Follow the links below to access a variety of Internet chemistry sites useful to both students and instructors.
Use the Library resouces to help you search for chemistry information. Search for journal articles in the Academic Search Premier database on the LPC Library Homepage. You will find abstracts and full text for science journals, which include chemistry information. You may also use the online version of the Merck Index on campus from the LPC Library Homepage.
The Merck Index - Contains 10,955 monographs describing
significant chemicals, drugs, & biological substances, available on and off
campus.
Guide
to Chemistry Research - at LPC Library (PDF)
Library
of Congress Classification System - LPC Library Short Guide
LPC
Library Citation Style Guides
Magazines and Journals - Use the LPC Library Catalog to find the science magazines
available in the Library.
LPC Chemistry Department - " ... provide(s) information about the Chemistry program at Las Positas College including its faculty and staff, to answer questions you might have about Chemistry, and to provide links to interesting Chemistry web sites.
Academic Info: Chemistry - an annotated subject directory for college students and faculty which divides chemistry links into seven areas: Portals & General Resources, Reference Shelf, Chemistry Education, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Databases, and Libraries
American Chemical Society - pages for chemistry professionals, educators, students at all levels, policy makers; access to print publications of the American Chemical Society, chemistry news, job listings, lesson plans, the "Molecule of the Week", an interactive periodic table...
Atomic
Spectra Databases - "database contains critically evaluated NIST
(National Institute for Standards and Technology) data for radiative transitions
and energy levels in atoms and atomic ions. Data are included for observed
transitions of 99 elements and energy levels of 52 elements"
BUBL LINK Chemistry
Links - valuable and reliable catalog of chemistry - related Internet
sites with descriptions of each site including links to general chemistry,
chemical data, chemistry education, news, research, societies, and software
ChemFinder.com -
search by chemical name, CAS Number, molecular formula, or molecular weight
(includes a list of the sites indexed, a short glossary of terms used,
and a FAQ for using ChemFinder)
Chemguide:
Helping You to Understand Chemistry - designed for students in Great
Britain but "should be useful if you are at the beginning of any similar
advanced Chemistry course"
Chemistry-Based
QuickTime, Shockwave Flash, GIF Animations, and Streaming Audio - a
collection of "animations [that] support the teaching of concepts
in chemistry in freshman through graduate level courses," including
chemiluminescence, electrophoresis, gas chromatography, spectroscopy, etc.
Chemistry Gateway, PSIgate (Physical
Sciences Information Gateway) - select chemistry on the "Search
Subjects" guide, for access to high quality Internet resources for
students, researchers and practitioners in chemistry
Chemsoc:
the RSC's Chemical Science Network - click on the Chemsoc Timeline: "linear
based exploration of key events in the history of science with a particular
emphasis on chemistry" and 109 - A Visual Interpretation of the Table
of Elements: interpreting the periodic table, 109 elements, through images
(Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom)
Classic
Chemistry - "The principal purpose of this site is to post the
texts of several classic papers from the history of chemistry."
Comic
Strip Periodic Table - features comic books in which an element is
mentioned - right or wrong.
Common
Molecules - "Molecules are the smallest collection of atoms of
a compound which retains the properties of that material" from the
Molecular Structure Database, University of Indiana
DNATUBE: Scientific Video Site - "A non-profit video site which is aiming to be a visual scientific resource for its visitors making scientific concepts easily understandable."
EnvironmentalChemistry.com - "...
provides chemistry, environmental and hazardous materials educational resources
including a detailed periodic table of elements; articles on chemistry,
environmental and hazardous materials issues; a geologic timeline; and
much more." Includes a description of the atom, a dictionary and list
of hazardous material acronyms, a molar mass calculator, a history of Chernobyl,
and images of hazardous materials placards
General Chemistry
Online - searchable guide to chemistry that includes hyperlinked notes
and guides for first semester chemistry, articles, including a searchable
glossary of over 900 terms, a pop-up periodic table, and calculators; 800
common compound names, formulas, structures, and properties
A
Heat Transfer Textbook - full text of the 2000 introductory text about "heat
and mass transfer" as a PDF file
Highwire
Press, Stanford University - to help researchers comprehensively search
and gain access to the literature easily -- both journals they regularly
read and literature in journals they might otherwise miss -- and to help
librarians support their researchers and institutions with more complete
and improved services
Internet Chemistry:
Oxidation/Reduction - explains how elements react with oxygen to form
compounds called oxides, includes examples, such as bleaching, photosynthesis,
metabolism, electrochemistry, the "dry cell" battery...
Links for Chemists -
directory of more than 7,350 links to chemistry resources with 60+ categories
which include: university chemistry departments; chemical company profiles,
instruments, supplies, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals; publishing; information
on conferences, databases, dictionaries, jobs, careers, encyclopedia, fundamental
constants, periodic tables; chemistry software; organizations; analytical,
electrochemistry, organic, radioactivity, nano technology and self assembly,
surface science, and synchrotron labs
MEDLINE
Plus Drug Information - information on thousands of prescription and
over-the-counter medications is provided through two drug resources
Molecular
Universe - information on molecules and molecular systems, including:
boundaries and barriers; molecules applied; building in 3 dimensions; molecules
of life; models in science; atomic relief; molecular milestones timeline;
and molecular mayhem
NIST
Chemistry WebBook - provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion
energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program
Organic
Chemistry Resources Worldwide - annotated organic chemistry subject
directory
Periodic
Table of the Elements - includes atomic number, symbol, weight, and
electron configuration; a brief history of the element and its sources,
isotopes, uses, and properties through element 112
Periodic
Table of the Elements - a literal periodic table (designed as a wooden
table), see more about the element with links to more sites
SciVee: make your research known - "... about the free and widespread dissemination and comprehension of science. Created for scientists, by scientists, SciVee moves science beyond the printed word and lecture theater taking advantage of the internet as a communication medium where scientists young and old have a place and a voice."
Theoretical
Chemistry: A Self-Guided Introduction for College Students - "A
brief introduction to the field...both in a historical context and as it
is practiced today. It is also designed to offer practicing chemists and
other scientists perspective about how this field can impact their own"
Tox
Town: An Interactive Guide to Commonly Encountered Toxic Substances -
a colorful, fun site from the National Library of Medicine with very useful
links to the EPA, National Safety Council, Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease
Registry, Tox FAQs, Hazaradous Substances Data Base (NLM) and PubMed/MEDLINE
(includes arsenic, asbestos, carbon monoxide, lead, mercury, ozone, radon,
toluene)
Toxicology & Environmental
Health (National Library of Medicine) - information portal for resources
on these subject areas
United
States Patent and Trademark Office - basic role of the PTO is "to
promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited
times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries." Find
more information at Patent Information (Stanford University: Swain Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering Library) - which links to many patent databases
WebElements - "a
high quality source of information on the WWW relating to the periodic
table. Currently most information is about the elements themselves but
the scope of WebElements will include simple compounds as well in the future" CAS
Registry Number Definition
What's
That Stuff - chemical composition of 20+ every-day items ranging from
self tanners, lipstick, fireworks, cheese whiz, new car smell, toothpaste
from the American Chemical Society
Many of these links were found through Librarians' Internet Index and the annotations were adapted from the LII list (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index, lii.org.)
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