Anyone can search – we help you find!
How do researchers find the knowledge their work builds on? And how has the search for chemical information changed over the past few decades?
On this guided tour of the Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Centre, you will use the example of theobromine – a feel-good compound found in chocolate – to discover how chemists search for information today and how they used to do it in the past. We begin at the bookshelves, where it soon becomes clear that finding the right information can be quite a challenge.
From there, we move to the computer to see just how much has changed over the past 30 years. Today, most searches take place on screen, with databases and artificial intelligence making life much easier – and perhaps even a little happier – for chemists, whether theobromine is involved or not. Join us on an entertaining journey from printed reference books to digital search tools.
Anyone can search – we help you find!
August 23 @ 15:00 - 16:00
How do researchers find the knowledge their work builds on? And how has the search for chemical information changed over the past few decades?
On this guided tour of the Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Centre, you will use the example of theobromine – a feel-good compound found in chocolate – to discover how chemists search for information today and how they used to do it in the past. We begin at the bookshelves, where it soon becomes clear that finding the right information can be quite a challenge.
From there, we move to the computer to see just how much has changed over the past 30 years. Today, most searches take place on screen, with databases and artificial intelligence making life much easier – and perhaps even a little happier – for chemists, whether theobromine is involved or not. Join us on an entertaining journey from printed reference books to digital search tools.
