Chemical Literature: A Course Composed of Traditional and Online Searching Techniques

Fred J. Matthews
Department of Chemistry, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044
J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74 (8), p 1011
DOI: 10.1021/ed074p1011
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1997

Abstract

This paper describes a one-semester undergraduate chemical literature course that incorporates both traditional and online searching techniques. The discussion covers course enrollment and organization, lecture topics, and the associated library exercises, and a correlation table of lecture topics and library exercises is included in the paper.

Keywords (Audience):

Second-Year Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Chemoinformatics

Keywords (Feature):

Chemical Information Instructor

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Computer-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Learning Theories

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