Chemistry
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General Chemistry | Associations -- Chemistry | General Scientific Organizations
General Chemistry
RasMol
An excellent and free molecular visualization viewer.
ACRL Chemistry Sources
An excellent resource from the American Library Association. This site has numerous
links to chemistry resources in industry, research, education, associations, e-journals,
discussion groups and more.
Chemcyclopedia
A searchable manual of commercially available chemicals.
Chemdex
An international directory of chemistry on the Internet, based at the University
of Sheffield's Department of Chemistry.
ChemFinder
Searchable database of chemical structures. Also provides links to other internet
resources in a variety of chemistry/biology/health fields.
Chemical Information
Sources from Indiana University
Links to many important and useful resources.
Chemistry Preprint Server
A free searchable database of research papers in chemistry. Requires a free user
registration.
ChemWeb
Membership is required (but it's free) for this site which includes nearly 200 journals
and 40 databases. The forums/communities section groups resources by specialty.
EXTOXNET
Searchable source of information on pesticides developed by toxicologists and chemists
within the Extension Service of several land-grant universities.
International Toxicity Estimates
for Risk World Wide Web Database
ITER is a compilation of human health risk values for over 500 chemicals of environmental
concern.
Molecular Universe
Organized into lessons about molecules and molecular systems, with a useful index
and color illustrations, this site cines from the Royal Institute of Great Britain.
NIST WebBook
This database contains IR spectra for over 5,000 compounds and Mass Spectra for
over 8,000 compounds in addition to other chemical property info.
Organic Chemistry Resources
Worldwide
An organic chemistry metasite divided into sections on literature, laboratory resources,
spectrometry and spectroscopy, teaching, and conferences and organizations.
Thermodex
This resource is especially useful for identifying an appropriate handbook for finding
out physical and thermodynamic properties of chemicals.
TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network)
Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, this site is a collection of databases
on toxicology literature, toxicology data, toxic release information, and chemical
information.
WWW Links
for Chemists
Maintained by the University of Liverpool's Department of Chemistry. These pages
provide a selection of links to Internet chemistry resources worldwide, including
links to all UK University Chemistry Departments.
Associations -- Chemistry
American Chemical Society (ACS)
International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists (IACIS)
