American Chemical Society
Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques
— August 1998 —
Attachments: Tips for Teaching: Teaching Aids
Major chemical information textbooks
- Maizell, Robert E. How to Find Chemical Information: A Guide for Practicing Chemists, Educators, and Students. 3rd ed. Wiley, NY, 1998.
- Mellon, M.G. Chemical Publications: Their Nature and Use. 5th ed. McGraw-Hill, NY, 1982.
- Wiggins, Gary. Chemical Information Sources. McGraw-Hill, NY, 1991.
- Wolman, Yecheskel. Chemical Information: A Practical Guide to Utilization. 2nd ed. Wiley, NY 1988.
- Chemical Education Resource Shelf: Literature of Chemistry
(Journal of Chemical Education)
Lists many of the above books and contains links to the publisher's web page
Major articles
- Carol Carr, “Teaching and using chemical information; an
updated bibliography”, J.Chem. Ed., 1993, v.70,
p.719-26.
A comprehensive list of articles, publications, and organizations (1998 update in progress) - “The Chemical Information Instructor”, quarterly column
in J.Chem.Ed., July 1991+. Editor, Arleen N. Somerville,
University of Rochester.
The articles offer practical help to chemical information instructors.
ACS/SLA Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materials
The Clearinghouse was initiated by the chemical information divisions of the American Chemical Society and the Special Libraries Association. The Clearinghouse collects and distributes items useful for instructing students and scientists about chemical information sources. Includes approximately 200 items.
Cost for print copies: $.10 per page.
List of available items via:
- Online at URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cciimnro.htm
- contacting:
Dr. Gary Wiggins
Chemistry Library
Chemistry Bldg. 003
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-9452
FAX: 812/855-6611
Internet: wiggins@ucs.indiana.edu
Internet courses on chemical information
- CICOURSE. Chemical Information Course via Internet. From Gary
Wiggins, Indiana University, Chemistry Library.
To subscribe, send message to: LISTSERV@IUBVM.INDIANA.EDU
Leave Subject line blank.
In message, type: SUB CICOURSE yourfirstname yourlastname
Updates will appear in your Internet mailbox.
Also available via World Wide Web at:
http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/400home.html - CIStudio — a Chemical Information Course. Joseph Warden, Colette
Holmes; which cover all aspects of teaching chemical information.
Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.
Available via WWW at:
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem/cheminfo/cistudio/index.html