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Useful Things
quick
reference
Acronym Database Indiana's famous
database of every acronym related to chemistry that
you could ever imagine!
Al's Notebook
"a collection of commonly used experimental procedures
and other interesting stuff for synthetic chemists" -
extremely useful!
Azeotrope
Database provides data on most known
azeotropes; just provide the components
Calculator
Java Applet full function calculator
Cooling
Baths any temp. you want, using about 50
combinations of salts/ice, solvent/dry ice, and
solvent/liquid N2 - very handy!
Digital
Nomograph accurately calculates new b.p. at any
pressure
Drying
Agents every drying agent in common use, along
with its water capacity
Freezing
Mixtures various salt-ice (water and dry)
giving most temperatures ranges desired
Heating
Baths mostly consists of melts of various types,
including metal mixtures
Incompatible
chemicals compounds that shouldn't contact each
other
Javascript
Graphing Calculator fill in data, and it
shows you how eight common graphs look - great!
Kinetic
Resolution quickly calculates the
e.e. possible using KR for compounds with different S
values
MegaConverter
2 convert any unit to any other - very good
Optical
Rotation Calculator enter the usual variables,
and it provides the rotation.
Online Calculators & Conversion
Tables
Osiris Property Explorer draw
a molecule and it calculates various drug variables:
cLogP, solubility, druglikeness, drug-score, &
toxicity risks!
Other Java
applets four related to light
emission/absorption, and four related to
thermochemistry
pH
Indicators very colorful table
Rotovap
Simulator wondering if you can strip
acetone from a compound whose b.p. is 180
°C? Here's the answer; can accommodate two
solutes
Solvent
Miscibility Table what solvents are soluble in
what
Synthesis
Calculator 1.1 automagically calculates mmol,
molar eq., etc. - very nice!
TOPNMR
Online Demo draw a molecule, and it
predicts both its 1H and 13C
NMR absorption values - really nice
Glassblowing this
is a very handy skill to have, since most university
glassblowers are overworked and way behind schedule.
It's also lots of fun!
Background
and History of Glass and Glassblowing
Glassware
Gallery along with
pointers on how to prepare broken glassware so as
not to annoy your local glassblower, there are
several pointers about glassblowing:
Glassware
Joints
Fritted
Funnels
Gas
Regulators
Heating
Sources
Bubblers
Glass
Working OCR
a textbook of nearly 200 pages from the Scribd site
(kind of like Kindle). It's an old book but highly
detailed and expert.
Introduction to Scientific
Glassblowing a short (5 pg) article that
summarizes tha area, but lacks the detail to do it
without another resource.
Nine
Glassblowing Projects these are a selection of
scientific glassblowing skills needed for typical
repairs - from making a small test tube to a
condenser, complete with ring seals
Scientific
Glassblowing Basics from East Carolina
University, the best instructions I've ever seen on
the art of scientific glassblowing, in sufficient
detail to serve as a primary resource once someone has
been shown the techniques. This is something you
cannot learn only from a book!
News Sites
Canadian Society for
Chemistry
the "Canadian ACS"
Chemistry.org
the official ACS home site - if you haven't seen it
yet, now's the time.
ChemWeb
super news source, features databases, tools, books,
breaking chemistry news, etc. (registration is free)
Chemical Institute
of Canada includes chem. engineers,
technologists, etc.
databases/reference
Acid
Dissociation Constants exactly
what it says
Base
Dissociation Constants exactly what it says
Chemical Dictionary great graphics as well as
definitions
Data
for General, Inorganic, Organic, and Physical
Chemistry 36 tables of data, w/thermochem.,
lattice E, DH,
conversions, etc.
EROS
Index the dearchable index to the Encyclopedia
of Reagents in Organic Synthesis
IUPAC
Compendium of Chemical Terminology the name says
it all - from the ultimate source
Laboratory Tutorials a series of tutorials, very clear and
easy to understand
Determination of Density
Determination
of Melting Point
Distillation
Filtering
Techniques
Gravimetric
Analysis
Index
of Refraction
Qualitative
Analysis
Recrystallization
Selecting
a Solvent
Synthesis
Using
a Desiccator
Using
a Spectronic 20 Spectrophotometer
Volumetric
Analysis
Weighing
Techniques
NMR
Chemical Shifts,
Carbon excellent compilation
NMR
Chemical Shifts, Proton excellent compilation
NMR
Solvent Peaks both 1H and 13C
data
On-Line
Databases and Software the Chemical Society's
(UK) collection of >3000 links
Phosphine
Ligands all you'd ever need to know (of course,
it's short ;-)
Physical
Constants every physical constant you've ever
encountered, and many that you haven't
Physical
Constants of Solvents including bp/mp,
refractive index, dipole moment, dielectric constant,
molar refraction
Properties
and Toxicities of Organic Solvents bp, mp.
