CHEMISTRY  WEBERCISES DIRECTORY

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Steven Murov
 
Emeritus Chemistry Professor 
http://murov.info 
  
  with assistance from
 Rob Meador,
Marc Wezdecki
John Wiley & Sons

1st edition, 2/97, updated as needed,
latest revision 04/08/13
latest site check 08/11/11


Table of Contents
I. SELECTED IMPORTANT WWW CHEMISTRY RESOURCES
II. PROPERTIES OF SUBSTANCES (also see Organic Chemistry)
   A. Elements
   B. Compounds 1 (properties, MSDS, spectroscopy, solvents, misc.)
    C. Compounds 2 (toxicological, environmental, health properties)
III. GENERAL CHEMISTRY
IV. APPLIED CHEMISTRY
V. HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY (including biographies and pictures of chemists)
VI. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (including spectroscopy and molecular modeling sites)
VII. CHEMISTRY TOPICS OF SOCIETAL CONCERN
VIII. CHEMISTRY DIRECTORIES
IX. SEARCH ENGINES and INTERNET INFORMATION
X. CHEMISTRY TEACHING RESOURCES - EXERCISES, DEMOS, PUNS, EXPTS., ETC.
XI SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY, Chemistry keyword searches, jobs, etc.
XII. REFERENCES, CHEMICAL SUPPLIERS, MISC.

Latest additions to this Directory are in red or indicated with an *.

For additional web sites by Murov, please visit:  http://murov.infoSites include chemistry related information as well as several recently posted Powerpoint pre-shows downloadable for use with audiences waiting for the beginning of a presentation ( http://murov.info/PPTPreshows.htm ), a climate change directory with editorial comments - http://murov.info/climatechange.htm , a few unusual periodic tables -  http://murov.info/periodictables.pdf and a list of handy bookmarks http://murov.info/handy.htm .


I. SELECTED IMPORTANT WWW CHEMISTRY RESOURCES

II. PROPERTIES OF SUBSTANCES 
       (for spectroscopic properties, see Organic Chemistry)  
 
     A. Elements - Periodic Tables  
         
For an updated of listing of periodic tables, please go to:  http://murov.info/periodictables.pdf 

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            C. Compounds 2 (toxicological, environmental, health properties)

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III. General Chemistry (for tutorials, exercises, see Section X - Chemistry Teaching Resources)

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IV. APPLIED CHEMISTRY

              2. Case Study: Petroleum - Modern Refining -
                   http://www.pafko.com/history/h_refine.html

          D. Miscellaneous applications -
                http://www.rsc.org/Education/Teachers/Resources/Aflchem/ 

                
          E. Chemical Production


V. HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

VI. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (including spectroscopy and molecular modeling sites)
    For an Organic Chemistry Directory, please visit:
    http://
murov.info/orgchem.htm 

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VII. CHEMISTRY TOPICS OF SOCIETAL CONCERN
(This section contains only a few of the large number of pertinent papers available on the internet.  Those included were chosen for use with the Chemistry Webercises)

