Print: Sources of information: Primary, secondary, tertiary sources; Journals: Journal abbreviations, abstracts, current titles, reviews, monographs, dictionaries, text-books, current contents, Introduction to Chemical Abstracts and Beilstein, Subject Index, Author Index.
Digital: Web resources, E-journals, Journal access, TOC alerts, Hot articles, Citation index, Impact factor, H-index, , Blogs, Preprint servers, Search engines, Scirus, Google Scholar, Chem Industry, Wiki- databases, ChemSpider, Science Direct, SciFinder, Scopus.
Information Technology and Library Resources: The Internet and World Wide Web. Internet
resources for chemistry. Finding and citing published information.
Writing scientific papers- justification for scientific contributions, bibliography, description of methods, conclusions, the need for illustration, style, publication of scientific work, writing ethics, avoiding plagiarism.
Incorporation of chemical structures into word processing documents using ChemDraw and Microsoft chemistry add-in software, use of reference tab in MS word: creating table of content, adding footnote and caption.
Use of spreadsheet (Excel) for simple calculations, plotting graphs using a spreadsheet (radial distribution curves for hydrogenic orbitals, gas kinetic theory, pressure-volume curves of vander Waals gas, graphical solution of equations), solving equations numerically (e.g. pH of a weak acid ignoring/not ignoring the ionization of water,volume of a vander Waals gas, equilibrium constant expressions).
Historical Perspective, Different Types of IP and the concern IPR, Objectives of IPR, Economic Value of Intellectual Property – Intangible assets and their valuation, Importance of protecting IP - Licensing and technology transfer, Limitations of IPR; Different International agreements: Paris Convention, Berne Convention, WIPO, PCT system, World Trade Organization (WTO) and Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement; Various laws on IPR in India, IP Infringement issue and enforcement – Role of law enforcement agencies – Police, Customs, Judiciary etc.
Copyrights, Trade Marks: Different types of marks, Patents and parts of patent application,
Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout design of integrated circuits, Trade Secrets, Biodiversity related IPR issues, Plant Breeders Rights, Traditional Knowledge, bio-piracy, TKDL, Differences of one IPR from another.