density, soly in water, rel. polarity, flash pt., and
LD50 values
Solvents
for Chromatography features the physical
constants from above, along with several specific to
chromatography
Synthetic
Pages - Practical Methods for Synthetic Chemists
loads of submitted procedures - like a non-reviewed
Org. Synth.
UIUC
Chemistry Library Electronic Journals the
entire holdings of UIUC chem. journals, with the years
they have.
Units, Basic pKb constants
Units,
Derived many constants derived from the
pKb values
pKa
Tables (most acidities determined in
DMSO [by F.G. Bordwell at Northwestern];
many of the others in H2O):
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Periodic Tables
- Periodic
Table one of the great
ones, from the 1000s out there
- WebElements
the first periodic table on the web, and still one
of the best
- The
IrYdium Project Periodic Table shows a graphic
representation of electron configurations
- Periodic
Table of Visible Spectra of the Elements shows
both emission and absorption lines of the elements
- Environmental
Chemistry Periodic Table has key environmental
facts and data, as well as safety and health
information
- NetElementsII
one of the great ones, esp. strong in links to
other sources
- Visual
Elements visually stunning periodic table,
available in HTML or Flash. Includes
alchemical element symbols.
- ChemiPlus
every element is hyperlinked to a page with
loads of specific information
- LennTech
every element is linked to a page with many
properties, reactivities, etc.
- Periodic
Table from U.W. Madison
- DreamWave
table mundane table w/several mouseover
pieces of data; click gives a small popup window
with more info
- Highly
Interactive Periodic Table mouseover or click
each gives element's data. Links to tables like bp,
mp, electrode potential, heat of fusion &
vaporization, spec. heat, and a color emission
spectrum for each element. This table's a keeper!
- NMR
Periodic Table xxxx
- Los
Alamos' Periodic Table xxxx
Translators (on-line) the ones that
are chemistry-specific are indented and marked with a
blinking lightbulb
esp. good for you slackers who went to a grad. school
that no longer requires proficiency in a foreign
language . It's a mistake, esp. if you're an
organiker and don't know German.
AltaVista -
BabelFish Translations can
do a cut/pasted paragraph, or an entire web page
(enter its URL)
Chemical Terms
Translator common chemical terms rendered
into French, German, Russian, and Japanese
IM_Translator
very similar to BabelFish, maybe a few more languages
Langenberg A
COMPOSITE! Seven windows for pasted-in jobs, five for
URLs, four for words, even two to guess the foreign
language!
WorldLingo similar
in operation to the above, but has lots more languages
Search Engines
and Sources of Chemical Information
Analytical
Chemistry Springboard from Umea University,
an extremely diverse link collection dealing with
analyt. chem. 
ChemACX locates chemical suppliers,
allows side-by-side comparison of different
catalog listings - really useful
ChemConnect
broker connecting sellers & buyers; these
folks typically deal in very large quantities.
ChemExper
Internat'l. chemical locater; database, including
>100,000 chemicals, can be searched by
substructure, formula, CAS #, name, etc.
ChemFinder provides
physical data, sources, health info, OSHA regs,
and much more
Chemical and
Physical Properties
great utility for finding reference books for any
physical/chemical properties you could imagine
Chemical
Databases Chemistry very nice
collection of link libraries for all areas of
chemistry
ChemIDplus Chemical Search Input
Page National
Library of Medicine
Chemistry
Internet Resources: LSU Webliography link to web sites for chemical data,
esp. fullerenes, pesticides, and phys. properties
Chemistry
Journal Abbreviations all of the CAS
abbreviations for any journal you're likely to
encounter
ChemService
supplier of analytical samples and small quantities
of organic chemicals; special interest in pesticides
and metabolites
ChemSources
the best known locater for chemicals of any kind,
world-wide.
Chemical
Suppliers Directory companies providing
products and services for drug discovery - over 3000
rare organic chemicals for R&D
ChemSpy
another great WWW search tool; this one includes
portals, tutorials - even the latest news!
