CHEM 403

Other chemistry books available for checkout are found on the 3rd floor stacks in the QD section. We also have many chemistry textbooks on reserve at the library service desk. These textbooks may be useful for your review even if you've already completed the course. 

Why all this emphasis on research? According to the American Chemical Society:

A student who intends to become a practicing chemist, or who will use chemistry in allied fields of science and medicine, should know how to use the chemical literature effectively and efficiently. Access to the chemical literature has traditionally used print resources extensively; these days however instruction in chemical information skills relies heavily on online resources; information literate students should be able to find, access, and effectively use these sources. For example, students should be able to:

• Locate chemical and physical properties of substances, including spectra
• Locate references for the detection, characterization, or reactions, including syntheses, of desired compounds or classes of compounds
• Be able to obtain information on a substance through a variety of searching strategies, including structure searching, and searching by molecular formula and name
• Identify key references and use citation searching of articles to locate more current articles
• Complete a comprehensive subject search
• Compile a complete bibliography of an author's publications
• Locate recent review articles on a subject
• Know the importance of patents and be able to search for patents on a subject
• Use a bibliographic program to organize information and prepare a scientific paper