American Chemical Society
Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques
— March 1996 —
“The Chemical Information Instructor” *
Quarterly Column in Journal of Chemical Education
- Abrash, Henry I. (California State University, Northridge) “A course in chemical information retrieval.” J. Chem. Ed., 1992, v.69, p.143- .
- Baysinger, Grace (Stanford University) “Identifying unknowns: library support in an undergraduate organic chemistry course.” J. Chem. Ed., 1995, v.72, p.1107-1111.
- Baysinger, Grace (Stanford University) “Instructional examples using Dictionary of Organic Compounds CD-ROM.” (Upcoming after Smith article.)
- Carr, Carol (University of Pennsylvania) “Teaching and using chemical information; an updated bibliography.” J. Chem. Ed., 1993, v.70, p.719-26.
- Cooke, Ron C. (California State University, Chico) “Undergraduate online chemistry literature searching: an open ended course segment approach.” J. Chem. Ed., 1994, v.71, p.867-71.
- Holmes, Collette and Warden, Joseph (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) “CIStudio — a Chemical Information.” Upcoming, approx. Spring 1996.
- Jenkins, Jerry A. (Otterbein College) “Undergraduate instruction in online searching of Chemical Abstracts.” J. Chem. Ed., 1992, c.69, p.639-643.
- O'Neill, Patricia and Elaine Goetz (Cornell University) “Electronic Users Group: a Forum for Experienced Searchers.” J. Chem. Ed., 1995, v.72, p.604-605.
- Penhale, Sara J. And Wilmer J. Stratton. (Earlham College) “Online searching assignments in a chemistry course for nonscience majors.” J. Chem. Ed., 1994, v.71. p.227-229.
- Smith, Allan (Drexel University) “Teaching citation searching.” (upcoming after Somerville article.)
- Somerville, Arlene N. (University of Rochester) “Information sources for organic chemistry, 1: Type of reaction and name reactions.” J. Chem. Ed., 1991, v.68, p.553-61.
- Somerville, Arlene N. “Information sources for organic chemistry, 2: Functional group chemistry.” J. Chem. Ed., 1991, v.68, p.842-53.
- Somerville, Arlene N. “Information sources for organic chemistry, 3: Reagents and Solvents. J. Chem. Ed., 1992, v.69, p.379-86.
- Somerville, Arlene N. “Subject search of Chemical Abstracts.” J. Chem. Ed., 1993, v.70, p.200-03.
- Somerville, Arlene N. “Teaching aides available for information instructors.” (upcoming after Holmes/Warden paper) J. Chem. Ed., 1995, v.72, p.324-26.
- Thompson, Patricia A., Jefrey J. Jenkins and Donald R. Buhler. (Oregon State University) “Teaching toxicology graduate students online data systems.” J. Chem. Ed., 1995, v.72, p.324-26.
- Wier, Larry M. (St. Boniventure University) “Chemical Abstracts: Switching from hard copy to electronic access.” J. Chem. Ed., 1994, v.71, p.578.
* Edited by Arlene N. Somerville, Carson Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0236. ansv@dbv.cc.rochester.edu. Phone: 716-275-4465; Fax: 716-473-1712. Suggestions for topics of future columns are welcome. Potential authors are encouraged to submit ideas to Editor.