American Chemical Society
Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques
— June 1997 —
Short Courses
Sessions aimed at updating research groups (advanced undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, etc.) on information sources relevant to their group.
Example: Short course for graduate students, e.g. University of Pennsylvania. 2 weeks. Aimed especially at graduate students just completing first year.
Objectives: This course aims to provide students with basic chemical information skills. Students will:
- learn to distinguish the various types of chemical information sources and to choose the appropriate sources to solve specific chemical information problems
- become acquainted with the major print and electronic sources of chemical information, such as Chemical Abstracts, Beilstein, Gmelin, dictionaries, handbooks, and comprehensive treatises.
- become award of the variety of electronic resources and information retrieval techniques
- learn the basics of searching Chemical Abstracts on STN
- learn to use Science Citation Index
- explore the Internet for chemistry-related sources