Chemical Lecture Demonstrations: An Opportunity for Engagement through Collections, Instruction, and Reference Academic Article

abstract

• , Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group LLC. David E. Hubbard. Chemical lecture demonstrations have been used as a pedagogical tool since at least the founding of chemistry as a discipline in the 1600s. This paper describes how science librarians can engage chemistry faculty and students through chemical lecture demonstrations. This paper describes chemical lecture demonstrationsincluding history and efficacyand discusses how science librarians can engage chemistry faculty and students through collections, instruction, and reference in support of this pedagogy. In addition to outlining a research guide and lesson plan for chemical lecture demonstrations, this paper identifies chemical lecture demonstration monographs found in WorldCat and analyzes the holdings of those monographs within the thirty-six-member Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) consortium.

authors

• Hubbard, David

published proceedings

• Science & Technology Libraries

author list (cited authors)

• Hubbard, D. E.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Hubbard, David E

publication date

• January 2017

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Science and Technology Libraries  Journal

keywords

• Bibliographical Investigation
• Chemical Demonstration
• Chemical Education
• Collection Development

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/0194262x.2017.1389667

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/166338

start page

• 376

end page

• 389

volume

• 36

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0194262x.2017.1389667