VIII. CHEMISTRY DIRECTORIES

Source 
 
Title 
 
URL 
 
Am. Chem. Soc.  Chem. Center http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content 
Analytical Sciences Digital Library http://www.asdlib.org/ 
Doc. Brown Chemistry Curriculum
(precollege)
http://www.docbrown.info/index.htm
A. Bruzel Chemistry http://chemistry.about.com/?once=true&
L.A., H.A. Campbell Chem. Solutions http://www.chemistry.co.nz/chemmap.htm
ChemBioGrid Chemical Databases http://www.chembiogrid.org/related/resources/databases.html
http://www.chembiogrid.org/related/resources/about.html
Chem Guide Education gateway http://www.chemguide.co.uk/
Chemie De Information Service http://www.chemie.de
Chemical Industry Chem. industrial links http://www.chemindustry.com/
Chemical Inst. of Canada Chemistry Links http://www.cheminst.ca/cic_home__e.htm
CHEMystery  CHEMystery: Feedback: Links  http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/
Chemical Society Gateway http://www.chemsoc.org/ 
http://www.rsc.org/Education/Teachers/Resources/index.asp 
ChemSpy Chemical Searching http://www.chemspy.com/ 
ChemWeb B. Vickery Chem Dex plus http://www.chemweb.com/  (free registration required)
R. Claessen  Chemistry Index  http://www.claessen.net/chemistry/
Connecticut Plastics Chemistry Resources http://www.connecticutplastics.com/resources/connecticut-plastics-learning-center/chemistry-resources-on-the-web/
Duke Univ. WWW Chem. 
Resources
http://www.lib.duke.edu/chem/infolist.htm
M. Geyer, The Catalyst  Chemistry  Resources  http://www.theCatalyst.org/wwwchem.html 
J. M. Goodman Chemistry Sites http://www-jmg.ch.cam.ac.uk/data/c2k/
Internet Chemistry Chemistry http://www.internetchemistry.com/chemistry-index.html 
Internet Public Lib. Chem. Sci. Res. http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13&cid=1&tid=7124&parent=7115 
Intute Chemistry gateway http://www.intute.ac.uk/chemistry/  
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/chemistry/
Irgum, Aberg
Umea Univ.
Chem. Teaching
Resources
http://www.anachem.umu.se/eks/pointers.htm 
J. Chem. Ed., Merlot Site Review http://chemistry.merlot.org/ 
D. Kirmse  Chemical  Engineering  http://bubl.ac.uk/LINK/c/chemicalengineering.htm
X. Li, ChIN,  Beijing Chem. Res. on Internet http://www.chinweb.com.cn/indexe.shtml 
Univ. of Liverpool Links for Chemists http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html
S. Lower, 
Simon Fraser U. 
Chem CAI  http://www.chem1.com/chemed/ 
S. Marsden Chemistry http://www.chemtopics.com/ 
J. Martindale  Virtual Chem. Center  http://www.martindalecenter.com/GradChemistry.html 
S. Murov,  Modesto JC  Chemistry Webercises Dir. http://murov.info/webercises.htm 
NSDL Links http://nsdl.org/browse/index.php?GEM_cat=4&verb=Search&q=Chemistry&s=0&n=10&filter[]=category:collection
Open Notebook Science Links http://usefulchem.wikispaces.com/ 
T. O'Haver, Univ. of Md. Chemistry  http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/Technology/Chemistry.html         
K. Porter,  Duke Univ. WWW Chem. Resources http://www.lib.duke.edu/chem/infolist.htm
Princ High School Science Links http://www.princeton.k12.oh.us/HighSchool.cfm?subpage=363 
Hans Reich see #156 - 164 http://www.chem.wisc.edu/areas/reich/group/index.htm
Royal Soc. of Chem. Site Guide http://chemistry.rsc.org/
http://www.rsc.org/Education/ChemistryTeachers/Index.asp
http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/
H. Rzepa Global Inst. Chem. http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/GIC/ 
F. Senese Gen. Chem. Online http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/ 
W. Steinmetz Moldata http://pages.pomona.edu/~wsteinmetz/moldata.html
SUNY Albany Chemistry Resources http://libguides.library.albany.edu/chem_guide 
http://libguides.library.albany.edu/chem_web_guide  
G. Wiggins, 
Indiana U.
Cheminfo http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/
Wikipedia Chemistry portal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry_portal
M. Winter, 
Sheffield 
Chem Dex 
Resources 
http://www.chemdex.org/  (also
see ChemWeb for Chem Dex plus)
XCITR teaching resources http://www.xcitr.org/xcitr_contentmap 
Yahoo 
Chemistry 
Yahoo 
Chemistry
http://dir.yahoo.com/science/chemistry/  
C. Yoder, H. Brown Wired Chemist
Chem. Resources
 http://www.wiredchemist.com/

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IX. SEARCH ENGINES and INTERNET INFORMATION

   A.  Single Search Engines

        TITLE            URL
AOL http://search.aol.com/aol/webhome 
Alta Vista http://www.altavista.com
Ask http://www.ask.com/#subject:ask|pg:1
BASE http://www.base-search.net/
Bing http://www.bing.com
Cuil http://www.cuil.pt/ 
Ed. World http://www.education-world.com
Excite http://my.excite.com/myexcite/my.jsp 
Google http://www.google.com
Hotbot  http://www.hotbot.com/ 
Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu/ 
KartOO http://www.kartoo.com 
Lycos http://www.lycos.com/
MSN http://www.msn.com/ 
Netscape http://netscape.aol.com/ 
Science Search Engine - SCIRUS   http://www.scirus.com/ 
Web Crawler http://www.webcrawler.com
Wink (people search engine) http://wink.com/
Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com


