Collins Memorial Library: Chemistry: Online Resources

Online Resources for Chemistry

Collins Library provides access to many resources for chemistry research, but there are also a huge variety of free online web sites available for everything from serious research to satisfying curiosity to making art. Just a small portion are collected here. Send me an email if you have a suggestion of a web site to add to this page!

Science News & Blogs

Chemistry & Materials News from the NSF
News from the National Science Foundation relating to chemistry & material science.
Chemspy
Information portal for chemists and students of chemistry.
New York Times Science News
Science section of the New York Times national newspaper.
Science Daily
News & press releases related to scientific information from around the world.

Chemistry Organizations and Associations

American Chemical Society
The world's largest scientific society, the ACS is the major professional organization for chemists of all kinds, as well as being a major publisher of scholarly books and journals in the sciences.
Royal Society of Chemistry
A scholarly and professional organization in the UK, as well as a publisher, the RSC is the largest society in Europe dedicated to advancing the chemical sciences.

Chemical Data & Pricing Resources

Chemical Data Reporting
Data collected by the US Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule, which requires manufacturers, including importers, to submit information on the chemical they produce domestically or import into the United States during the principal reporting year.
ICIS Indicative Chemical Prices
Out of date (2006) prices from the Chemical Market Reporter trade journal.
ACS Chemical Industry Buyers Guide
Directory of suppliers of chemical supplies and equipment.

The Periodic Table

Periodic Table of the Elements Quiz
Test yourself on your knowledge of the periodic table!
RSC Visual Elements Periodic Table
From the Royal Society of Chemistry, a gorgeous interactive periodic table.
Photographic Periodic Table
Photographs of all elements in the periodic table!
Periodic Table Printmaking Project
Ninety-seven artists collaborated to make visual prints inspired by the periodic table.
CRC Press Interactive Periodic Table
via the CRC Press, available also as a downloadable PDF.

Chemistry Online Learning Tools

CAS Source Index Search Tool
Use this to help identify bibliographic references quickly and easily by searching the publications indexed by Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS), a division of ACS and a leading authority on chemical information. Particularly helpful for deciphering journal title abbreviations!
Chemical Information from the NLM
Links to chemical information curated by the National Library of Medicine.
Online Organic Chemistry Flash Cards
Via Ohio State University, online flash cards for learning to identify organic chemistry reactions.
ChemSpider
Search by structure! ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 28 million structures from hundreds of data sources, from the Royal Society of Chemistry.