| DATE | TOPIC | SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS |
HOMEWORK DUE ON THIS DATE |
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| 1/15 | SciFinder Scholar: Overview and New Features | Week 1 | |
| 1/22 | STN Express with Discover!
and STN on the Web / Overview /
Online Searching Basics / Online Searching Costs |
Week 2 | |
| 1/29 | Search Strategy / Text Searching Pt 1: Strategies To Increase Number of Answers / Pt 2: Strategies To Decrease Number of Answers | Week 3 | Exercise 1 |
| 2/5 | Author Name Searching (AU) / Refining Searches by PY, LA, and DT | Week 4 | |
| 2/12 | Substance Searching Using CAS Registry Numbers (+ CN & MF) / Overview of the Registry File / Searching Chemical Names / Searching Name Segments | Week 5 | Exercise 2 |
| 2/19 | Searching the Molecular Formula / Searching for Salts / Searching for Mixtures / Searching for Stereoisomers / Supplementary Information | Week 6 |
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| 2/26 | Overview of Structure Building with STN Express / Types of Structure Searches in Registry | Week 7 |
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| 3/5 | Refining Substructure Search Queries to Increase Precision / Refining Substructure Search Queries to Broaden Retrieval | Week 8 |
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| 3/12 | Adding Variability to the Structure / Summary / Cost of Structure Searching in the Registry File | Week 9 | Exercise 3 |
| 3/19 | Spring Break: No Class | ||
| 3/26 | STN Express | In-Class Work on Exercise 4 |
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| 4/2 | Beilstein CrossFire I. Introduction / Substructure Searching | Week 10 | |
| 4/9 | Beilstein CrossFire II. Hyperlinks / Reaction Searching | Week 11 | |
| 4/16 | Beilstein CrossFire III. Generic Searching / Context Aspects | Week 12 | |
| 4/23 | Gmelin CrossFire I. Structure Searching / Fact Query | Week 13 | Exercise 5 |
| 4/30 | Gmelin CrossFire II. Searching Substances Possessing a Certain Property / User-Defined Atom Lists and Generic Groups + Factual Query / Preparation | Week 14 | |
| 4/30 | Cambridge Structural Database | Week 15 | In-Class Exercise 6 |
| 5/7, 5:30 PM | Paper OR Project (in lieu of Final) |
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| DATE | TOPIC | SUPPLEMENTS | HOMEWORK DUE ON THIS DATE |