Submitted by Meris / James Madison University on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 09:44
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Categories
Prerequisites
No Prerequisites
Corequisites
No Corequisites
Course Level
First year
Second year
Upper Division/Graduate
Topics Covered
Chemical literature
Physical properties
Professional skills development
Subdiscipline
Professional Practices, Skills, and Resources
Description

To allow students to become familiar with the structure of chemical literature and provide them with an understanding of several types of basic handbooks.

Attachment Size
Handbooksinclassv.doc 31 KB
Learning Goals

A student should be able to identify major handbooks within the field of chemistry.

The student should be able to navigate the information found in those handbooks.

Equipment needs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRC (*CRC) CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry 84th Edition

CSU Chem Sources – USA 2004 Edition

Hawley Hawley’s Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition

HROS (*e-EROS) Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis Volumes 1-9
KO Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Tech. 5th Edition

Lange Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry 16th Edition

Merck (*Merck) Merck Index 13th Edition

Implementation Notes

Encourage students to "sell" the handbooks as though they were hosting an infomercial. This really helped the students think about what information would be important to highlight.

Time Required
50 min (25 for them to get to know the book, 25 for the groups to share)

Evaluation

Evaluation Methods

They then had a homework assignment using these specific titles.

Evaluation Results

Students loved this assignment in class. It helped them understand when to use the handbooks and which handbook to check first.

Creative Commons License
Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike CC BY-NC-SA
Donald Linn / Indiana U Purdue U Fort Wayne

 I like the fact that introduces students to library materials without so much sleuthing, which can be time consuming on their behalf.

Donald Linn

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