    B.  Sites Containing Links to Several Single and/or Multiple Search Engines

     TITLE      URL
AlbanyNet http://www.allonesearch.com/all1www.html#WWW
CNET http://www.search.com/ 
Dog-pile http://www.dogpile.com/
EZ2Find http://ez2find.com/
Ixquick http://ixquick.com/ 
Mamma http://www.mamma.com/
MetaCrawler http://www.metacrawler.com/
Surfwax http://www.surfwax.com/ 
20Search http://www.20search.com 
Yippy http://search.yippy.com/ 
Zapmeta http://www.zapmeta.com 

    C. Links to General and Special Search Engines and Research and Search Tools
         
http://www.beaucoup.com/
            http://www.itools.com/ 
            http://www.langenberg.com/           

    D. Search Engine Lists, Links, Information and Evaluations
        http://employees.oneonta.edu/pencehe/engineselect03.html
        http://searchenginewatch.com/  
        http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/ 
        http://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/ 

  E. Citing References on the Internet and other Electronic Sources
          http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/cite.html
          http://www.interaction-design.org/citation-maker/
          http://www.h-net.org/about/citation/
          http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/citation.html
          http://archive.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm  
          http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chemical_Information_Sources 

    F. An Internet Research Tool. (Dictionary, Thesaurus, Translator, Biographical Info.,
        Maps) - http://www.itools.com/research-it/ 

   G. Links to Handy Sites - http://murov.info/handy.htm 

    H. File Conversions - http://www.what-means.com/

   I. Publishing Presentations (e.g., Powerpoint) on the Internet
        http://www.slideshare.net/

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X. CHEMISTRY TEACHING RESOURCES - EXERCISES, DEMOS, PUNS, EXPTS.

XI.  SECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY, Chemistry keyword searches, job searches

        A. Chemistry Keyword and Site Search Engines
             for ACS members - https://pc.acschemworx.acs.org/platinum/LoginPage.jsp?home=chemworx&code=1000#home 
             Science Search Engine - SCIRUS - http://www.scirus.com/  
             http://www.fiz-chemie.de/
             http://www.chemweb.com/ 
             http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html
             http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/
             http://www.rsc.org/Education/ChemistryTeachers/Index.asp
             http://www.scienceresearch.com/scienceresearch/ 
             http://worldwidescience.org/
             http://www.osti.gov/  
             http://academic.research.microsoft.com/About/Help.htm#3 
             Physical Sciences chemistry gateway -
                 http://www.intute.ac.uk/physicalsciences/
            photochemistry and radiation chemistry -
                 http://www.chemres.hu/pchem/ 
            journal search - (for the following keyword searches,
                free registration may be required and fee may be required for full text)
                http://www.ingentaconnect.com/ 
                http://www.scienceresearch.com/scienceresearch/ 
                http://www4.infotrieve.com/search/databases/newsearch.asp 
                http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/
              
 http://www.chemweb.com/journals 
               
http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/  
                http://www.fiz-chemie.de/en/home/products-services/chemical-data/chemische-daten.html  
                http://www.deepdyve.com/ 
            document search - http://www.scitopia.org/scitopia/
            Am. Chem. Soc. - http://pubs.acs.org/action/showPublications?display=journals 
           
U.S. government sites - http://www.science.gov/browse/w_129A.htm
                http://www.osti.gov/
            chemical industry - http://www.chemindustry.com/ 
            Chemical and Engineering News Search - http://pubs.acs.org/cen/ 
            Chemical Searching - http://www.chemspy.com/ 
       Chemical information sources - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chemical_Information_Sources/CIIM 
                http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chemical_Information_Sources 
          in unpublished papers http://www.chemunpub.it
       Fee search sites (Your site or library may have a subscription)-
        Chemical Abstracts - http://www.cas.org/ 
        Beilstein - http://www.beilstein.com/
        STN International - http://www.stn-international.de/stndatabases/databases/beilstei.html
        Science Citation Index - http://www.isiwebofknowledge.com/index.html 
        Patent Search - http://www.surechem.org/
           http://www.google.com/advanced_patent_search

