Course:  2:00-2:50 MW   LSE206

Office hours:  10-10:50 MTWRF  (Other times by appointment)

This course is designed to cover the techniques used to search the chemical literature.  The course will be divided into two sections: a) In class/ out of class assignments and b) the individual project.
 

In class/ out of class assignments:	200 points
Project:	100 points
	300 total points

 
 

Assignments:
1	Sources of Chemical Information
2	Chemical Abstracts
3	Chemical Journals
	Chemical Journals Results
4	Reading the Journals
5	Inter-library Loan
6	Reference Materials
7	Spectral Reference Material
8	Internet Resources
9	Searching the Web
10	Chemical Citations

Final Project:  Each student will be given an area to search (example: inorganic polymers).  The student will prepare a bibliography of pertinant references with the authors, journal, volume, year, pages and title of the article/ book (minimum of 30 references).  A copy of this list is to be given to each class member.  A Power Point presentation over your search techniques will be presented, including an introduction of your search term (for instance, define an inorganic polymer, show examples, with references).  The presentation must be at least 30 minutes.
 
 

Name	Topic	Presentation date:
Nisana Andersen	metal dithiolene complexes	April 11, 2005
Jennifer Gil	metal thiophene complexes	April 13, 2005
Gayle Nichols	metal thiol complexes	April 18, 2005
Misty Thompson	metal polysulfide complexes	April 20, 2005
Jerrod Scarborough	metal sugar complexes	April 25, 2005

Revised 4/4/05