ChemWeb incredible
site; free membership gives access to hundreds of
journals (incl. back issues), databases, software,
much more. Great deal!!
Chirbase a
database for chiral separations by chromatography
(HPLC, SFC)
Classic
Chemistry many papers of historical interest
Dissociation
Constants of Acids and Bases features over 600
organic compounds
EROS
(Encycl. of Reagents for Organic Synthesis) index
to the 12-vol. set - really useful, if you have
access to the database
EROS
Index digital, searchable index to EROS
European Patent Office, The
network of patent databases, covering 30M documents
Jinno Laboratory Research
Information research information on LC, SFC,
PAHs, and Drug/Pesticide databases
Library of Chemistry Information -
FDA links for databases, food chemistry,
journals/conferences, software, lab equip., etc.
Manage
PowerPoint Presentations from Univ. of
Manchester, very good outline
National Library of Medicine
Gateway enables simultaneous searching of
eight large databases in the biomedical field
NetSci
an on-line publication which features scientific
focus articles and resources in
pharmaceutical/biotech areas
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Database of thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion
energetics data compiled by NIST
Ovid gateway to many search
engines
Paperchase search five
medical databases at once: MedLine, HealthStar,
AidsLine, CancerLit, OldMedLine
Patents
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can
search for both issued and applied for patents,
incl. full-text
PubMed MedLine, the
best medical literature database around - FAST
Sci-Info Information Resource
Guide long list of chemistry
books, with call no.'s, a few of which are on-line
Scirus
science-specific search engine, replacing
BioMedNet.com; searches 120M web pages from free and
journal sources - excellent
SINTEF
a Norwegian consulting/research firm, with
expertise in many chemical areas, from catalysis to
synthetic organic chemistry
Tetrahedron.info
very useful; primarily from the Tetrahedron trio of
journals
Trinity
University Chemiinformatics Site much web
info, software, "Best of the Chem Web", chemgrad
programs, etc.
Univ. of Illinois-Chicago "Electronic
Reference Shelf" has links to Med line, Merck
Manual, MayoClinic, Gray's Anatomy, etc.
WebReactions
a reaction search retrieval system - takes just
a little learning, but then it's powerful
WWW Chemicals on
CHEM.COM search catalogs (and find co.s'
homepages) by name or substructure, find equipment,
find custom synthesis, etc.
Chemistry
[for links to specific journals,
see Chemistry
Journals]
ACS
Publications American Chemical Society
Chemical Society of Japan
(CSJ) just what it says!
Chemistry
Journals since 1995, one of the world's
most comprehensive, link-checked lists of
internet-linked chemistry-related journals.
Delphion
Intellectual Property Network US Patents
Elsevier Science journals
Organic Chemistry (the "Tetrahedron trio")
Europe's Network of Patent Databases EP &
WO
Kluwer Online Kluwer Online
Gateway
RSC
Journals Royal Society of Chemistry
ScienceDirect
WebEdition Journals
Thieme
Chemistry Thieme (Synthesis, Synlett)
Wiley-InterScience Chemistry
Journals
UdeM's list of Online Journals
Comprehensive
Sites - Collections of Useful Links in All Areas 
2000 of the Best Chemistry Sites
from Cambridge University - chem.
dept's journals, societies, databases - incredible
Basic Concepts of Chemistry (from
Wiley) supplemental
on-line exercises and links to tutorials - HUGE!
Beer's Law very nice review
ChemDex "the directory of chemistry on the WWW
since 1993" - if they say so themselves!
Chemie.DE the German equivalent of ChemWeb - a
great clearinghouse, with links, a slick "toolbox",
news briefs, etc.
Chemistry (from the
Mining Co.) original/archived articles, topics
include organic, environmental, and medicinal
chemistry.
Chemistry
Library at UIUC; Internet Resources for Chemistryself-explanatory;
great resource
Chemistry Resources on the Web
refreshingly selective link collection - safety,
societies, jobs, on-line tools, literature, etc.
Chemistry
Webercises Directory huge, well-indexed,
complete links compilation; ends w/list of many more
links collections
ChemWeb
there's so much here, it can't be summarized - huge,
multifaceted chemistry site; access to journals,
databases, etc.
Didactics
of Chemistry (University of Regensburg) -
demos, experiments (mostly computer-integrated
w/CASSY), data analysis, etc.
