Assignment
See your lab assignment for complete instructions and a list of recommended journals/magazines.
For this part of your assignment, you will need to locate and summarize a review/popular article in a journal/magazine.
If you have any questions, please ask your TA or a librarian.
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Recommended Journals/Magazines
First, you will need to locate a journal/magazine. Recommended journals/magazines are listed below and in your lab assignment. Once you locate a promising journal/magazine, you can browse through it to find an interesting review or popular article. Note: Articles must be at least two pages long!
- Angewandte Chemie International EditionReviews and original research.
- Chemical ReviewsReviews
- Chemical Society ReviewsReviews
- Journal of Chemical EducationMix of reviews and original research.
- Chemistry & IndustryPopular
- Discover MagazinePopular
- Today's Chemist at WorkPopular (Nov. 2000 - Dec. 2004)
- Chemistry WorldPopular. Formerly "Chemistry in Britain".
- Scientific AmericanPopular
- Chemical & Engineering NewsPopular
Find a Journal/Magazine
If you don't want to use any of the recommended journals/magazines, here are two other methods for locating a journal/magazine:
- E-Journals A-ZIf you know the title of the journal/magazine you are looking for, you can use the title search to find it.
- Chemistry E-JournalsIf you're not sure what journal/magazine you want to use, you can browse this list of links to frequently-used chemistry e-journals. This list is not comprehensive. If you cannot find the journal/magazine you're looking for, please use the E-Journals A-Z link above.
- Web of Knowledge // Web of ScienceIf you want to search for an article by keyword or author, try Web of Science which is a citation reference database that includes the Science Citation Index, 1899-present.
Citations
For Part 3, you need to cite a review or popular article. Use the following examples as templates:
Review article:
MacGillivray, L. R.; Reid, J. L.; Ripmeester, J. A.. Supramolecular Control of Reactivity in the Solid State Using Linear Molecular Templates. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122 (32), 7817-7818.
Popular article (with Volume and Issue numbers):
Johnson, J.; Torrice, M. BP's Ever-Growing Oil Spill. Chem. Eng. News 2019, 88 (24),15-24. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/88/8824cover.html (accessed 2021-01-21).
Popular article
Terlach, G. 20 Things You Didn't Know About Chocolate. Discover, March 2019, 74.
Online Article
King, A. Spinning Out Spider Silk. Chemistryworld, May 1, 2017. https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/spinning-out-spider-silk-research/3007091.article
Contact your librarian if you have questions.
