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CHEM 110: ProQuest - periodical database

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Chemicals as a commodity

This is a screen shot showing a key word search, caffeine global trade. The annotation reads, Think about what else you want to know. Here I want to learn more about how this chemical gets around in our world. How valuable is it as a commodity? I am hoping to find something surprising, something little known.

Selecting articles

This is a screen shot of 2 articles that resulted in the key word search, caffeine global trade, in the ProQuest database. The first is titled, Caffeine for sale: The hidden trade of the world's favorite stimulant, a radio interview from NPR. The other is called C.8.H.1.O.N.4.O.2, a magazine article from Wired. The annotation instructs students to click on the link "full text: to access articles. The annotation reads, These are fun, interesting articles about the global trade and application of powdered caffeine.

Search for other 'aspects'

This is a screen shot of an article found from the key word search, caffeine production history, in the ProQuest database. The article is titled The essence of commodification: Caffeine dependencies in the early new world. This is an article from the scholarly, or peer-reviewed, journal called Journal of Social History. The annotation indicates that this is a scholarly article about a narrow aspect of the chemical's historical significance. The annotation also shows how the key words are searched for, highlighting the words, caffeine, production, and history in the brief record of the article.

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