Division
of Chemistry - On-Line Learning resources for
physical and analytical chemistry
CrossRef
"The Central Source for Reference Linking" -
click on a citation and you're taken right to the
target content
Glassware
Gallery along with pointers
on how to prepare broken glassware so as not to
annoy your local glassblower, there are several
pointers about glassblowing:
Glassware
Joints
Fritted
Funnels
Gas
Regulators
Heating
Sources
Bubblers
Global
Instructional Chemistry
diverse, but not too developed yet - 50 links
total
HighWire
-- Free Online Full-text Articles Stanford Univ.;
nicely conceived
Hungarian Academy of Sciences'
Chemical Research Center concise,
not-too-voluminous link collection
Laboratory
Techniques extraordinarily useful
Martindale's
Reference Desk: Chemistry Cente huge,
complete link collection from UC-Irvine
Organic
Chemist's Companion Craig Merlic - UCLA -
great
Quantum
Chemistry a very nice outline of the
basics behind quantum mechanics as applied to
chemical problems
Rolf Claessen's Chemistry Index
one of the truly excellent link compilations -
superb indexing
SHMO
- The Simple Huckel M.O. Theory Calculator a
neat embodiment of high-level computers that
calculates MO energy levels
Sources for the Synthesis or
Reactions of Compounds Indiana
University's excellent resource collection
Virtual
ChemBook large collection of chapters
covering everything from standard org. chem. to
drug action to biochemical cycles
Virtual Chemistry from Oxford
Univ. several interactive lab
exercises, along with other virtual learning sites.
From Oxford Univ.
Virtual
Library for Chemists the incredible Liverpool
site, with >8400 links
U.S.
National Library of Medicine tons of
resources: health info, databases, catalogs,
research programs.
WWW
Chemistry Resources (UCLA) good starting
point for WWW searches
Electronic
Conferences on Trends in Organic Chemistry
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Group Meeting Presentations very
good research group meetings often feature
presentations by graduate students on an important
topic in organic chemistry. Here are several group
sites with excellent presentations, presented as pdf
files.
MacMillan Group
(Princeton)
Denmark
Group (Illinois)
Baran
Group (Scripps)
Fukuyama
Group (Tokyo)
Synthesis
Literacy Group (Columbia; several groups)
Beginners'
Guide to Organic Synthesis
very basic intro to the concepts of conceiving an
organic synthesis
Centre for
Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics free
molecular and reaction modeling
ChemVis chemical
visualization on the internet
CIRRUS
an undergraduate chemical research resource
Gordon
Research Conferences Home Page the best
conferences around - Prof. Hans Reich, Univ. of
Wisconsin-Madison
Molecular
Diversity, Combinatorial Chemistry, and Solid
Phase Synthesis from CSPS Pharmaceuticals
Name
Reaction List very nice, color
coordinated, from MonomerChem
Name
Reactions from the Merck Index, of of the best
such lists around
Named
Reactions Prof. Hans Reich, Univ.
of Wisconsin-Madison
Named
Rules and Effects very handy -
Prof. Hans Reich, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Organic
Chemistry Directory great collection by Prof.
Steve Murov at Modesto Junior College
Organic
Chemistry - Directory of Online Resources
list of useful links
Organic Chemistry Forum the
organic part of ChemWeb (section 2, above) -
fantastic site
Organic Chemistry Info undiscovered
treasure! - Prof. Hans Reich, Univ. of
Wisconsin-Madison
Organic
Chemistry Resources Worldwide an intuitive WWW
resource guide for synthetic organic chemists -
maybe the best
Organic Chemistry Text On Line Prof.
William Reusch - magnificent!
Organic
Division Info from the ACS division -
covers rxns., nomenclature, cmpds., NMR
Organic
Synthesis Exploration Tool (OSET) applet-based
synthetic disconnection tool - very good, esp. for
a Windows-based program
Organometallic
HyperTextBook Index, The a really great
resource - readable and rigorous
Other
Organic Chemistry Resources a gathering of
resources from other sites, most of which are
included in this compilation
Pericyclic
and other Orbital Symmetry-Controlled Reactions
orbital symmetry, Woodward-Hoffman,
electrocyclic/sigmatropic rxns.
Phosphine
Ligands a short listing of typical phosphine
ligands used in asymmetric catalysis
Reactive
Intermediates listing by Prof. Hans Reich
of the common types of reactive intermediates
Synthesis
Reviews Database a database of over
15,000 review articles of interest to synthetic
organic chemists.
