Chemical Information Class

• Syllabi for the Four Sections

• Course Requirements

• Links to Weekly Assignments

• Weekly Handouts
• Term Project Specification Sheet
• Library Catalog
  • Catalog Searching Tips
  • Top Ten Searching Errors

• ISI Citation Indexes
  • Key to the Cited reference lookup index
  • Related Records Example

• Patents
  Sections of a Patent
  Information in a Patent
  Introduction to Patent searching tutorial
  Link to Patent searching tutorial

• Chemical Abstracts - Print

• Chemical Abstracts - Online
  Keyword Searching in Chemical Abstracts
  Substructure Searching

• Help with the Paper Chase
  • Types of Literature
    Do you need a book, a handbook, or a database?

  • Choosing a database
  • Database Comparison Table

  • Locating Electronic Journals

  • Types of References
    Is it a book, a journal or what?
  • When the Reference is Wrong
    A checklist of strategies to try

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