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Drug Discovery: Learning at Bath

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Library Lists
Find your recommended reading for each unit. It gives you easy access to e-books and links to the catalogue for print books.

Key texts

An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry by Graham Patrick
ISBN: 9780198749691
Publication Date: 2017
Introduction to Drug Synthesis by Graham L. Patrick
ISBN: 9780198708438
Publication Date: 2015

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Oxford Reference Online
Collection of subject dictionaries, including chemistry.
Glossary of chemistry terms from Wikipedia

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Past exam papers

Past exam papers
The Library provides you with access to Semester 1 and Semester 2 exam papers from the last 5 years, to help with revision. If you can't find the paper you are looking for it may be because:
• The unit code has changed
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Please be aware that older papers might not be relevant to current course content.

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Research Software Learning Online
A guide to research software online courses from O'Reilly Learning. Courses cover Excel, Git and GitHub, LaTEX, MATLAB, Python, R and RS Studio, SAS, SPSS, Stata and SQL.

Develop your writing skills

Academic writing skills
Courses and one-to-one sessions for all students are provided by the Skills Centre.
Writing for Scientists
Library list of e-books with information on how to write in various science subjects, including journal articles and lab reports.

Skills for Study This link opens in a new window
Interactive tutorials with activities and tests covering: reading and note making, critical thinking skills and referencing and understanding plagiarism.

Information skills

Information skills tutorial
How to find information from books and journals to use in your coursework: Moodle resource for University of Bath students.
Web search guide
A guide to using internet search engines, Google databases and alternative tools.

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Henry Stewart Talks: Biomedical and Life Sciences collection This link opens in a new window
Over 2,600 commissioned seminar style talks by world leading experts covering the fundamentals in life sciences to therapeutic interventions. All copyright cleared.

Box of Broadcasts National (BoB)
Record and access broadcasts from more than 65 TV and radio channels. Includes an option to create clips. Users can embed content in presentations and Moodle (using BoB links/codes). Note that BOB only permits access from within the UK.
Broadcasts, videos, images and sound recordings
A cross-subject list of image, film and media resources