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Building an Integrated Building an Integrated Information Literacy Information Literacy Program in Undergraduate Program in Undergraduate Chemistry Chemistry Bonnie J. M. Swoger Chemistry Librarians Workshop University of Toronto, June 5, 2009

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Page 1: Building An Integrated Information Literacy Program In Undergraduate Chemistry

Building an Integrated Building an Integrated Information Literacy Information Literacy Program in Undergraduate Program in Undergraduate ChemistryChemistry

Bonnie J. M. SwogerChemistry Librarians WorkshopUniversity of Toronto, June 5, 2009

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SUNY Geneseo’s Integrated Science Center. Completed in 2006

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SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library

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Integrated Information Literacy

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History of Information History of Information Literacy in Chemistry at Literacy in Chemistry at Milne LibraryMilne Library

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New ToolsNew Tools

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Our ProgramOur Program

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Sample Freshman Sample Freshman ExerciseExerciseLocate and examine these two articles

◦Scientific American article◦Journal of the American Chemistry Society◦Directions for locating the articles given

For each article, answer these questions:◦Who are the authors? What do they do for

a job?◦How is the article organized?◦Whose research are they writing about?◦How do the authors reference other

research?

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Our ProgramOur Program

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Sample Sophomore Sample Sophomore ExerciseExerciseFind the substance FAMOTIDINE

◦Registry number?◦Formula?◦Melting point?◦Why is there more than one entry for

melting point?◦Who is the first author of the first

paper listed that determined the melting point?

◦How would you get access to that paper? Print, online, ILL?

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Our ProgramOur Program

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Sample Senior ExerciseSample Senior ExerciseBased on your practice with

SciFinder and Scopus:◦Which resource would be best to find

information on chemical compounds?◦Describe the difference between the

way the two resources interpreted your search statement.

◦Which resource would be better for locating citations related to a known paper?

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ChallengesChallenges

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A Work in ProgressA Work in ProgressChanges in chemistry curriculumNew FacultyBetter allocation of resources

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For additional informationFor additional information

http://undergraduatesciencelibrarian.wordpress.com/chemprogram