Resources for Chem360 Instrumental Analysis

These resources were prepared and selected by Deb Peoples, Chemistry Department Librarian Liaison, to support the Chem360 course exercises.
 

Preparing the Annotated Bibliography
This guide describes the Annotated Bibliography style used in this course and provides examples for its preparation

Citing Sources - ACS Style
This guide briefly describes the citation style used by chemists and provides links to further resources about the style.

On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research
On Being a Scientist is a short work describing some of the ethical issues facing scientists in the practice of science.  Sections include:

Experimental Techniques and the Treatment of Data
The Allocation of Credit
Authorship Practices
Misconduct in Science 

Scholarly Communication in Chemistry
Lecture notes from the class session on 8/27/02.  Topics covered included scholarly communication in chemistry and searching the chemical literature with SciFinder Scholar.  A list of sources is included referencing specific readings.

Guidelines for Oral Presentations  
This guide describes the process of preparing and delivering oral presentations.  Guidelines for preparing visual aids and handouts are included.  The role of the audience
is also discussed. 
 

Chemistry 360 Instrumental Analysis is a faculty/librarian collaboration for course enhancement with principles of Information Literacy.  Support for this project was provided by the Five Colleges of Ohio Mellon Grant for Information Literacy.