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Jon L. Holmes University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI 53706
Introducing JCE Online One of the many transitions that occurred while moving the Journal editorial offices from Austin to Madison was the unification of the WWW sites of the Journal and JCE Software into JCE Online. Since that time JCE Online has provided several valuable resources to the chemistry education community. With the introduction of JCE Online+ (see below), we have expanded these resources and have plans to expand them even further. We thought that the Journal readership might like to know what is available to them at JCE Online. That’s what this new column will do each month. JCE Online is divided into several areas. Each constituent part maintains an area at JCE Online: this Journal, JCE Software, JCE Internet, and JCE Books. There also is an area that lists Chemical Education Happenings and an area that contains information About JCE. JCE Online+ JCE Online+ is a subscription-only feature of JCE Online; only subscribers can access its resources. These resources include the full text of the editorial content of the Journal, articles published by JCE Internet, articles in Open Review at JCE Internet, and most future enhancements to JCE Online.
Journal With the introduction of JCE Online+, the full text of the Journal editorial content is available to Online+ subscribers. Beginning with the September 1996 issue, the articles appear as they do in the Journal. Most articles have an additional first page that contains the abstract and keywords associated with the article, with links to any supplementary online materials. For those of you without fast, reliable Internet connections, JCE Software also makes this resource available via CD-ROM. Abstracts and sometimes the full text of articles in the Journal are available online starting with the July 1995 issue. To help you to find Journal articles, JCE Online has a searchable online index to the entire Journal that begins with the first issue published in 1924. Search results are linked to the online abstract or article, whenever the latter is available. Increasingly, authors supply materials to supplement their printed articles. JCE Online has these materials (provided as received from the author) and you can download them using links from the online abstract. Of course, information and forms for Journal subscribers, authors, and reviewers can be found at JCE Online.
New at JCE Internet are one article and three submissions that are ready for you to review. “Animated Vibrational Modes of Triatomic Molecules” by Giles Henderson and Christine Liberatore contains embedded animations central to the article—a task that static figures cannot do. In Review has two new submissions from Scott Van Bramer (“Using Mathcad to Teach Instrumental Techniques” and “Interpreted NMR Data”), and one from William F. Coleman (“The Interactive Spreadsheet”). JCE Internet’s Open Review allows you the opportunity to submit a review of these papers. If you have wanted to give input into what is published by JCE, here is your chance. The WWW Site Review Committee has also added several new sites to its list. If you are tired of hit-andmiss surfing for useful information on the Internet, starting with this list will raise your ratio of hits to misses. Articles published by JCE Internet, submissions in Open Review, and the list of reviewed sites are available only to subscribers of JCE Online+. Future additions to JCE Internet will most likely only be available to JCE Online+ subscribers.
JCE Software All the programs currently available from JCE Software are described at JCE Online including hardware and software requirements and curriculum notes. Information and forms for ordering JCE Software issues and for prospective authors can also be found in the Software area of JCE Online. New at JCE Online from JCE Software is our Support area. In addition to providing the usual software support information such as updates, troubleshooting tips, and problem reports, we will also offer how-to-use materials from users of JCE Software programs. These materials will include classroom assignments, activities, and presentations (see JCE Software Prospectus, p 127). To help you find software, a searchable online index to JCE Software programs points you in the right direction. Happenings and About JCE JCE receives many announcements of events of interest. At Chemical Education Happenings these events, announcements, and awards are listed. If you would like to announce an event at JCE Online, we would be happy to list it here. Information about what JCE publishes and who publishes it can be found at About JCE. You can also find contact information for the Editorial Offices, Subscription and Book Order Department, Software Orders, Advertising Representative, and Business Management.
JCE Internet JCE Internet publishes articles, columns, resources, and resource lists that are available only via the Internet. Articles published by JCE Internet use the digital medium to provide motion, sound, and interactivity that are not possible in print. JCE Internet resources include the Chemistry Education Resource Shelf (a list of chemistry textbooks and their publishers with links to online reviews) and Journals for Chemical Educators (journals “you should be reading” with links to many of the publishers). 126
Visit JCE Online at http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/ We hope that this introduction has helped to familiarize you with JCE Online. Future columns will keep you up to date with new additions at JCE Online. We welcome your input into the types of resources that you would like to see at JCE Online (email them to jceonline @chem.wisc.edu). Bookmark JCE Online today:
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/
Journal of Chemical Education • Vol. 75 No. 1 January 1998 • JChemEd.chem.wisc.edu
