Chem-055 General Chemistry for Majors
Writing on a Chemistry Topic
I. Environmental Scan – Where to Look for Articles
Library Home Page
Databases (aka Research Advisor)
Chemistry
Subject Guide – Chemistry
Google Scholar
Covers all disciplines
Some quality selection, basis unknown
Links to full text sometimes work, sometimes don’t
Web of Science
All science disciplines
All high quality journals
Added feature: Citation searching
Some links to full text
American Chemical Society and Royal Society of Chemistry
Chemistry, all aspects
All high quality journals
Small set of journals, one publisher only
All articles available online
II. Hunting and Gathering – How to Search for and Find Articles
A. Hunting - Searching tips
Understand what the site is searching
What fields of study? Many journals or few? Quality of journals?
If too few results, try other search terms,or use a broader aspect of the topic
If too many results, find and use the advanced search options
B. Current Technology – Internet search engines
Google Scholar Advanced Search
C. Legacy Systems – Pre-Google databases
Web of Science
D. Gathering - Locating articles if the links don't work
Use Journal Finder (essential f you are off campus)
Can’t find it page
Need complete (unabbreviated) journal title
Often found at Chemical Abstracts Document Detective Service
III. Synthesis – Putting It All Together
IV. Reporting Out – Writing the Paper
Citing sources
Doing Honest Work in College by Charles Lipson
How to cite your sources
The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors
Science Reference QD 8.5 .A25 1997
(Not available online)
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