Course: Information Systems in Chemistry

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Course title Information Systems in Chemistry
Course code KCH/9INSY
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Hrdlička Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Nodzyńska-Moroń Małgorzata Krystyna, Doc.
Course content
Information and Informatics. Basic principles and functions of sharing professional and scientific information. Professional and scientific communication. Primary and secondary information. Information processing, reporting, selection of encyclopedic, table and handbook resources. Selection of information tailored to the addressee (child, student, scientist, non-chemistry person). History of chemical information processing. Beilsteins Handbuch der organischen Chemie. Gmelins Handbuch der inorganischen Chemie. Chemical Abstracts. Electronic databases. Reaxys, Web of Knowledge (WoS), Scopus, principles of data retrieval and classification. Chemical compounds, their structure and systematic classification. Primary chemical literature. Scientific and professional journals, citation practice of publications. Patent information. Methodology of information retrieval. Continuous monitoring of information. Carrying out searches - retrieving information. Good Text Formatting Policies. Practical demonstrations of the appropriate procedures on the example of the Word word processor. Working with a spreadsheet. Examples of procedures on an example of MS Excel. Principles of the proper creation and use of graphs. What is the difference between a graph and an infographic? Working with the editor of chemical formulas. Examples of the Chemsketch program example. Creating texts for recipients at different levels of chemistry education. References in the text - explanation of difficult and incomprehensible concepts. Between science and popularization. Assessing the user-friendliness of the models created depending on the recipients.Using new media for independent learning and teaching chemistry.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture with practical applications, Individual study
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the basic principles and main parts of the inorganic chemistry system at least at high school level
Skills
to work with an internet browser on a user interface
perform basic operations in Word and Excel
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to list basic data bases in the chemical field
to characterize the data processing principle in the Web of Science, respectively.
Skills
to formulate a query into WOS
search for information about the given substance using the Internet sources
correctly formulate a reference to the source of the information
to judge by its source its correctness (credibility)
Create a chemical structure using selected chemical software
Create a properly formatted text including the embedded illustrating graph
teaching methods
Knowledge
Individual study
Interactive lecture
Skills
Seminar
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Aktuální manuály a elektronické zdroje.
  • Jančář, Luděk; Lukáš, Ivan. Chemická informatika. 1. díl, Internet a chemie. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2001. ISBN 80-210-2757-6.
  • Michalík, Petr; Roub, Zdeněk; Vrbík, Václav. Zpracování diplomové a bakalářské práce na počítači. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2002. ISBN 80-7082-921-4.
  • Šilhánek, Jaroslav. Chemická informatika. Vyd. 1. Praha : Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2002. ISBN 80-7080-465-3.


Study plans that include the course
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