Using in-class Structured exercises to teach sciFinder to chemistry students

Science and Technology Libraries

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 260-273

  Ferrer Vinent, Ignacio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; bibliographic instruction; chemical information; chemistry; exercises; information literacy; library instruction; SciFinder

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; EXERCISES; INFORMATION LITERACY; LIBRARY INSTRUCTION; SCIFINDER;

CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84883552078     PISSN: 0194262X     EISSN: 15411109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0194262X.2013.817961     Document Type: Article

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