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Finding Melting Point Information for Organic Compounds

Fri, 2010-07-30 18:00 |  a.twissbrooks

Brief (one page) guide for beginning organic chemistry laboratory students on locating melting point data for common organic compounds.

Authors
Author: 
Twiss-Brooks, Andrea
Organization: 
University of Chicago Library
Learning Objectives: 
Familiarity with basic library resources for finding melting point data on common organic compounds
Audience: 
Bachelor (Basic)
Level of Expertise: 
Beginner
Date Document Created: 
Fri, 2010-04-02
Language(s): 
English
Tags: melting point, Background Reading, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Books, and Review Articles, Guides to Chemical Information Resources, How-to Guide

Finding Solubility Information for Organic Compounds

Fri, 2010-07-30 17:57 |  a.twissbrooks

Brief (one page) handout for beginning organic chemistry laboratory students on finding solubility of common organic compounds in standard solvents.

Authors
Author: 
Twiss-Brooks, Andrea
Organization: 
University of Chicago Library
Learning Objectives: 
Familiarity with basic library resources for finding solublity of common organic compounds in standard solvents
Audience: 
Bachelor (Basic)
Level of Expertise: 
Beginner
Date Document Created: 
Fri, 2010-04-02
Language(s): 
English
Tags: solubility, Background Reading, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Books, and Review Articles, Physical Property Searches, Guides to Chemical Information Resources, How-to Guide

Finding Optical Rotation Data for Organic Compounds

Fri, 2010-07-30 17:53 |  a.twissbrooks

Brief (one page) handout for beginning organic chemistry laboratory students on locating optical rotation data for common organic compounds.

Authors
Author: 
Twiss-Brooks, Andrea
Organization: 
University of Chicago Library
Learning Objectives: 
Familiarity with common library resources for optical rotation data
Audience: 
Bachelor (Basic)
Level of Expertise: 
Beginner
Date Document Created: 
Fri, 2010-04-02
Language(s): 
English
Tags: optical activity, optical rotation, specific rotation, Background Reading, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Books, and Review Articles, Physical Property Searches, Guides to Chemical Information Resources, How-to Guide

NIH Public Access Policy

Fri, 2010-03-05 02:04 |  a.twissbrooks

Brief summary of important information for authors of NIH-funded research articles. Includes an explanation of PMID and PMCID identifiers, criteria for submission to PubMedCentral, and links to useful sites related the NIH Public Access Policy law.

Authors
Author: 
Andrea Twiss-Brooks
Organization: 
University of Chicago Library
Learning Objectives: 
Be able to locate PMCID numbers
Learning Objectives: 
Understand criteria for submission to PubMedCentral
Audience: 
Faculty/Lecturer
Level of Expertise: 
Beginner
Date Document Created: 
Sat, 2009-08-01
Language(s): 
English
Other Types of Materials: 
-
Tags: NIH Public Access Policy, PubMedCentral, Scientific Literature and Scholarly Communication, Other

Zitieren

Thu, 2010-02-25 23:05 |  m.braendle

Discusses requirements, general rules, and regulations for successfully and correctly citing the scientific literature and especially the chemical literature. Provides further reading and examples of citations in ACS style for journal articles, books, and book chapters. Presents two examples for common literature reference management software. This presentation is a short part of a two-lesson course block about topic searching, citation databases, preparing and printing posters, and citing scientific literature in the lecture "Naturwissenschaften und Gesellschaft 3" (Science and Society 3).

Authors
Author: 
Brändle, Martin P. (Dr.); Zass, Engelbert (Dr.)
Organization: 
ETH Zürich
Learning Objectives: 
correct citing
Learning Objectives: 
knowing and applying citation regulations
Learning Objectives: 
knowing about literature reference management software
Audience: 
Bachelor (Advanced)
Level of Expertise: 
Beginner
Date Document Created: 
Thu, 2010-02-25
Language(s): 
German
Tags: citing, literature reference management, Information Management Tools, Scientific Literature and Scholarly Communication, Chemical/Scientific Literature, Information Management Tools, Course, Reference Managers, Style Guides, Free

Collection Evaluation Methods - Using JCR

Mon, 2009-08-10 12:48 |  i.fresen

Step-by-step instructions on how to move JCR data into Excel. Combined with local data such as online usage, information can be used to help assess the strengths and weaknesses of a journal collection.

