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| Chuck Huber Chemical Sciences Librarian Sciences-Engineering Office (Rm. 2530) Davidson Library University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010 |
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The following is the tentative schedule of lectures, exams and so on, for the quarter. It may be altered as circumstances dictate, but should help with planning for the term. The suggested readings listed are intended for the lecture FOLLOWING the date of the reading. You must read the lecture notes for a given session BEFORE coming to class, and do the associated exercise, to be turned in. In-class time will be devoted to discussion and hands-on practice.
Friday, January 9 - Last day to add a class without petition or course approval code; last day to drop classes without a $3 drop fee.
Reading: Maizell, Chapters 12 and 15; Wiggins, Chapter 9, 10, 11
Take-home Mid-term 1 handed out.
Answers to Mid-term 1 will be made available after the assignments have been turned in.
Sample questions and answers, more questions and answers,still more questions and answers and even more questions, and additional questions and answers for this assignment are available.
Mid-term 1 due on Tuesday, Jan. 27
Friday, January 16 - Last day to add a class without $3 add fee. Last day to change grading options without $3 fee.
Monday, January 19 -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Reading: Maizell, Chapters 1-4; Wiggins, Chapters 1 & 6
(Don't worry; these are SHORT chapters!)
Monday, January 26 - Last day to add a class.
Monday, February 2 -- Last day for undergraduates in Colleges of Letters & Science and Engineering to drop classes.
Reading: Maizell, Chapters 6 and 7 (These are LONG chapters!), Wiggins, Chapters 4 and 5 (parts on Chemical Abstracts)
Takehome Mid-term 2 (MS Word for Windows document) Handed Out! Due Tuesday, March 3
Reading: Ridley, Chapter 4; You may also want to take a look at the tutorials and/or How-To Guides on Author and Company Searching, and working with Reference Answer Sets from the CAS website at http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/howto/sfwebhow/index.html.
Topics for Final Project due TODAY!
Reading: Ridley, Chapters 6, 7; You may also want to take a look at the tutorials and/or How-To Guides on Exploring by Research Topic from the CAS website at http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/howto/sfwebhow/index.html.
Monday, February 16 - Presidents' Day holiday
Reading: Wiggins, Chapter 7; Ridley, Chapters 11, 12, 13; You may also want to take a look at the tutorials and/or How-To Guides on Exploring by Substance Identifier and Molecular Formula, and Working with Substance Answer Sets from the CAS website at http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/howto/sfwebhow/index.html.
Reading: Wiggins, Chapter 8, 11.4; Ridley, Chapter 14, 15, 17; You may also want to take a look at the tutorials and/or How-To Guides on Exploring by Chemical Structure, Substructure and Similarity, Explore by Reaction, and Working with Reaction Answer Sets from the CAS website at http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/howto/sfwebhow/index.html.
Reading: Wiggins, Chapters 4 and 5 (parts on Science Citation Index); You may also wish to view the tutorials andn workbook on Web of Science from the Thomson Reuters website at http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/training/wos/#materials
Friday, February 27 -- Last day for undergraduates in CL&S and Engineering to change grading option!
2nd Midterm Exam Due Today!
Friday, March 13 -- Last day for graduate students and students in the College of Creative Studies to drop or change grading!
This page created by Chuck Huber (huber@library.ucsb.edu).
Updated: 02/10/09 01:35:01