Examples: Organic Course

SELECTED RESOURCES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Basic Handbooks
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/workshop/ways/data.html

Organic Synthesis
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/Chem/info/organic_synthesis.pdf

Somerville 3 articles on sources of organic information in "The Chemical Information Instructor" column, J. Chem. Ed.

I: Name reaction, type of reaction; (68, 553-61);

II: Functional group; (68, 842-53);

III: Reagents & Solvents. (68, 379-86).

Structure and Reaction Searching

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/edcinf/str36d.html

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/edcinf/findprep.html

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/edcinf/reactsch.html

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/edcinf/casreact.html

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/casreact/casreact.html

Students use information sources in process of identifying unknowns:

* CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

* Merck Index

* Dictionary of Organic Compounds (print, online, and CD-ROM)

* Beilstein (print and online); SANDRA (search for compounds by drawing structures; floppy disk)

* CRC Handbook of Organic Compounds (print and CD-ROM)

Article in "The Chemical Information Instructor" column in J. Chem. Ed.

(v. 72, no. 12, p. 1107-1111) discusses teaching methods, access

logistics including hardware and software, costs, and evaluation of

teaching program.