Guides to Chemical
Information Sources and Databases
URL
http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/ca_gcisd.html
DESCRIPTION Extensive list of
the best chemistry general and sub-discipline guides to Internet resources. Also
includes links to commercial database summary sheets and guide and a link to
lecture notes on the topic.
Chemistry
Resources on the Internet by Charles F. Huber. Issues in Science and
Technology Librarianship Winter 1998, 17.
URL
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/98-winter/interne1.html
DESCRIPTION A
selection of chemistry sites for Chemical Data Sources; Materials Safety Data
Sheets; Chemistry Departments; Super Sites; Awards and Prizes; Professional
Societies; Conferences, Meetings and Symposia; Commercial Information Providers;
Publishers; Electronic Journals, Chemical Suppliers; Chemical Equipment
Suppliers; and Chemical Software Suppliers.
NIST WebBook
URL
http://webbook.nist.gov/
DESCRIPTION Access point for NIST's Standard
Reference Data Program collections. Contains the Chemistry WebBook, with
thermodynamic data for over 5,000 organic and small inorganic molecules. Also
has heat of reaction, ion energetics, and IR and mass spectral data, and more.
Can be searched by chemical formula, CAS Registry Number, molecular weight,
ionization energy or proton affinity, and other parameters.
Organic Compounds
Database
URL http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/cmp/cmp.html
DESCRIPTION
Searchable database of physical data, including molecular weight, melting point,
boiling point, index of refraction, and UV absorption peaks. Can be searched by
name, molecular formula or by numeric values of the properties.
CS ChemFinder
URL
http://chemfinder.camsoft.com/
DESCRIPTION Extensive, searchable database of
chemical substances in over 320 Internet Web sites. The database is searchable
by chemical name, formula, molecular weight, melting point, boiling point, CAS
Registry Number, and structure. Included databases cover biochemistry, health,
medications, MSDS, pesticides/herbicides, physical properties, regulations, and
usage, as well as others that contain actual structures of chemical compounds.
The WWW
Chemical Structures Database
URL
http://schiele.organik.uni-erlangen.de/services/webmol.html
DESCRIPTION
Database of more than 2250 structures linked to the source Web pages. Searchable
by full- and substructure search, molecular formula, molecular weight, chemical
name, CAS Registry Number, and range or exact number of atoms, rings, or
charges. (Requires Chime or other plug-in software to view structures.)
CODATA Key
Values for Thermodynamics
URL
http://www.nrc.ca/programs/codata/databases/key1.html
DESCRIPTION
Internationally agreed values for the thermodynamic properties of key chemical
substances. Includes the standard enthalpy of formation at 298.15 K, the entropy
at 298.15 K, and the quantity H (298.15 K)-H (0), with standard state pressure
100000 Pa (1 bar).
WebElements
URL
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/web-elements/
DESCRIPTION Best known and most
information-rich periodic table on the Internet, with over 100 categories of
information, each linked to a definition and source of the data. Features a
description, historical information, uses, chemical data, physical data, and
crystallographic, nuclear, electronic, biological, and geological information.
WebElements has impressive navigation features. The sheer amount of information
provided or planned for inclusion makes this more like a treatise on the
elements.
ECDIN -
Environmental Chemicals Data and Information Network
URL
http://ulisse.etoit.eudra.org/Ecdin/Ecdin.html
DESCRIPTION Source of
reliable envronmental data on commercial chemicals, searchable by chemical
names, CAS Registry Numbers, molecular formulas, or ECDIN numbers. Covers
identification of the substance, its physical-chemical properties, production
and use, legislation and rules, occupational health and safety, toxicity,
concentrations and fate in the environment, detection methods, hazards and
emergency information. Can select individual topics of interest about the
substance or everything about it.
CHMINF-L
(Chemical Information Sources Discussion List) Archives
URL
http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/chminf-l.html
DESCRIPTION Searchable
archives of CHMINF-L postings from May 1991 to the present. CHMINF-L is
sponsored by the SLA Chemistry Division, the American Chemical Society Division
of Chemical Information, ASIS Special Interest Group on Scientific and Technical
Information Systems, the Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Information Group,
and the Chemical Structure Association.
Overview of
Chemical Mailing Lists
URL
http://bionmr1.rug.ac.be/chemistry/overview.html
DESCRIPTION Extensive,
annotated list of e-mail discussion groups for chemical topics.
International Union of
Pure and Applied Chemistry
URL
http://alpha.qmw.ac.uk/~ugca000/iupac.html/
DESCRIPTION Main standards
organization for nomenclature in all areas of chemistry. Includes Web versions
of many printed IUPAC official documents and references to all IUPAC printed
recommendations.
Glossary of Class
Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC
Recommendations 1994)
URL
http://alpha.qmw.ac.uk/~ugca000/iupac.html/class/
DESCRIPTION Glossary of
general organic compound types with illustrative structures.
Abbreviations of
Chemical Compounds
URL http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/abbscomp
DESCRIPTION Searchable database of chemical abbreviations. Yields full and
alternate name(s) and structural formula.
