Information Retrieval for Chemists: 84:260 

Welcome to the Home page for the required course for Chemistry majors, Information Retrieval. This course is taught by Marion Muskiewicz, Chemistry Librarian, UML and Dr. Marina Ruths, Department of Chemistry.  It is taken concurrently with the second semester of Organic Chemistry Lab (for majors).

The WEB has changed the way we search for and find information.  Today, the problems tend to be that too much information is available.  One needs to learn how to use the right sources, structure your searches and focus in on what you need. Most of the important chemical resources are now available on line, often as subscription databases.  We have many, but not all, of these databases.  There are also many free sites with high quality chemical information as well as older book-based resources.  We will acquaint you with all of these in this course by teaching you both how to search for data using material in the Library and how to use the WEB and WEB-based services to find information.