LibGuides: Chemistry: Websites

Gateway Sites

SCIENCE GOV
Science search for Fed. Govt. sites.
Science Research
"Using state-of-the-art federated search technology from Deep Web Technologies, ScienceResearch.com accelerates your research by returning the most relevant results from over 300 authoritative science and technology collections to one, easily navigable page."
World of Chemistry
Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry site provides informative tutorials on Organic Chemistry, Geology, Quantum Chemistry and many other pertinent subjects.

General Information

ACS Resources for Community College Students
Information and links for two year college students in Chemistry.
American Chemistry Society
Site stocked with Chemistry updates, news, research and career information.
AMSER (Applied Math and Science Education Repository)
AMSER is a portal of educational resources and services in math and science designed for community and technical college users, but free for anyone to use. AMSER is funded by the National Science Foundation.
Chemical and Engineering News
Good news source.
ChemSpider
Free Chemical structure database.
Chemistry Resource Center
Resource page that helps students get ready for college Chem. Affiliated with British Columbia Inst. of Technology.
General Chemistry Online
Excellent Site from the Chemistry department at Frostburg State. Contains glossary, tutorials, trivia and a chemistry survival guide.
Organic Chemistry Portal
The Organic Chemistry Portal offers an overview of recent topics, interesting reactions, and information on the most important chemicals.

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Includes a tool that lets you draw chemical structures.
PeriodicVideos
University of Nottingham videos about the elements in the Periodic Table.
Photographic Periodic Table
Contains thousands of pages of text, stories, pictures, and data which are accessed by clicking on the individual elements on the front page, or using the navigation bar the at the top of most pages.

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This site includes detailed technical data about the elements, and a notably amazing set of isotope decay chain maps.
PubChem Project
Open project (anyone can add) which gives structures, identifiers, chemical and physical properties, biological activities, patents, health, safety, toxicity data, etc. Can be used with ACD/Chemsketch.
StudyBlue Flash Cards
Free flash cards app that can help with many science topics, and that can be shared.
UNC Chemistry Fundamentals
An entire review of freshman chemistry from the University of North Carolina Chemistry Department.
Web Elements Periodic Table
Site devoted to explaining, expounding and exposing the elements of the periodic table.
Wired Chemist : Instructional
Basic chemistry instruction from WiredChemist.com

Journals, Articles & Publications

Eurekalert
The latest news about scientific papers and reports in many disciplines.
Science Daily
Current chemistry news, insightful articles and information on the most modern chemistry books and magazines.

Evaluating Websites

When doing research on the web it is really important to evaluate the source. There are many different methods of deciding if a source is credible, an easy evaluation phrase to remember is The CRAAP Test:

CURRENCY
timeliness of the information

RELEVANCE
importance of the information for your needs

AUTHORITY
source of the information

ACCURACY
reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content

PURPOSE
reason the information exists

NOTE: It's not always this simple. Ask about Lateral Reading.

ChemSpider

ChemSpider is a "free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 32 million structures from hundreds of data sources."

Videos & Podcasts

Khan Academy : Chemistry
Instructional videos on general and organic chemistry.
Video Lectures.Net - Chemistry
The purpose of VideoLectures.Net is to provide free and open access of a high quality video lectures presented by distinguished scholars and scientists at events like conferences, summer schools, workshops from many fields of Science.

Libraries

Chemistry: Websites