Chemistry graduate student seminars
The following seminars are scheduled for Fall 2009.
Registration for Fall 2009 sessions is closed. Thanks for your interest. To be alerted about future workshops, please take this survey.
SciFinder - basic and advanced usage
An overview of SciFinder. We'll start with creating your account and work through the
kinds of research you can do with this indispensable chemistry database.
5:00 - 6:00pm, Tuesday, October 20.
1:00 - 2:00pm, Friday, October 23.
All sessions held in DH Hill Library, ITTC Lab 1A-B.
Other chemistry databases
A look at other important chemistry databases. We'll use Web of Science and Beilstein/Gmelin and talk about a few others.
5:00 - 6:00pm, Tuesday, October 27.
1:00 - 2:00pm, Friday, October 30.
All sessions held in DH Hill Library, ITTC Lab 1A-B.
Essential grad student skills: citation management and keeping up
Learn about important tools for organizing your research and keeping up with what's new: RefWorks, Zotero, search alerts, and RSS feeds. If you're not using these, you're making your life as a researcher too hard!
5:00 - 6:00pm, Tuesday, November 17.
1:00 - 2:00pm, Friday, November 20. (Session cancelled)
All sessions held in DH Hill Library, ITTC Lab 1A-B.
Registration for Fall 2009 sessions is closed. Thanks for your interest. To be alerted about future workshops, please take this survey.
Contact Josh Wilson (josh_wilson@ncsu.edu) with questions. Presentation materials and handouts will be available on this page as sessions approach. (I will also provide copies in class).
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Powerpoint slides (MS Powerpoint)
Exercises (MS Word doc)