Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques

— August 1998 —

Attachments: Tips for Teaching: Sources for Practice Questions

Cooke, R.C. Online Searching Curriculum for Chemistry - Dialog's Classroom Instruction Program for Chemical Education.: Dialog Information Service, 1993.
Available from Dialog's Classroom Instruction Office, Alexandria, VA 703/908-2388.
Using CAS Databases on STN. CAS Academic Instruction Program. Chemical Abstracts Service, 1994.: Print and on WWW
Using the CAS Registry File on STN. CAS Academic Instruction Program. CAS, 1996.: Print and on WWW
Searching STN: The Basics Chemical Abstracts Service, 1990.: (Out-of-Print) but a version is available on the Web
ACS/SLA Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instruction Materials. Indiana University, Chemistry Library.: Available from Gary Wiggins at Chemistry Library or via WWW
CICOURSE. Chemical Information Course via Internet. From Gary Wiggins, Indiana University, Chemistry Library.: Available via WWW
Wiggins, Chemical Information Sources. McGraw-Hill, NY, 1991.
Wolman, Chemical Information: A Practical Guide to Utilization. 2nd ed. Wiley, NY, 1988.
Mellon, Chemical Publications: Their Nature and Use. 5th ed. McGraw- Hill, NY, 1982.
The Chemical Information Instructor, quarterly column in J.Chem.Ed., July 1991+: See especially articles by Abrash, Jenkins, Somerville.