Making Students Eat Their Greens: Information Skills for Chemistry Students.

Employers are increasingly requiring a range of "soft" skills from chemistry graduates, including the ability to search for and critically evaluate information. This paper discusses the issues around encouraging chemistry students to engage with information skills and suggests curricular...

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Main Authors: Sarah George, Tasnim Munshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 2016-12-01
Series:Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1692
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