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HOW TO FIND INFORMATION IN CHEMISTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Bruce Slutsky Robert Van Houten Library  NJIT
The Scientific Method ,[object Object]
Information Retrieval ,[object Object]
Similarities between the Scientific Method and Information Retrieval ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Formats of the Scientific and Technical Literature ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What is a Journal? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some Journals in Chemistry, Environmental Science and Chemical Engineering ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What is a Conference Proceeding? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Examples of Conference Proceedings ,[object Object],[object Object]
Review Journals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Magazines ,[object Object],[object Object]
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Monographs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Data Compilations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Encyclopedias ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Is Wikipedia Reliable? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Professional Studies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Flow of Scientific Information ,[object Object],[object Object]
Flow of Scientific Information
Types of Databases ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Database Formats ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Limitations of Databases ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
NJIT Library Home Page http://library.njit.edu ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Voyager, the NJIT Library Catalog ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Chemistry related databases from the NJIT Library ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Scifinder Scholar ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Scifinder Scholar ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Scopus ,[object Object],[object Object]
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American Chemical Society Journals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Availability of Journals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Advantages of Electronic Journals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Selected Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Sources on the Web ,[object Object],[object Object]
Boolean Logic AND ,[object Object]
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Devising Optimal Search Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Bruce Slutsky ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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