Guidelines for Preparation of Oral Presentations
Your oral presentation should take the form of a talk at an American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting. Copies of the ACS Style Guide are available in the Davidson stockroom. I can also recommend the
American Chemical Society meetings handbook web site
which also describes a formal oral presentation. The presentation will be 10 minutes long followed by a short question and answer period. Computer generated overheads should be prepared beforehand and practicing the presentation is strongly suggested. Your talk should cover background material and purpose of the experiment as well as the experiment itself, a presentation and interpretation of the results, and conclusions. Please be sure to properly cite the literature throughout your presentation. You must cite properly all sources of information used in the preparation of your presentation.
Good places to start looking for background information for your lab experiment
and oral presentation are textbooks and reference books covering inorganic chemistry/chemicals.
We have provided some helpful information on the
Reference Literature for Chemistry 4414 for your
assistance. Please feel free to ask Prof. Brewer and your GTA for assistance
with this important aspect of the laboratory course. It is often essential to
look up papers cited by these references and textbooks.
How to reference the literature:
Journal Articles: Author's Last Name, Author's Initials
Journal Name, Year, Volume, Pages.
Example: Bradley, P.; Suardi, G.; Zipp, R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994,
116, 2859-2868.
Books: Authors Last Name, Authorís Initials Book Title,
Publishers, Year Published, Pages.
Example: Cotton, F. A.; Wilkinson, G. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry,
Wiley & Sons, 1972, 736-738.