Chemistry - Useful websites

A range of high-quality resources for Chemistry are available on the web. Start exploring them here:

General journal directories

• Journals TOC: Service which provides access to table of contents of many journals.
• TechExpo DIRECTORY OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC TRADE TECHNICAL MAGAZINES: A (if some what dated) listing of a range of trade publications, many of them freely available online.

Online lectures

• Coursera: Online courses some are free and some cost money (especially if you want a diploma/certificate)
• EdX: Free online courses from the top universities in the world (for a diploma/certificate it costs money.)

Revision/Lab guides

• Allery Chemistry - YouTube channel: Revision videos created for various secondary school Chemistry exams. Useful for revising previously acquired knowledge.
• Journal of Visualised Experiments (JoVE): for help with laboratory techniques, a collection of videos demonstrating key experimental methods.
• Learn Chemistry: A free resource for Chemistry teachers and students of all levels, including higher education, hosted by Royal Society of Chemistry.

Glossaries/Nomenclature

• Wolftam Chemistry Glossary: Glossary of Chemistry terms.
• IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology: The online version of the "Gold Book" which collects together terminology definitions from IUPAC recommendations published in the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry and in the other Colour Books.
• IUPAC Nomenclature: Provides information on IUPAC recommendations, hosted by Queen Mary. Many full-text versions of recommendations are also made available.

Periodical tables

• Interactive Periodic table: “The Royal Society of Chemistry's interactive periodic table features history, alchemy, podcasts, videos, and data trends across the periodic table.”
• The Periodic Table of Videos: Short videos about the elements of the periodical table created by University of Nottingham.
• WebElements: The periodic table of the chemical elements on the web.

Organic chemistry/Inorganic chemistry

• Macrogalleria: Provides a wealth of information around polymers, created by the University of Southern Mississippi.
• Molecule of the Month: As the name suggests, every month a link to information about a new molecule is added to this site. An alternative collection is available at com.
• Organic Chemistry Portal: Offers an overview of recent topics, interesting reactions, and information on important chemicals for organic chemists.
• Organic Synthesis:Provides detailed, reliable, and carefully checked procedures for the synthesis of organic compounds.
• Organometallic HyperTextBook: This site, created by Rob Toreki, is designed as a reference tool for students that are starting out in the area of organometallic chemistry. It includes information on a wide range of topics as well as links to other useful Internet resources.

Analytical chemistry

• Analytical Sciences Digital Library: Provides a collection of peer-reviewed analytical science resources for researchers, teachers, students, and interested amateurs. Funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF).
• Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results: Guidelines where NIST outlines its approach to uncertainty in messuring results.

Spectroscopy

• NIST Chemistry WebBook: Provides the most comprehensive spectral data collections on the web.
• NIST Atomic Spectroscopy Databases: Access various databases for spectroscopic information.
• Spectrabase: Text access to hundreds of thousands of free NMR, IR, Raman, UV-Vis, and mass spectra.
• Spectral Database for Organic Compounds: A large searchable information sources with spectral compound data.

Crystallography

• Crystallography 101: Interactive learning resource around protein crystallography created by Bernhard Rupp.
• Crystallography - applets and simulations: Various applets and simulations to visualise the process and concepts.
• Crystallography Open Database: Open access structural database which allows CIF downloads.
• Crystalworks: Provides crystallographic structural data. Queen Mary students and staff can register for free.
• E-Crystals: The archive for Crystal Structures generated by the Southampton Chemical Crystallography Group and the EPSRC UK National Crystallography Service.
• MolProbity: Structure-validation database that provides evaluation of model quality for both proteins and nucleic acids. For bulk users, it is possible to download a local version.

Safety

• Health and safety in higher education: Comprehensive guide on health and safety from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS): Provides information around safety for commercially available materials and substances.

Organisations

Professional Organisations (UK)

• Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• Society of Chemical Industry

Professional Organisations (International)

• American Chemical Society (USA)
• The European Chemical Industry Council
• International Union of Crystallography
• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Australia)