        B. Analytical Chemistry -    
             http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/staff/drjackm/chemistry/chemlink/analytic/analytic.html 
             http://www.webanalytes.com/ 
             http://www.analytic-news.com/
             Separations - http://www.separationsnow.com/basehtml/SepH 
            Chromatography - http://www.chromatography-online.org/ 
            HPLC - http://www.academysavant.com/elearning/elearnHPLC.htm

        C. Chemistry Employment Opportunities
               
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/jobsnet.html 
                http://www.jobspectrum.org 
                http://recruit.sciencemag.org/ 
                http://www.medzilla.com 
                http://www.careerbuilder.com 
                http://www.monstertrak.com 
                http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/welcome 
                http://cen-chemjobs.org/ 
                http://www.chemseer.com/chemistryjobs/intro.shtml 
                http://healthcareercenter.org/ 
                http://www.chemjobs.net/ 
                http://www.organic-chemistry.org/jobs/ 

        D. Chemistry Information Sources - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chemical_Information_Sources/CIIM 

        E. Combinatorial Chemistry and Cheminformatics -
           
http://www.combinatorial.com/ 
            http://www.combichem.net/
           
        F. Coordination compounds - http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/cchem/ 

        G. Crystallography -
                http://cod.ibt.lt/ 
                http://www.reciprocalnet.org/recipnet/search.jsp 

        H. Electrochemistry - http://electrochem.cwru.edu/estir/
                                           http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/electrochem.html  
                                           http://www.public.coe.edu/departments/ElectrochemEd/

        I. Food Science Experiments
              http://www.foodscience.psu.edu/Outreach/Fun_Food_Science.html 
              http://www.math.unl.edu/~jump/Center1/FoodScience.html 
              http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/IFT/ 
             
        J.  The Function and Future of Chemistry 
             http://books.nap.edu/html/molecular_frontier/reportbrief.pdf 
             http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309084776/html/1.html 
             TrAC/Internet Column - 
                http://www.hellers.com/steve/resume/p140.html 
            Beyond the Molecular Frontier -
                 http://www.eere.energy.gov/industry/chemicals/

        K. Green chemistry - see X-R above

        L. Inorganic chemistry - https://www.ionicviper.org/  

        M. Lipids - http://www.lipidmaps.org/ 

        N.  Material Science - 
            
http://www.matweb.com/ 
             http://www.azom.com 
             http://www.StrangeMatterExhibit.com 
             http://www.ides.com/
             http://www.goodfellowusa.com/  
             http://www.thermal-wizard.com/tmwiz/default.htm 

        O. Microwave Synthesis -
              http://www.wiley-vch.de/books/sample/3527320970_c01.pdf 
              http://www.organic-chemistry.org/topics/microwave-synthesis.shtm  
              http://www.unc.edu/depts/mtcgroup/litmeetings/microwaves.pdf 

        P. Nano topics
                Interactive Nano-Visualization in Science and Engineering Education (IN-VSEE)
                    http://invsee.asu.edu/Invsee/invsee.htm 
                    http://www.nanohub.org/
                   
http://www.nanowerk.com/
               
    http://www.nanoforum.org
               
    http://www.nano.gov/
               
    http://icon.rice.edu/index.cfm
           
    
   Q. Nuclear - http://alsos.wlu.edu/
              http://alsos.wlu.edu/sciencebrws.asp 
              http://livingtextbook.oregonstate.edu/ 
              http://chemconnections.org/crystals/ppt/nuclear/index.htm

        R. Organometallics  - http://www.ilpi.com/organomet/ 

        S. Peptides and Proteins) - http://www.peptideresource.com

        T. Pharmaceutical chemistry -
               http://www.pharmachemical.com/relatedlinks.asp         

        U.  Photochemistry -
              http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=90  
              light filters - http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/basic_search/display?_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_bookid=4426 

