CHE 203: Scientist's contributions

For this part of the assignment, you will need to find an article written by the scientist in peer reviewed journals.  Most of these chemists are (were) prolific writers, so honing in on the best can be a challenge. Once you have citations, then you have to OBTAIN the articles, using Interlibrary Loan or going to UI Libraries.

These sources will list the scientist's most important articles and books.

Hint: Articles in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) are good ones for this assignment.

Getting the articles

• Ask a librarian to help you see if the journal is held at U of I, and go over to retrieve it.  
• If you have 2 weeks, use Interlibrary Loan (it might take less, but plan for 2 weeks).  
• Parkland has Science and Journal of Chemical Education  but if you have a citation for JACS, that's always preferable!

 Databases

The best article databases for chemistry are Scifinder and Scopus --unfortunately Parkland doesn't have access to either. Try the ones below, but be aware that 1). their coverage does not go far back in time and 2). some don't have great access to chemistry journals.

For this assignment, you will be turning a bibliography of the sources you plan to use when writing about your scientist’s work. You must include a minimum of five sources in your bibliography. These sources can include books, scientific journals, reputable websites, popular journals and newspapers. If applicable, you can choose to include works published by your scientist. Each source must be properly referenced (ACS Style), and you must include a short paragraph (200 words or less) describing the information found in the source. At least one of the sources must be from a peer reviewed scientific journal.