistry 400
University of California at Santa Barbara: Chemistry 184/284
(external site)
University of Pennsylvania: Exercises
University of Scranton
Chemistry 390
Chemistry 313
Report Sheet: The Williamson Synthesis
Willamson Ethers
Preliminary Report: The Grignard Synthesis
Library Assignment
Chemistry 388
Independent Study
Advantages/disadvantages/considerations
Examples:
CAS Tutorials
Barriers to Teaching Information and Possible Fixes
Core Resources in Chemistry
Primary Literature
Journals
Introduction
Patents
Why Teach?
About Patents
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Patent Resources (external site)
Technical Reports
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Conferences
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Dissertations
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Secondary Literature
Data Collections
Handbooks, Encyclopedias, and Treatises
(external site)
Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry
Spectra
Steps to Identifying Compounds from Spectra
Major Spectra Sources
Abstracts and Indexes
Overview
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Bibliographic and Citation Databases
Chemical Abstracts: Basic
Introduction
CA Flow Chart
Sources for Prepared Index Names
Hill System Order
Hill Order Practice
Illustrative Key to General Subject Index
CA Index Guide
Appendix I
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Chemical Abstracts: Indepth
CAS Online
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Science Citation Index
Why Teach?
Description of Science Citation Index
Practice Questions
Important Abstracts and Indexes in Science and Engineering
(external site)
Structure and Reaction Databases
Academic Plans for Online Databases
Comparison of Database Vendors’ Academic or Instructional Programs
Internet Teaching
Electronic Publications
(external site)
Major Internet Sources
Attachments
Tips for teaching
Sources for practice questions
Teaching aids
List of major chemical information textbooks
Incl. articles from “The Chemical Information Instructor”
Database Producers and Vendors
ACS Committee on Professional Training Guidelines
CPT Journal List for Undergraduate Program
Members of the ACS Division of Chemical Information’s Education Committee
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