        V. Photosynthesis - http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/photoweb/  
         
        W. Platinum Group Metals - http://www.platinum.matthey.com/publications/pmr.html

        X. Polymers -   
            
http://polymer-search.com/covalent/science-teachers-polymer-education-guide.html  
            
http://plc.cwru.edu/tutorial/enhanced/main.htm
             http://agpa.uakron.edu/ 
             http://pslc.ws/macrog/index.htm
             http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/Polymers+People/PREFACE.html
             http://matse1.mse.uiuc.edu/polymers/polymers.html
            Spectra - http://pslc.uwsp.edu/

        Y. Pyrotechnics - http://cc.oulu.fi/~kempmp/pyro.html 
                   http://chemistry.about.com/od/fireworkspyrotechnics/Fireworks_Pyrotechnics.htm 
                   http://www.armory.com/~spcecdt/pyrotech/ 

        Z. Smell and olfaction including databases - 
              http://leffingwell.com/chirality/chirality.htm
              http://flavornet.org/index.html

        AA. Sugars -
             http://rpi.edu/dept/bcbp/molbiochem/MBWeb/mb1/part2/sugar.htm 
             http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/carbhyd.htm 

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XII. REFERENCES, CHEMICAL SUPPLIERS, MISC.

        A. Chemical Suppliers -
              Chemical Database, ZINC - downloadable free at:  http://blaster.docking.org/zinc/
            ChemACX - http://chemacx.cambridgesoft.com/chemacx/index.asp 
            ChemExper - http://www.chemexper.com/ 
            WWW Chemicals - http://www.chem.com/catalogs/ 
            Chemcompass - http://www.chemcompass.com/ 
            Chem Source - http://www.chemsources.com/ 
            EMD Chemicals - http://www.emdchemicals.com/corporate/emd_corporate.asp 
            RDchemicals - http://www.rdchemicals.com/
            Search for chemicals -
           
    http://www.emolecules.com/

        B. Clipart (be careful of copyrights) - 
            http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pictures_and_images 
                 All images are generally available at the above site but to obtain those in the public domain,
                    enter the name of the topic followed by public domain.

            http://www.picsearch.com/ 
            http://images.search.yahoo.com/ 
            http://images.google.com/ 
            http://www.nypl.org/digital/
            http://www.bing.com/images?FORM=Z9LH7
            gemstones and minerals - http://www.theimage.com
            http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/public-domain-photographs.html 
            http://www.springerimages.com/ 

         C.  Encyclopedias
            http://www.britannica.com/
            http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx 
            http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopdict.html
            http://www.biography.com/ 
            http://www.1upinfo.com/ 
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 
           

      
D.  Dictionaries
            http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html
            http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
            http://www.wordsmyth.net/
            http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx 

            http://www.allwords.com/

 
     E. Thesaurus
   
         http://www.thesaurus.com/  
            http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
            http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm 

    
F. Quotations, Dict., Encyl.http://www.bartleby.com 

     G. Science Education Information -
   
         http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
            http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/07statab/educ.pdf
            http://www.chemsense.org/

     H. Digital Libraries - 
           http://www.nsdl.org 
           http://www.asdlib.org/ 

     I.   Chemical Reaction Libraries
          http://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook.html  
         
http://www.chemthes.com/

   
J. Chemistry Forums, Questions Centers, Blogs and Chatrooms
          http://www.chemicalforums.com/ 
          http://www.chemspider.com/
          http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/index.html
          http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2006/c/index.html
          http://chemistry.wikia.com/wiki/Chemistry_Wiki
          http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chemistry-Teachers/  
          http://cb.openmolecules.net/ 
          http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/cw/ 
          http://my.rsc.org/talkchemistry 
          http://www.biomedexperts.com/Portal.aspx 
          http://www.thechemicalblog.co.uk/ 
    *    http://www.jce.divched.org/   or   http://www.chemedx.org/ 

     K. Open Source Biomedical Research - http://www.thesynapticleap.org/

     L. University Chemistry Departments -
        http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/chem/chemuniv.html

    M. Chemistry Business by State -
        http://www.impactchemistry.com/mystate.aspx 

    N. Surface Chemistry - http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/surfaces/scc/

    O. Chemical Abstracts Statistics -
           http://www.cas.org/ASSETS/836E3804111B49BFA28B95BD1B40CD0F/casstats.pdf

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