CHEM 070 First-Year Seminar: You don't have to be a rocket scientist
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Books for this course
Writing Resources
Outlines:
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How to write an outline (video)
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Why and how to create an outline (Purdue OWL)
Researching in the Sciences (videos)
MLA Formatting and Style Guide (online)
Write Like a Chemist (online book)
Citing
This course guide
In this guide you will find information on finding articles, scientific websites, popular information sources, writing resources, a library catalog search box, "citation builder" tool and other library resources.
Finding Articles
For articles, start by looking in the following databases:
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UNC-CH Library WebsiteFind information on academic areas of all subjects including journal articles, ebooks and other reliable sources.
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Academic Search PremierFind information on academic areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics; resource provides access to major popular and scholarly journals with many full-text articles.
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AccessMedicineMedical and basic science textbooks from McGraw-Hill; thousands of images, videos and illustrations; interactive self-assessment; case files for medical students; time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools; etc.
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AccessScience
- Reference resource covering major scientific disciplines with links to primary sources
- Online equivalent to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology
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Google ScholarEnables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
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Proquest CentralA general reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
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Web of Science (ISI)Provides access to reliable, integrated, multidisciplinary research connected through linked content citation metrics from multiple sources within a single interface.
Popular Sources
These sources are not scholarly, but may give you a good idea of current research trends and topics.
Government Science websites
Design Guides for Posters & Presentations
Science Librarian
orcid.org/0000-0001-5494-4574Kenan Science Library
Tutorial - Researching in the Sciences
Using Find @ UNC
If an article search indicates we don't have an item:
1) Click the 
button.
2) If available, click an article link, if not, click the journal link.
3) Can't find it? Request it from another library through Interlibrary Loan.
Interlibrary Loan
Can't find the article, book, or report you need at our library? You can request it from another library through interlibrary loan.
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