Organic Special Projects Lab Symposium Notebooks and all outstanding work due. Be sure to read pp. 5-21 of Pavia, et al, regarding safety precautions that must be taken in the laboratory. Goggles are required at all times in the laboratory. It is helpful to record the Registry Numbers in your notebook for the reagents used.
Disposable gloves are available at the Stockroom window.
Be sure to remove them before handling any communal items such as balances, reagent bottles, pipets, telephones, door knobs, etc., or you will contaminate the items you touch and make it unsafe for others not wearing gloves. From years of our own experience, we find that the following format works well. Your notebook should be a complete and continuously updated diary or journal for your work in the laboratory. Your notebook is the only place where notes about your laboratory work should be kept, and it should be a thorough record of your work. A stranger with approximately your level of training should be able to read your notebook and repeat your work without any additional assistance, and obtain similar results to your own.