Research Guides: Finding and Managing Scientific Information and Research Data: CHEM 177

General Information

Assignment

Assignment is due by 11:59 PM on Friday, September 20, 2019. Password to access it will be provided by the instructor.

University of Maryland Libraries

STEM Library

How to connect to library resources from off-campus

Instructions

CHEM 177 Handout
Includes links to resources covered in class.
Writing a scientific paper_PP
PP presentation shown in class

Instructional materials page
Writing a scientific paper_Handout
This document provides general instructions on writing a scientific paper.
How to prepare a lab report
Resources for scientific writing
Baykoucheva, S. (2015). Ethics in scientific publishing. In S. Baykoucheva (Ed.), Managing Scientific Information and Research Data (pp. 19-28): Chandos Publishing (Imprint of Elsevier).

Finding literature and properties of chemical compounds

Google Scholar
An interdisciplinary resource for finding scientific literature.
PubMed
Free resource for finding literature in the life sciences and the biomedical field. Covers extensively also the chemical literature.

DuckDuckGo
A very good search engine for science and other topics. Retrieves more relevant and specific results than Google.
PubChem
Free resource for finding properties of chemical compounds.

Merck index
A reference work for finding information on chemicals, drugs, and biologicals.

Additional Information

The article listed below provides more information about important chemistry resources and the strategies used to search the databases. Click on "Supporting Information" to see the details of the instruction.

Baykoucheva, S., Houck, J. D., & White, N. (2015). Integration of EndNote Online in information literacy instruction designed for small and large chemistry courses. Journal of Chemical Education, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1025b00515.