The Chemistry Library offers a required one credit course, Chem 597R, Introduction to Library Research, to incoming graduate students in the Department of Chemistry. This course is taught over two semesters.

The course provides orientation to the Emory University Libraries and to basic library services and resources including EUCLID, Galileo, ILLiad (InterLibrary Loan), document delivery, Databases @ Emory, and the ejournals @ Emory databases. Local library and university websites are presented along with remote websites specific to the field of chemistry.

Hands-on exercises provide experience in searching Web of Science, SciFinder Scholar, Beilstein Crossfire, Gmelin, and a full range of full-text journals published by the American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, Springer Verlag, Wiley, Academic Press, and Elsevier.

Please click here to see the syllabus for second semester, or here for the MS Word version.

Click here to download research topic form in MS Word format

For additional information or class schedule contact Donna Hudson.
(libdth@emory.edu, 404-727-7897)

Additional Instructional Services

Sessions designed for specific courses or assignments, individual sessions, or sessions which highlight specific databases or resources may be requested.

Instructors or individuals wanting to schedule individual sessions can contact Donna Hudson. (libdth@emory.edu, 404-727-7897)