MathMol Home Page (Mathematics
and Molecules)
URL http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/
DESCRIPTION
Introductory starting point for those interested in molecular modeling. Features
public domain software, a library of 3-D molecular structures, and K-12
activities. Also includes MPEG files of simulations and hypermedia textbooks.
Image Library of Biological
Macromolecules
URL http://www.imb-jena.de/IMAGE.html
DESCRIPTION
Collection of all RNA structures from the Protein Data Bank and the Nucleic
Acids Database, plus DNA and protein structures. Also contains DNA-protein
complexes and RNA-protein complexes.
Chemical Object
Test Page
URL http://www-dsed.llnl.gov/documents/tests/chem.html
DESCRIPTION Collection of test files for chemical MIME types. Includes
instructions on how to install viewers for UNIX, PC, and Macintosh computers and
links to sources of free viewers.
MDL Products: Free Chime for
All Users
URL http://www.mdli.com/chemscape/chime/
DESCRIPTION Free
plug-in software to view chemical substances directly with a Web browser. Works
with Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Chemscape Chime supports most of
the structure display formats used on the Web, including MDL's own widely used
formats and many of the 3D display formats, such as PDB. An overview of Chime, a
basic guide to its operation, and examples of molecules for viewing with Chime
are included
ACS (American Chemical Society)
Publications
URL http://pubs.acs.org/
DESCRIPTION Catalog of
American Chemical Society publications in print and electronic form, with links
to free ACS electronic Web publications. Features links to Web sites of
companies that advertise in ACS journals. Quite a few of the ACS printed
publications have electronic counterparts that are currently free. In addition,
the site has links to other important ACS sites, including the ACS and Chemical
Abstracts Service home pages, and ChemCenter, ACS's guide to Internet resources
in chemistry.
Journal of Chemical Education
Chemical Education Resource Bookshelf
URL
http://www.umsl.edu/~chemist/books/
DESCRIPTION Extensive index and guide to
chemistry textbooks and software for educational uses. Includes authors,
publishers, dates of publication, number of pages, ISBN, and list prices of
textbooks, as well as references to reviews of texts and software. Has a list of
chemistry and science education journals and hyperlinks to publisher Web pages.
The Most
Comprehensive List of Chemistry Journals Online
URL
http://www.chemconnect.com/library/journals.shtml
DESCRIPTION List of over
300 electronic journals in chemistry.
The Royal Society of
Chemistry Library and Information Centre Catalogue of Books, Monographs and
Images
URL http://chemistry.rsc.org/rsc/opacform.htm
DESCRIPTION
Searchable catalog of a major chemistry library. Features detailed indexing of
portraits or other images of chemists.
Chemical Patent
Searching
URL http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/ca_cps.html
DESCRIPTION Guide to the main Internet resources for free patent searching
and to commercial patent databases. Links to lecture notes on the topic, as well
as other introductory material.
Chemical Patents Plus!
URL http://casweb.cas.org/chempatplus/
DESCRIPTION Database of chemical
patents back to 1971. Allows free searching and free display of patent titles
and abstracts, with other patent and related data available at a cost. Features
complete patent page images for patents issued from 1 January 1994. Includes CAS
Registry Numbers and complete subject indexing for all chemical patents covered
in Chemical Abstracts. Can request the 2-D and 3-D structure views for the CAS
Registry Numbers for substances identified in the patent claims. (Requires STN
International account.)
CHEMystery: An Interactive Guide to
Chemistry
URL http://tqd.advanced.org/3659/
DESCRIPTION Lessons on
topics normally found in a general chemistry textbook, including states of
matter, atoms and molecules, the periodic table, chemical reactions, atomic
structure and bonding, mixtures, thermodynamics, equilibrium, acids and bases,
electrocheistry, organic chemistry, and nuclear reactions. Uses audio and lets
you interact with other Internet resources, such as the WWW and USENET
newsgroups.
BioChemNet; Biology and Chemistry
Educational Resources Online
URL http://schmidel.com/bionet.htm
DESCRIPTION Extensive guide to Web sites in several topics related to
biochemistry with an emphasis on educational sites. Includes biology topics,
plus general, organic, and biochemistry. Also has sections on news and journals,
laboratory safety, ethics in science, and science careers.
American Chemical Society's
Chemical Sciences Graduate School Finder
URL
http://pubs.acs.org/books/direct/gsf/
DESCRIPTION Directory of about 275
chemistry departments from more than 180 different institutions in the US and
Canada. Searchable by school name, program of study, US state or Canadian
province, and faculty member's name.
ACS LabGuide
Directory
URL http://pubs3.acs.org:8889/lg97/index.html
DESCRIPTION
Searchable and browsable directory of instrument and laboratory supplies,
laboratory reagents and standards, laboratory services, OEM supplies and
suppliers, and a company directory of manufacturers and suppliers.
Most entries reprinted with permission from Britannica Internet Guide. (http://www.ebig.com) Copyright 1997 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.