Chemistry Internet Resources for High School Students

Pointers to Chemistry-Related Sites on the Web

Periodic Tables On-Line

• Chemicool Periodic Table   David Hsu's periodic table with links to Encyclopedia Britannica articles on the elements.
• Another Periodic Table This version of Web Elements is housed at Boston College.
• WebElements from EnglandThe original! For elements through 118!
• Community Learning Network Periodic Table Resources   The CLN is a private page which provides links to other periodic tables.
• Periodic Tables     A Stanford page with links to periodic tables in the academic community.
• The Pictoral Periodic Table From Phoenix College with many links to other periodic tables.

• Where to find MSDS's on the Internet .  Dr. Rob Toreki maintains this useful page on MSDS's.  He gives links to several different sites, in addition to information about what an MSDS is and how to get information from it.
• Vermont Siri MSDS Site.     A University of Vermont site with links for MSDS and toxicology reports. It also provides directions for downloading their files as .zip or .tar files by FTP.
• Mallinkrodt Laboratory Chemicals.   This online catalog site allows you to check for MSDSs for Mallinkrodt chemicals.
• EM Science  , an affiliate of Merck, permits searching by name or by various numbers, such as CAS number. In addition, you may do multiple searching.
• An MSDS site in England/A similar gopher listing of chemicals. Looks very much like the one from Utah.
• Material Safety Data Sheet RetrievalThis site has a search form for chemical msds's at the U. of Missouri-Rolla; will search sigma and aldrich catalogs. When I tried it, it did not permit access
• ATSDR-ToxFAQs. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry maintains a page where you can obtain information about the hazardous substances found at hazardous substance sites and about their impacts on human health.
• Sigma-Aldrich Catalog Search.    Sigma-Aldrich permits a catalog search on its site; at this page you can request MSDS information.
• NOAA MSDS GatewayGovernment NOAA page with msds links.

On-Line Journals, Zines, Books and Listservs

• The Journal of Chemical Education
• C&E News online
• ChemInfo at IUB
• ChemInformatics Page
• NIST Webbook  National Institute of Standards and Technology
• ChemCAI  Steve Lower's online  Instructional Resources for Chemistry

Chemistry Organizations

• The American Chemical Society page
• The ACS ChemCenter page
• The Royal Society of Chemistry

Pages with Chemistry Pointers

• EINet Chemistry page. This page has a good list of chemistry links. More interestingly, it now offers a monthly guest lecturer on chemistry topics under the link "WWW Hub for Chemistry." One article was on DNA, the central dogma of life; another is on HIV-1, its causes and relation to AIDS.
• Yahoo's Chemistry list.Yahoo has a great list of chemistry resources, updated an a regular basis.
• Chemistry: Links for Chemists The University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry maintains an extensive list of chemistry resources--over 4000 links!--including magazines and journals. A good site for locating online reference materials.
• Chemistry Information on the Internet  A wealth of resources if you are looking for general chemistry information or for suppliers.
• Chemistry Information on the Internet  A second site with another batch of chemistry resources.
• ISU Milner Library Chemistry page A set of resources with links for searching the Illinois State University Milner Library.

Special Interest Topics

• Visualizing Chemistry
• Chemist's Art Gallery Visualizations and animations in chemistry. You will need to search out and download the appropriate viewers!
• How a Photon is Created or Absorbed A great interactive site. In order to follow this page, you should have Excel installed on your computer!
• Learning Matters of ChemistryPages by Yue-Ling Wong with links to atomic orbitals visuals.
• Chemistry Hypermedia Project An outstanding resource with tutorials maintained by Brian Tissue at Virginia Tech. You may need Chime or another plugin to view all parts of these pages. Recommended!
• Thermodynamics
• Dr. Frank Lambert's page on the second law of thermodynamics, including topics on activation energy, kinetics, and bonding!
• Nuclear/Radiation
• The homepage for the Nuclear Engineering Department at Oregon State University.
• The MSU Office of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Safety
• Seattle Times Newspaper in Education This site has an article "50 Years From Trinity" which gives a newspaper-style account of the history of of the atomic bomb development, with historical photos from Hanford. Also provides a page with internet links to other radiation chemistry resources.
• Cold Fusion
• The Cold Fusion Technology Homepage This site contains links to cold fusion information, including a FAQ.
• Materials Science
• Microworlds--Exploring the Structure of Materials A site with info on new materials. It also has information on the role of selenium in wetlands!
• IUPAC
• IUPAC Nomenclature Homepage  Recommendations on Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.
• Demoes
• Delights of Chemistry  a set of experiments and demoes from the School of Chemistry at the University of Leeds.
• Biotech
• IMB-JENA A European site with a HUGE number of biochemical/biotech resources.
• BioTech Research Links This page contains links not only to biotechnology sites, but to online dictionaries in several languages, WWW guides, tutorials, resource pages.....A Jewel!

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