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Bibliography

Literature Searching

E. Garfield. (1998) The Scientist. February 2, p. 11. "Long-Term vs. Short-Term Journal Impact: Does it Matter." http://www.the-scientist.com/ (accessed November 2006).

E. Garfield. (1996) The Scientist. September 2, p. 13. "The Significant Scientific Literature Appears in a Small Core of Journals." http://www.the-scientist.com/ (accessed November 2006).

E. Garfield. "The ISI Impact Factor." http://scientific.thomson.com/free/essays/journalcitationreports/impactfactor/ (accessed November 2006).

E. Garfield. "The Agony and the Ecstacy: The History and the Meaning of the Journal Impact Factor." http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/jifchicago2005.pdf (accessed November 2006).

H. Beall; J. Trimbur. (2001) "A Short Guide to Writing About Chemistry." New York: Longman.

Reading the Technical Journal Article

E. Garfield. (1996) The Scientist. September 2, p. 13. "The Significant Scientific Literature Appears in a Small Core of Journals." Avail. URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/ (Accessed November 2006)

E. Garfield. (1998) The Scientist. February 2, p. 11. "Long-Term vs. Short-Term Journal Impact: Does it Matter." Avail. URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/ (Accessed November 2006)

H. Beall; J. Trimbur. (2001) "A Short Guide to Writing About Chemistry." New York: Longman.

Keeping a Lab Notebook

H.M. Kanare. (1985) "Writing the Laboratory Notebook." Washington D.C.: American Chemical Society.

R. Lewis. (1998) The Scientist. February 2, p. 14. "Laboratory Notebooks Chronicle a Scientist's Progress." Avail. URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/ (Accessed November 2006)

A.J. Rayl (1991) The Scientist. November 11, p. 18. "Misconduct Case Stresses Importance of Good Notebook Keeping." Avail. URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/ (Accessed November 2006)

Time Management

Managing Your Time (Dartmouth Academic Skills Center). http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/time.html (Accessed November 2006)

Time Management Tips (George Mason University Counseling Center). http://www.gmu.edu/departments/csdc/time.htm (Accessed November 2006)

Managing Your Advisor

Mabrouk, P.A.; Peters, K. CUR Quarterly 2000, 21, 25-33. "Student Perspectives on Undergraduate Research (UR) Experiences in Chemistry and Biology."

Switching Research Groups

F. Hood. (2003) Chronicle of Higher Education. August 28. "Switching Labs." Avail. URL: http://chronicle.com/jobs/2003/08/2003082801c.htm (Accessed November 2006)

"Switching Advisors?" (Onlineethics.org). Avail. URL: http://onlineethics.org/reseth/mod/switch.html (Accessed November 2006).