The following textbook package has been adopted for CHEM 211…
Title: General Chemistry, 8/e
Authors: Ebbing/Gammon
ISBN: 0-618-53994-8
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Web Address: college.hmco.com/students
As you have likely discovered in other courses, making a habit of reading and review is a formula for success that will prepare you for
lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, and tests. Some of the outstanding features of the General Chemistry, 8/e, text are:
• Real-World Application: "A Chemist Looks At" boxes highlight applications of chemistry to medicine/health, frontiers of science, the
environment, and everyday life. You immediately see how the material relates to your future career, your world, and your life.
• Problem Solving: Ebbing and Gammon have a consistent, integrated, and proven approach to problem solving in their text and
accompanying technology program.
The accompanying student support package provides access to a variety of study tools, including:
Media Guide for Students: This guide provides information and access to the technology resources available with the Eighth edition.
Includes a user name and password to SMARTHINKING™ live, online tutoring, a user name and password for the students web site, and
information about Eduspace®. The media guide includes the following:
• Student Web Site (access via chemistry.college.hmco.com/students): Organized by chapter, the student web site enriches,
enhances, and facilitates learning by taking the text’s three main themes – problem solving, understanding concepts, and
visualization -- to an interactive level. Some resources on the web site include:
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Visualization, Practice, and Tutorial Tools
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Houghton Mifflin's ACE self-quizzing
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Flashcards of key terms and concepts
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Glossary from the text
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An interactive periodic table
• The Student CD-ROM: A student tutorial resource, supports the goals of the Eighth Edition by helping you visualize molecular
behavior and review concepts. It includes resources such as interactive tutorials with videos and animations.
• SMARTHINKING live, online tutoring: This online service provides personalized, text-specific tutoring and is available during
typical study hours when students need it most: Sunday-Thursday from 2pm-5pm and 9pm-1am EST. With SMARTHINKING,
students can submit a question to get a response from a qualified e-structor, usually within 24 hours; use the whiteboard with full
scientific notation and graphics; preschedule time with an e-structor; view past online sessions, questions, or essays in an
archive on their personal academic homepage; and view their tutoring schedule. E-structors help students with the process of
problem-solving rather than supply answers.
• EduSpace On-Line Learning Tool: Eduspace is powered by the Blackboard™ online learning system and includes all of
Blackboard’s powerful features for teaching and learning. You will learn how to:
• Complete homework assignments and tests online
• Communicate with your instructor and fellow students in a number of different ways
• View your grades in the Gradebook
• Access live, online tutoring from SMARTHINKING
Also included in this package:
Student Solutions Manual: This helpful manual provides solutions to all in-chapter exercises, as well as solutions to odd-numbered practice
problems, general problems, and cumulative skills problems, plus answers to review questions.
Study Guide: Contains a list of key terms and their definitions, diagnostic tests, summaries of major concepts and operational skills,
additional practice problems, and post-tests.
Save money by purchasing this package! The study guide is FREE!
This textbook package is available for purchase through the college bookstore
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