St Hugh's
College Organic Chemistry Weba great
comprehensive site
Tetrahedron.info
free access to TOC and abstracts for all five
Elsevier journal
TORVS
chemical internet services an incredible
number of free computational services, from calc.
& visualization of orbitals to modeling
applications
Web-sters Organic Chemistry a
"Living Document of Internet Resources", Information
and Applications
Organic Chemistry Course
Materials 
Advanced
Organic Chemistry: Synthesis of Complex Molecules
(Harvard):
Prof. Andy Myers teaches two course
with the above title, and has made available his
multipage handouts for each course, covering nearly
30 topics. One course is undergraduate;
one is for graduate
students.
Chemistry
and Chemical Biology Problems a tremendous
problem set from Prof. David Evans (Harvard). It's
huge (936 problems), diverse (both elementary and
advanced) and can be specifically searched for
problem type.
PSIgate
Chemistry Gateway links to hundreds of 31
handouts, databases, course homepages, lecture
notes, tutorials, etc. - very complete
Organic
and Inorganic Chemistry - Imperial College
includes the following:
Chemo-informatics
(Henry
Rzepa)
Organic
Molecular Modelling (Henry Rzepa)
Carbohydrate
Chemistry (Tony Barrett)
Advanced
Synthesis (Tony Barrett) (here are
their
Final Exam targets!)
Organic
Pericyclic Reactions (Henry Rzepa)
Mechanism
Problem Sets (Henry Rzepa)
Third
Year Lab Course
(great - from Sonogashira
Coupling to Cat.
Asymm. Dihydrox. to Advanced.
Modeling)
Virtual
Chemistry - Virtual Laboratory - Oxford
super
site - worth a look around!
O=CHem
Directory -from Univ. of S. Maine
with tutorials on every topic, with interactive
exercises and quizzes - great!
Spectroscopy/Chromatography
Analytical
Chemistry Springboard, The Umea Univ.
(Sweden) collection of analytical links, to both
techniques and data resources
Beer's
Law - Theoretical Principles from
Sheffield-Hallam Univ. (UK) -a great discussion of
this important aspect of chromatography
Chemical Concepts
"sophisticated spectroscopic software"
coordinating >660,000 spectra (world's
largest!)
Chromatography - Introductory theory
from Sheffield-Hallam Univ. (UK) - a nice tutorial
on the basics of chromatography
CLOGP Predictor calculation of hydrophobicity
as Log P (o/w)
EuroSpec - International
Spectroscopic Data Bank not really off the
ground yet, but their graphics are great!
Gas
Chromatography from Sheffield-Hallam
Univ. (UK) - nice tutorial
Integrated
Spectral Data Base System (SDBS) the great
Japanese site to which others only aspire - spectra
from a HUGE database
Molecular
Monte Carlo Home Page a great site if you're
interested in Monte Carlo methods, from classical to
quantum mechanical
Molecules
Help Page also from Purdue, everything you
wanted to know about moleclues
Online
Guide to Chiral HPLC very good primer from
Mark Earll's web page; Earll is an analytcal
chemist.
Organic
Structure Elucidation"A Workbook of Unknowns"
SpectroscopyNOW The New Online
Resource Serving the Spectroscopy Community
OSIRIS
Property Explorer predicts molecular
properties, incl.cLogP, toxicity, sol'y., MW, drug
likeness (fragment-based and overall)
Solutions
Help Page from Purdue, everything you wanted
to know about solutions, along with a nice chemistry
glossary
Spectra
OnLine not quite as large as the Japanese
site, but fast and still very large database
Spectroscopy
Home from UIC, very good synopses of
the major types of spectroscopy, along with
self-tests and problems. Great review.
Spectroscopy
ResourcesChemical Institute of Canada -very
diverse, w/hypertexts, journals, databases,
abstracts, software, research groups, societies
Spectroscopy
Tools Online Univ. of Pottsdam,
incl. pgs. w/shift tables (H,B,C,N,O,F,P), J values,
periodic table, NMR solvents, etc.
