Course: Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sources of Information

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Course title Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sources of Information
Course code UOCHT/C316
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Svobodová Markéta, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Divison of the chemical literature; Chemical Abstracts; Gmelin's and Beilstein's Compendium; Web of Science; SCOPUS; REAXYS; SciFinder; Medline; Patent and Toxicological Information; Chemical Encyclopedia; Working with ChemSketch.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
Unaided work of students with available sources of information from the sphere of pharmacy and chemistry.
Ability to obtain, seek out, sort out and process the found relevant infromation from pharmaceutical branches and chemistry.
Prerequisites
1. Orientation in chemical fields 2. Knowledge and understanding of chemistry 3. English knowledge 4. Ability to summarize the information found in a meaningful text 5. Computer literacy (work with MS Office)

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Creative work analysis

Elaboration of assigned tasks. Elaboration of literature research on the given topic.
Recommended literature
  • Mindl J.:. Chemická literatura a dokumentace. (skriptum Univerzita Pardubice)., 1994.
  • Šilhánek J.:. Chemická informatika (skriptum VŠCHT Praha 2002)..
  • Šimůnek P.:. Sekundární chemické informační zdroje (dostupný na stag.upce.cz).
  • Vymětal J. a kol:. Odborná literatura a informace v chemii. (Orac, Praha)., 2001.


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