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CHEM 391, 392, 491, 492 - Chemistry Seminar : Home

The goal of this Information Literacy Level 3 Designated Course session is to teach or review how to search the Library's collection of the primary literature in all fields of Chemistry. Both print and electronic collections will be discussed.

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Research as Inquiry (ACRL, 2015)

  • Formulation of appropriate research queries allows gathering, integration, and creation of information

Goal:  Create an appropriate search query using keywords, Boolean operators, and truncation

 

Scholarship as Conversation (ACRL, 2015)

  • Type of information matters within a discipline (Primary? Secondary? Scholarly? Popular?)
  • Scholars use information to influence their own work and that of others
  • One resource leads to another

Goal:  Locate a scholarly article.  If it is primary research, locate a subsequent article which builds on the original information.