Beyond GoogleŽ: Goals for chemical information instruction in the electronic age

CHED 143

Adrienne W. Kozlowski, kozlowskia@ccsu.edu, Department of Chemistry, Central Connecticut State University, 194 Blake Road, New Britain, CT 06053 and F. Bartow Culp, bculp@purdue.edu, Mellon Library of Chemistry, Purdue University, 504 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058.
Many students believe they can meet all their information needs surfing the Web, and that printed resources are no longer relevant. It is important to teach students at all levels how to find reliable data with a reasonable expenditure of time and money. Electronic resources make the process speedy, but to make it efficient and precise, good search skills ane necessary. Students need to know data bases, their content and policies, and to practice developing good search strategies. Each course should include an information component so students may develop expertise in information retrieval and evaluation.
 

Chemical Information and Chemical Information Education in the Electronic Age
8:30 AM-11:30 AM, Monday, 11 September 2006 San Francisco Marriott -- Salon 11, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006