Teaching sci finder basics to organic chemistry students

Science and Technology Libraries

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-179

  Ferrer Vinent, Ignacio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; bibliographic instruction; chemical information; chemistry; information literacy; library instruction; organic chemistry; SciFinder; surveys

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; INFORMATION LITERACY; LIBRARY INSTRUCTION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SCIFINDER;

CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; SURVEYS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84862522523     PISSN: 0194262X     EISSN: 15411109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0194262X.2012.676860     Document Type: Article

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