TOPNMR
demo of on-line prediction of 1H and 13C
NMR shift data
UV-Vis
Absorption Spectroscopy - Theory another great
tutorial from Sheffield-Hallam Univ. (UK), this time
on UV-vis spectrophotometer
Infrared Spectroscopy
Animated
Infrared Spectroscopy shows each
functional group as it interacts with radiation of
an appropriate wavelength
Basic
Infrared Spectroscopy from UIC's site -
great background and many worked problems
FTIRSearch
huge database, very high quality spectra
Infrared
Absorption Spectroscopy - Theoretical Principles from
Sheffield-Hallam Univ. (UK) - nice tutorial
Infrared
Spectroscopy from Prof. Reusch's
excellent on-line organic textbook, a superb
overview of IR.
Infrared
Spectroscopy from Worchester Polytech.,
great background and an exhaustive table of
absorption
Infrared
Spectroscopy excellent, rigorous
treatment from Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis
Infrared
Spectroscopy for Organic Chemists web great
resource list
Infrared
Spectroscopy Outline from Central
CT College, very complete treatment
The NIST
Quantitative Infrared Database very good; just
was it says!
Spectroscopy
Now! Section on IR spectroscopy
SeparationsNOW.com
the new online resource serving the separations
community
WebSpectra
great problems in NMR and IR spectroscopy
NMR Spectroscopy
NMR
Information Server links to worldwide
NMR facilities, journals, meetings, organizations,
software, instrument vendors, etc.
NMR
Web Directory large, well-indexed
directory to NMR sites; subtitles are NMR hardware,
software, data Tx, simulation, databases, etc.
Basic
Anasazi Proton NMR Tutorial for the venerable
Varian/Anasazi T-60. Assumes you are have
NUTS (download).
Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance very
good introductory site; very well illustrated
Chem Tutor
(N.M.R. Tutorial) free, downloadable NMR
tutorial from Univ. of Pittsburgh
1H
NMR Intrepretation Tutorial short,
concise, basic proton NMR tutorial from Wake Forest
Univ. - highly recommended for beginners!
NMR
Basics mainly concerned with the mechanics of
sample preparation and spectral acquisition - really
nice
NMR
Solvents NMR absorption data for 15
NMR solvents: MW, b.p., of water, as well as
for the 1H and 12C in the
solvents.
NMR
Spectroscopy - Theory from Sheffield-Hallam
Univ. (UK) - nice tutorial
NMR Tutor
II Using Java Applets & Chime
combo of examples & problems, varying
difficulty, very nicely presented
NMR
Tutorial on Obtaining a Spectrum detailed,
stepwise tutorial on the practical aspects of sample
prep. and spectral acquisition
Applications
of 1H NMR spectroscopy great
tutorial from Univ. of Pottsdam, assumes working
knowledge of NMR
2D
NMR Spectroscopy excellent - very visual site
introduces 2D pulse sequences and shows how they
affect NMR spectra - in French
Guide
to nOe Experiments short, concise description
of the theory of nOe enhancement
WWW
NMR Spectrometer simulates NMR spectra in real
time
Technical
NMR Tidbits from Acorn NMR; great
collection of short documents &/or illustrations
of basic NMR concepts & practices.
NMR
Spectroscopy - Theoretical principles Sheffield-Hallam
Univ. (UK)
Chemical Shift Correlations [from
Prof. Hans Reich (Univ. Wisconsin Madison)]
Proton
Carbon
Fluorine
Phosphorus
Selenium
Visual Quantum
Mechanics great site to explore if you
don't get the concepts of quantum mechanics
Pharmacology/Medicinal
Chemistry/Biochemistry/Cell Biology
NOTE: For more complete listings
under these headings, be sure to check out the link
libraries devoted specifically to these disciplines,
collected under the title "Medicine
& Medical Sciences Hub" .
Cell Biology
Animation you name it, he's got a Flash
animation - also covers architectural art, graphics,
"3D", stochastic, etc.
Bio materials
Network resource center for anyone
working with biological materials - links,
conferences, leading references, etc., etc.
Drugs.Com
a very complete, huge database on Rx and OTC drugs
of all kinds
Elsevier's
Drug Discovery Gateway on BioMedNet just
what it says - excellent resource!
First Course
in Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics complete,
well-referenced and illustrated on-line course
Fundamentals
of Drug Action - Stereochemistry nice
collection of graphics/data on the effects of
chirality of biological action
Intermolecular
Forces a very good review; yes, you do need to
review this!!
