Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques

— March 1998 —

Indiana University: Chemistry 400: Chemical Information Sources and Services (Section 1779)

Indiana University Department of Chemistry
Fall 1995, Mondays, 5:45-6:35 p.m.
Lecture: Chem Bldg. 033;
Laboratory: CH006

Updated: 28 December 1995

In the schedule below, chapter numbers from the reserve textbook Chemical Information Sources (CIS) are indicated in column 2. The numbers are hyperlinked to the relevant C400 lecture summaries at http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/400lecnt.html. Lesson titles below in this schedule are hyperlinked to corresponding sections of the classified arrangement of Internet chemistry sources in “Chemical Information Sources from Indiana University: CIS-IU” at http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html.

Readings in the reserve text Information Sources in Chemistry (ISIC) are indicated as ISIC-1, ISIC-2, etc., and readings in the required text Using CAS Databases on STN (CAS) are indicated as CAS-1, CAS-2, etc., following the lesson titles. Everyone should at least scan all of the CIS text and pay close attention to any CAS chapters that are assigned. The CAS chapters are also hyperlinked at the appropriate place in the schedule. Readings in ISIC are optional for undergraduates, as are the supplemental readings listed in the hyperlinks at some of the lessons.

Grace Baysinger, Head Librarian and Bibliographer
Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library, Stanford University Libraries
graceb@stanford.edu