Since science/chemistry librarians generally do not get too much teaching time in regular chemistry classrooms, we very like will focus our teaching on how to search for chemical compounds and how to obtain information on physical, chemical and other properties of the chemical compounds. The information students obtained are still in pieces, although they may know how to search for reference books and how to search several databases to locate journals and articles. At least these are the basics science/chemistry librarians have been emphasizing during our regular chemistry information literacy training sessions.At Central Michigan University, four chemistry information literacy training sessions were integrated into Chem 349, an Organic Chemistry lab course, a core course required for all students majored in Chemistry and Biochemistry and for some students majored in Biomedical Sciences and Biology for certain concentrations. Through the four sessions, students get the training on different searching techniques including chemical structure searching and they also learn how to search databases: SciFinder, Reaxys and Web of Science. Most importantly, Science Librarian has integrated the citation as a teaching element into the Chemistry information training sessions. Students have learned: how to read a research article and locate the source citations listed in the reference section; how to interpret a citation to determine if it is a book, a chapter in an edited book, a report, a patent or a journal article; how to use library catalog and journal citation linker to locate a specific item in the library collection; how to use the cited and citing reference lists to locate related sources on a research topic. Students feel more confident after finishing the lectures and assignments associated with each lectures, and they can apply the knowledge just obtained to �real lab� problems right away.

Integrating citations as a teaching element into chemistry information literacy training sessions

246th National Meeting (2013)

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