Introduction
to Drug Action from the virtual ChemBook
- a great introduction to the concepts of
xenobiotics and how the body deals with them
Medical
Pharmacology great, on-line book - check it
out; you'll be amazed at its depth and excellent
graphics
Medicinal
and Poisonous Plant Databases databases
covering poisonous plants, medicinal plants, and
mistletoe (!)
Merck
Manual, The the time-honored text of diseases,
their etiology, course, Tx, etc.
Metabolism
Overview includes cell structure, ATP,
glycolysis, electron transport, energy transfer in
cells, the important biochemical cycles, etc.
On-Line
Biology Book a complete, 59 chapter, well
illustrated book on basic biology
Pharmacokinetics
a very cool collection of graphics and javascript
programs illustrating drug distribution, absorption,
excretion, metabolism, etc.
Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics
course home page from Univ. of OK College of
Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Databases on the WWW lots of links on all
aspects of pharmacy, pharmacology, medicinal
chemistry, etc.
Principles
of Drug Action fnc. grps., acid-base
chemistry, and physicochemical propeties
RxList easily
the best all-around site for drug information, incl.
indications, uses, clinical pharm., overdoses,
side-effects, etc.
Virtual
Autopsy, The just what it sounds like -
try it; you'll like it!
Safety and Ethics
10th Report on Carcinogens
NIH's periodical review of the state of
carcinogenesis
ATSDR's HazDat Database front
end to the hazardous substance release and health
effects database
CCINFOweb Canadian
safety site; databases include CHEMINFO (safety
data), OSH (worldwide safety lit.), legislation,
etc.
Chemist's Code of Conduct from
ACS, a description of chemists' responsibilities
towards all parties
Emergency Response Guidebook from
Transport Canada, a complete response handbook -
great job
Ethical Guidelines to Publication
of Chemical Research - ACS (pdf) self-explanatory
Ethics OnLine "The
OnLine Ethics Center for Engineering and Science" -
super, large, complete site with many links
Hazardous
Chemical Database Univ. of Akron site; each
"hit" provides large, four-screen safety profile
IPCS
INCHEM chemical safety data -
includes great "chem. safety cards", health/safety
guides, antidote data, much more
MDL Information Systems -
Downloads includes the Drug Data Report,
Toxicity Finder, and other health/safety-related
items
Oxford University's Safety Site
amazing site, incl. buffers,carcinogens, MSDS,
peroxides, flash points, gloves, gases, much more
Poisons
Information Monographs V from IPCS,
covers hundreds of chemicals
Prudent Practices in the
Laboratory Table of Contents - 1995
RTECS Database
Search Engine CCINFOweb's RTECS search engine
Where to Find Material Safety Data
Sheets
Material Safety Data Sheets from
Kansas State Univ.
MSDS/HazCom Library, The commercial
site (wants to sell you a CD), but has search engine
for MSDS location
National MSDS
Repository, The comprehensive, much more than
MSDS info
Vermont SIRI MSDS
Collection links to chem. manuf. sites, in
add'n. to their own collection
Where to find MSDS on the
Internet ILPI's #1 MSDS site - many links to
safety, chem. co., pesticide, & other sites
University of Kentucky
National
Toxicology Program
OSHA chemical properties and
sampling
Looking for a Graduate School? A Job? A Chemical Conference?
Synthetic Chemistry
Academic
Chemistry Departments in the United States
complete listing
Academic
Chemistry Departments Outside the US just
what it says
Adviser, Teacher, Role Model,
Friend a great open book on mentoring students
in science and engineering
Chemical Society's Conferences/Events Homepage
search by discipline, avail. time, organizer, etc
Chemistry
Conferences the source for them all -
conferences, exhibitions, and trade fairs
Organic
Synthetic Groups in Canada quite
complete, maintained by the same chemist who does
the US list
Organometallic
Research Groups covers N. America
Pharmaceutical Companies a
listing of the top several dozen pharmas, along with
their primary web sites
Synthetic
Research Groups - USA virtually every
synthetic organic group in the country. Continually
updated.
What to do with a Major in Chemistry in case
you forget why you're putting yourself through all
this!
Medicinal Chemistry
Academic
and Government Medicinal Chemistry Sites lists
the best programs in the country, both in academia
and government
ACS Division
of Medicinal Chemistry under "Links", lists
the 20-30 strongest graduate programs
Anita's
Web Picks eclectic, but comprehensive
selection of graduate programs, databases,
computational sites, etc. in medicinal chem.
