Chemistry: Websites

Find recommended resources for beginning your research in Chemistry.

All About the Elements

Visual Elements Periodic Table
Interactive periodic table. By the Royal Society of Chemistry.
WebElements
Periodic table on the web. By Mark Winter, The University of Sheffield.
The Elements
Animation of Tom Lehrer's The Elements created by Mike Stanfill.
The Periodic Table Challenge
Test your knowledge of the periodic table. By Rob Toreki.

ChemCollective
Review and learn chemistry concepts using virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials. By Carnegie Mellon University.
Chem1 Virtual Textbook
Reference text for general chemistry by retired chemistry professor Stephen Lower.
ChemHelper.com
Organic chemistry help: message board, practice tests, tutorials, and guides. By a chemistry grad student from Frostburg State University.
Khan Academy
Basic and organic chemistry video tutorials from Khan Academy.
PhET Interactive Simulations - chemistry
PhET provides fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena for free.
VIPEr
Teaching and learning tools on inorganic chemistry. By the Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemists.
Analytical Sciences Digital Library
Organized links to educational resources in analytical chemistry, including electronic textbook.
Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science (DoITPoMS)
Teaching and learning packages, micrographs, and animations in materials science. Funded by UK Centre for Materials Education.
Wired Chemist
Animations, lab techniques, NMR spectral data, and more for chemistry students.

Household Products Database
Health and safety information on household products. By the National Library of Medicine.
Database of Hazardous Materials
Response information, lists, and reactivity for thousands of materials. From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Environmental Fate Data Base (EFDB)
Search 5 databases for environmental fate data, including microbial toxicity and biodegradation. Last updated in 2008.

Abbreviations of Chemical Compounds
From Freie Universität, Berlin.
IUPAC Gold Book
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology: chemical nomenclature, terminology, symbols and units.
IUPAC Blue Book
Nomenclature of organic chemistry.
Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
Papers important to the history of chemistry, organized by subject. From Le Moyne College.