Chemical Education Today
Beyond the Printed Page: JCE Online Readers who are less experienced with using the World Wide Web and finding their way around it may like to have a preview of what can be found at JCE Online: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/ At the right is a list of some standard items, but the fare changes frequently, and some treasures from each issue are added. Beginning with the September 1996 issue, the W symbol in the Table of Contents tells you which articles are destined for the Web. This includes all of the Chemical Education Today section as well as abstracts of all articles. In addition, you will find a specially chosen article each month; whenever possible, this article will have a dynamic dimension to it—something that obviously cannot be dealt with by the printed page. In October there were two articles: “Use of the World Wide Web in Lower-Division Chemistry Courses” by Karen E. Stevens and Richard E. Stevens and “Thermoelectric Devices: Solid-State Refrigerators and Electrical Generators” by Edmund J. Winder, Arthur B. Ellis, and George C. Lisensky. The latter manuscript was difficult to illustrate effectively because electricity generated by the thermoelectric devices produces motion—on JCE Online you will be able to see these devices in action. In November we chose “An Integrated Biochemistry Laboratory, Including Molecular Modeling”, the article with the cover graphic by Adele J. Wolfson, Mona L. Hall, and Thomas R. Branham. This backbone structure of lysozyme is even more striking on a computer screen than on paper. In addition, we have chosen two articles from the Curricular Change Digests column: “A New Approach to the General Chemistry Laboratory” and “Getting Real: A General Chemistry Laboratory Program Focusing on ‘Real World’ Substances”. In this issue we have chosen the article by Kelter, Carr, Johnson, and CastroAcuña, “The Chemical and Educational Appeal of the Orange Juice Clock”. Why this article? Because on JCE Online you will be able to see the hands on the clock move—certainly not the case in the print version. The article by Mosher, “A Chemical Geneology Assignment”, is also featured on JCE Online so that the lineage of the chemistry department at the University of Idaho can be more effectively displayed.
Visit JCE Online: where you will find an ever-growing resource that encompasses all of the Journal’s facets—print, software, internet, and books.
• JCE Print is where you will find material from the printed version of the Journal, beginning July 1995: • Abstracts of all articles from July 1995 • full text of Editorials, In This Issue (issue overview), NSF Highlights, the Forum of the Task Force on General Chemistry from July 1995 • Subscription Form to the Journal • A Guide to Submissions, revised 10/96, if you are preparing a paper for submission • Especially for High School Teachers, the new feature that gives an overview of articles of interest to High School teachers • full text of one Major Article from each issue, beginning September 1996 • the entire text of the new Chemical Education Today section, beginning September 1996 • Online search of author index
• JCE Software publishes more than 80 computer programs for Macintosh, Windows, and PC compatibles; 6 videodiscs; 4 CD ROMs; a videotape on HIV-1 Protease,… We have regular monthly releases. Get up-to-date information online, the fastest way to get the complete information that is also in our (paper) Available Issues document and abstracts. • Available Issues, with descriptions of every piece of software and lots of graphics to give you a flavor of the program • Output Queue—what is scheduled to be published • Demos and Updates: this is the first place to look for a fix if you are having problems with one of our programs • A Guide to Submissions that tells you how to go about publishing your own educational software so that others can use it
• JCE Internet is where the Internet is the primary form of publication: • Publications, especially those that are dynamic and cannot be represented on paper • Resources: Chemical Education Resource Shelf (see p. A237 of October 1996) with lists of textbooks, publishers, etc.; Hal’s Picks; lists of journals of interest to chemical education; software suppliers. • Reviews, of internet sites of interest to those in chemical education
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/
Vol. 73 No. 12 December 1996 • Journal of Chemical Education
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