Information Retrieval for Chemists: 84:260 

Course: Information Retrieval, 84.260; 1 credit

Corequisites: Organic Chemistry Laboratory IIA, 84.228; and Organic Chemistry IIA, 84.222

Instructors: Dr. Marina Ruths, Chemistry Faculty, Olney 216A  Office hours Tuesdays 9:30-11:30 Wednesdays 9:30-11:30

Ms. Marion Muskiewicz, Science-Tech Reference Librarian, Lydon Library, Room 103 (Walk past elevators and through Staff Only door.  Office is straight ahead.)  Available in the Library daily 8:30-5 except Wednesday when hours are 1:00-9:00 PM

Text: The University Library Holdings are your principal texts. You are required to have an email account.

WEB Site: The URL for the Home Page for Information Retrieval is http://libguides.uml.edu/inforetrieval

Course Assignments: Reading and written assignments will be given for each lecture meeting. All assignments are to be obtained from the Web site, given above, for the course. All written assignments are due at 3:30 PM, Wednesday, before the next Thursday class, unless otherwise indicated on the assignment sheet. All assignments are to be submitted in the plastic wall file at OH 216A. Late assignments will be assessed a 25 point penalty  for each  week the assignment is late. Any assignment that is graded "unacceptable" must be redone and resubmitted. "Unacceptable" assignments will be assessed as late assignments. The final exam will be a take-home exam that will include both hard copy and on-line searching.

Grading: Assignments (50%) + Tests, Quizzes, and Final Exam (50%). At the end of the course, if any assignments graded "unacceptable" are still outstanding, their grades will be recorded as a ‘0’. If the final exam is graded "unacceptable", a grade of Incomplete will be given in accordance with University policies.

Spring, 2009

Marion S. Muskiewicz and Dr. Marina Ruths