Authors
Author: 
Baysinger, Grace
Organization: 
Stanford University
Learning Objectives: 
To understand steps for saving JCR search results and moving them into Excel for further analysis.
Audience: 
Librarian/Information Specialist
Level of Expertise: 
Intermediate
Date Document Created: 
Fri, 2005-07-01
Language(s): 
English
Tags: Bibliometrics, Collection Evaluation, Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Scientific Literature and Scholarly Communication, Publishing Issues, How-to Guide, Journals, Subscription Required

Collection Evaluation Methods - Using JCR (PDF Version)

Mon, 2009-08-10 12:32 |  i.fresen

Step-by-step instructions on how to move JCR data into Excel. Combined with local data such as online usage, information can be used to help assess the strengths and weaknesses of a journal collection.

Authors
Author: 
Baysinger, Grace
Organization: 
Stanford University
Learning Objectives: 
To understand steps for saving JCR search results and moving them into Excel for further analysis.
Audience: 
Librarian/Information Specialist
Level of Expertise: 
Intermediate
Date Document Created: 
Fri, 2005-07-01
Language(s): 
English
Tags: Bibliometrics, Collection Evaluation, Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Scientific Literature and Scholarly Communication, Publishing Issues, How-to Guide, Subscription Required

Combined Search Engines Prototypes - Promotional Flyer (PDF Version)

Mon, 2009-08-10 12:27 |  i.fresen

One page handout to promote three instances of federated search prototypes: "top 10 databases," all library catalogs at Stanford, and locally digitized collections. Access to "top 10 databases" limited to current students, faculty, and staff at Stanford University.

Authors
Author: 
Baysinger, Grace
Organization: 
Stanford University
Learning Objectives: 
To introduce users to search services that let them search multiple databases at one time.
Audience: 
Bachelor (Basic)
Audience: 
Bachelor (Advanced)
Audience: 
Faculty/Lecturer
Level of Expertise: 
Beginner
Date Document Created: 
Tue, 2008-07-01
Language(s): 
English
Other Types of Materials: 
-
Tags: Federated Searching, Library Resources and Services, Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary, Other, Abstract and Index, Free

Library Guide for Chemistry Graduate

Mon, 2009-08-10 12:22 |  i.fresen

Short introduction to library resources and services at the University of Chicago for first year graduate students in chemistry.

Authors
Author: 
Twiss-Brooks, Andrea
Organization: 
University of Chicago Library
Learning Objectives: 
Readers will have basic knowledge of access, circulation, reference and other library services, as well as be able to access core chemistry resources from the library web page
Audience: 
Doctoral
Level of Expertise: 
Beginner
Date Document Created: 
Sat, 2007-09-01
Language(s): 
English
Tags: borrowing, interlibrary loan, library services, photocopying, Library Resources and Services, Subject/Research Guide, Free

Guide to Selected Physical Chemistry Resources for Chemists at Stanford (PDF Version)

Mon, 2009-08-10 11:40 |  i.fresen

In-depth subject guide to library resources for physical chemists.

Authors
Author: 
Baysinger, Grace
Organization: 
Stanford University
Learning Objectives: 
To help familiarize users with key resources and tools that are available for physical chemistry.
Audience: 
Bachelor (Basic)
Audience: 
Bachelor (Advanced)
Audience: 
Faculty/Lecturer
Audience: 
Librarian/Information Specialist
Level of Expertise: 
Intermediate
Date Document Created: 
Thu, 2008-05-01
Language(s): 
English
Tags: INSPEC, OPPIE beta from LANL, Scitopia, Library Resources and Services, Background Reading, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Books, and Review Articles, Scientific Literature and Scholarly Communication, Chemical Nomenclature, Finding Journal Articles and Patents, Guides to Chemical Information Resources, SciFinder, Web of Science, Subject/Research Guide, Abstract and Index, Books, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias/Treatises, Handbooks, Journals, Library Catalogs, Reviews, Serials, Free

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