American Chemical Society
Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques
— August 1998 —
Short Course: Examples
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, University of Pennsylvania, now 8 weeks (syllabus); started as a 2 week short course.
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 aware 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