Grad.
Schools.com a nicely organized site; you
can click on the state(s) you're interested in;
other listings are also linked
Medicinal Chemistry in IUPAC
Accomplishments During the Past Decade and
Relationships With Industry.
Medicinal Chemistry in the New
Millennium from Chemistry International
Related Disciplines
Online Engineering Degree Search 240+ Top Online Engineering Degrees - "a nonprofit online resource created to explain to students their options and some of the advantages and disadvantages of getting an online engineering degree."
Top Master of Project Management Degrees a clearinghouse for those interested in a career that includes project management.
Other
Cool Sites from VCU, a large listing of
medicinal links, including academic programs,
industrial sites, online courses, computational
links, etc.
Want to be a Better Writer/Speaker?
ACS Style Guide *THE* Manual for Authors and Editors of chemical communication of all kinds
ACS Handbook for Speakers everything you could ever want to know, and then some
APA Style Guide the format used by ACS
Citing
Your Sources - Citation Style Guides
great resource from Wright State Univ.
Effective
Presentations from KU Medical Center, a very
complete and comprehensive primer on giving a
dynamite talk
Guidelines for Hosting an ACS
Meeting from ACS
Language
Help Pages guidelines for scientific
presentations
Oral
Skills a very good outline on honing the
oral skills all scientists must have
Poster
Preparation Guidelines from Univ. of Chicago
Style
Manuals a selection of various style
guides
Tips
for Giving Scientific Presentations a short,
but very useful link list for web resources on
giving the best talk you possibly can
Tips
for Preparing Scientific Presentations from
a scientist in the military, very well thought out
"How To" Series from Kansas Med. School
Preparing Effective Oral
Presentations 21pp - everything from
initial plan to handling questions
Designing
Effective Visuals 26pp - the best
summary around, clearly gleaned from lots of
experience
Designing
Effective Posters 29pp - as good as the
first two - from visuals to measurements to how not
to do dumb things, etc.
Journal Abbreviations
Journal Titles and Abbreviations all sciences;
from Univ. of Brit. Columbia
Core Journals Covered in CAplus from Chem. Abstracts
ISI Master Journal List searchable as well as an alphabetical listing
LinkOut a list of PubMed journals
Acronyms
Acronym Database scientific acronyms; from I.U., it's informative and fun
NIST Acronyms and Abbreviations from the physics laboratory
Acronym Finder comprehensive database of >314,000 acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. Not just scientific!
Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms from the Space, Science, and Engineering Center at Univ. of WI
Fun/Interesting Stuff!

"The Elements" Song (Lehrer), animated! if you've never heard this before (or even if you have), you must see the animation!!
QuackWatch from a now-retired psychiatrist who grew sick of
quacks, questionable product claims, etc. Check it out - but watch out for his very black/white thinking (such as categorizing acupuncture as quackery).
Glassblowing Tips from E. Carolina Univ., a nice
collection of data about scientific glassblowing, glass recipies, tools, torches/burners, etc.
Glasstopia cool site; the link is to award-winning entries(non-scientific), some of which are breathtaking!
Scientific Glassblowing Basics from the ECU page; this
covers every task you'd need, from cutting/bending glass to ring and vacuum seals
Science Jokes from The Netherlands - some great, some awful
Innocentive feeling creative? A series of compounds for which synthetic sequences are being solicited - they pay between $5K and $75
AFU & Urban Legends Archive awesome collection
Chemistry of How
Things Work, The really fascinating collection
of case studies from cancer chemotherapy to Gatorade
to fuel cells
"Chem 211 Songs" from "Grignard the Beautiful" to "Glory, Glory It's Wolff-Kischer", a bunch of cute tunes on important chemical events
Nanotube Site, The just super
The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project the results of testing the venerable food item in every way imaginable, esp. its legendary longevity
The Onion|America's Finest News Source if you
haven't checked The Onion, you don't have the whole story!
Alex Chiu's Eternal Life Device even after you see
this, you still won't be sure if this guy's for real - I still can't decide
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index! the best political cartoon site anywhere - super subject index!
OXYmoron Humour Archive: Scientific Articles what
every scientist must read to stay informed of the latest important developments
University of Slough - Department of Perpetual Motion and you thought this was impossible!!
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names great comic relief!
Straight Dope, The Cecil Adams answers those questions
nagging mankind but whose answers have proven so elusive..

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