Teaching resources and tutorials

Web pages created by Dr. Morgan:

Mining the deep web. Links to lots of search engines, including some speciality searches.

Advising. Information on Undergraduate Chemistry Major course requirements, USC graduation requirements in the College of Science & Mathematics, and a student checklist for advising

Acid/base equilibria. Tutorial and JavaScript calculation pages.

Bibliography of plagiarism resources In doubt about what consitutes plagiarism? Check these sources.

Citing literature references. Guidelines from the American Chemical Society for citing literature references, lists of journal abbreviations, and information on citing Internet resources.

USC Chemistry & Biochemistry calculator support Information available here includes basic operations, specialized calculations for statistical analysis of data, programs for specialized calculations in chemistry and biochemistry, and other procedures.

Calculators. Information on handheld calculators in general and on calculators that I own.

Chemistry links. Links to various useful chemistry internet sites.

Chemical hygiene plan and Safety information for Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.

Guide to Microsoft Excel for calculations, statistics, and plotting data. This document includes information on inserting Excel charts into Word.
Tutorials for Microsoft Excel on the web.

Preparing and Presenting a Scientific Talk. Guidelines for preparing preparing and presenting a scientific talk.

Research reports. Guidelines for preparing research reports for undergraduate research or independent study.

Significant figures. Tutorial on the use of significant figures and rounding

External links:

Communicating Effectively. Making an effective presentation (from a commercial company that offers presentation equipment)

Computing guidelines. USC Student Guidelines for Responsible Computing

American Chemical Society (ACS): The Chemist's Code of Conduct

American Chemical Society: Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research

Oral presentations. Planning, preparing, and giving oral presentations

USC Science Library. Science Library, Thomas Cooper Library, The University of South Carolina.

Writing. Writing guidelines for engineering and science students (by Professor Michael Alley, Virginia Tech.)

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