Building An Integrated Information Literacy Program In Undergraduate Chemistry
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Building an Integrated Building an Integrated Information Literacy Information Literacy Program in Undergraduate Program in Undergraduate ChemistryChemistry
Bonnie J. M. SwogerChemistry Librarians WorkshopUniversity of Toronto, June 5, 2009
SUNY Geneseo’s Integrated Science Center. Completed in 2006
SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library
Integrated Information Literacy
History of Information History of Information Literacy in Chemistry at Literacy in Chemistry at Milne LibraryMilne Library
New ToolsNew Tools
Our ProgramOur Program
Sample Freshman Sample Freshman ExerciseExerciseLocate and examine these two articles
◦Scientific American article◦Journal of the American Chemistry Society◦Directions for locating the articles given
For each article, answer these questions:◦Who are the authors? What do they do for
a job?◦How is the article organized?◦Whose research are they writing about?◦How do the authors reference other
research?
Our ProgramOur Program
Sample Sophomore Sample Sophomore ExerciseExerciseFind the substance FAMOTIDINE
◦Registry number?◦Formula?◦Melting point?◦Why is there more than one entry for
melting point?◦Who is the first author of the first
paper listed that determined the melting point?
◦How would you get access to that paper? Print, online, ILL?
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Sample Senior ExerciseSample Senior ExerciseBased on your practice with
SciFinder and Scopus:◦Which resource would be best to find
information on chemical compounds?◦Describe the difference between the
way the two resources interpreted your search statement.
◦Which resource would be better for locating citations related to a known paper?
ChallengesChallenges
A Work in ProgressA Work in ProgressChanges in chemistry curriculumNew FacultyBetter allocation of resources
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