Chemistry Information on the Internet
Chemistry Databases and Related Information
- Fullerene Database
- A database, maintained at the University of Arizona, of references in the ever-growing Fullerene literature. To access this database, after initiating the telnet session, login as sabio; then select other databases and remote libraries followed by a selection of Buckballs database
- Fullerene Contents Alert
- A service from Elsevier, this database lists upcoming article in fullerene chemistry to be published by Elsevier
- Journal of Chemical Physics Gopher (JCP Express)
- The JCPExpress is a free trial service for electronic
distribution of preprints of manuscripts between acceptance
and publication in the Journal of Chemical Physics. A description of the project is available.
- Chemistry Textbooks in Print
- This archive, based at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, contains a comprehensive list of chemistry textbooks in print, in categories that correspond roughly with typical university and graduate curricula.
- First Online Chemistry Conference in Chemical Education (CHEMCONF)
- This archive contains the records of the papers and discussion of the first online conference of chemical education
- Periodic Table of the Elements
- The name says it all
- Protein Database
- A protein database maintained at Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Chemistry on the Internet from InterNIC
- A listing of chemical resources on the internet including such things as journals, FTP sites, Mailing lists, and commercial vendors.
- Chemists Address/Phone Book
- An online user-supplied database of addresses etc for chemists. Information on how to submit your name to this index is available.
- On-Line Academic Chemistry Employment Clearinghouse
- Job ads for chemists in academe. Information on the operation of this service is available.
Chemistry World-Wide Web Sites
General Interest Sites
- Chemical Physics Preprint Database
- This database is a joint effort by the Department of Chemistry at Brown University
and the Theoretical Chemistry and Molecular Physics Group at the Los Alamos
National Laboratory. It is intended to provide a means for rapid and efficient preprint
distribution within the international chemical physics community. It has been made
possible by funding from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
- Computational Chemistry List
- The home page for the computational chemistry list. It includes pointers to the list archives which can be searched.
- XMol Information
- Online user's guide to XMol, which is program for displaying 3D molecular models on an X11 display server.
- SCARECROW Information
- A Description of the program SCARCROW which allows for the graphical display and analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories.
- MIME Types for Chemistry
- A proposal for defining a MIME type for chemistry, to allow for the transfer of molecule definitions, geometries, properties, etc. The orginal Chemistry Mime Proposal is also available.
- American Chemical Society
- The ACS finally has hit the WWW; the site contains membership and division information. Also a schedule of meetings and deadlines.
- NIH Molecular Modeling Home Page
- Provides a centralized source of information to the NIH research community concerning all facets of molecular modeling. This includes "Molecules 'R' Us", a very nice forms-based interface to the Protein Data Bank.
- Theoretical Chemistry Postdoctoral Clearinghouse
- A postdoctoral clearinghouse run by the Theoretical Section of the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society.
- World Association of Theoretical Organic Chemists (WATOC)
- A home page for WATOC includes information on past and future conferences
- Scientific Visualization and Graphics
- Not specifically geared towards chemists, this page is a compiliation of scientific visualization information
- Demonstration of ACS Abstract submission
- A real eye-opening experience of how abstract submission to ACS meetings (and any other meeting) should be handled. You will need a viewer that can handle forms, like Mosaic 2.4.
- Hyperactive Molecules and the World-Wide Web
- This paper, to be published in J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans 2, discusses the principle of hyperactive molecules.
- The Wilson Group
- An experimental server displaying the recent happenings and reserach interests of Professor Kent Wilson and his research group at the University of California, San Diego. This is an excellent example of how the web can be used to provide up-to-date information on
a research group.
- Definition of the CXF standard
- An html version of the definitions of the recently proposed standard for molecular definition files.
- Journal of Molecular Modeling
- The home page of the first electronic chemistry journal dedicated to rapid publication in the area of molecular and materials modeling.
- UTMB NMR Center
- A nice front end page to a variety of NMR information on the web.
- International Society for Heterocyclic Chemistry
- Contains information on the society. Also has the home page for the Rotal Society of Chemistry Perkin Division Heterocyclic Group.
Commercial Sites
- Advanced Visual Systems
- Information on AVS products, which are used for scientific visualization.
- Beckman Instruments
- CAS WWW Server
- An online source of information about the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). Current STN users can access the databases though a link on the Product and Services Page.
- ChemTech Publishing
- Dialog Information Services, Inc.
- An online source of information on Dialog products, including a searchable list of databases, publications, and an FAQ.
- Elsevier Sciences
- Information on Elsevier Science including descriptions of Chemistry journals and books.
- Fisher Scientific
- The Fischer Catalog of Analytical and Biotech reagents is online, including prices, specifications, and MSDS.
- Hitachi Instruments
- Includes product, service, and support information
- Indigo Instruments
- An online catalogue of products from Indigo Instruments, featuring molecular models.
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Millipore Corportation
- An online version of the Millipore catalogue
- Molecular Simluations
- Monsanto
- Phoenix Polymers, Inc.
- Includes an excellent list of pointers to polymer resources on the Internet.
- Rohm and Haas Company
- Information on Rohm and Haas and some of their products.
- Questel/Orbit
- Description of the databases provided by Questel/Orbit. Registered users can access the databases through a link on this page.
- UniChem
- Description of the UniChem computational chemistry programs.
University Web Sites
- Northern Illinois University
- Center for Scientific Computing
- Chemistry Department, University College (UNSW) in Canberra
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College
- College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
- School of Chemistry, Leeds University
- Department of Chemistry, Free University of Berlin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
- Chemistry Department at Brown University
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University
- Department of Chemistry, University of Memphis
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island
- Chemistry Department, University of California, Davis
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech
- Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Univeristy of London
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology
- Institute of Chemistry at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
- CAOS/CAMM Center, The Netherlands
- Chemistry Department, State University of New York, Stony Brook
- University of Sheffield
- Department of Chemistry, University of Reading
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana Staue University
- Durham Chemistry Department
- CTI Centre for Chemistry (based in the University of Liverpool Chemistry Department)
- Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies
- Department of Chemistry, Rensselaer
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky
Government Web Sites
- Brookhaven National Laboratory Chemistry Department
Chemistry Gopher Sites
General Interest Sites
- ACS Gopher
- The gopher server run by the American Chemical Society. This site includes a list of publications offered by the ACS, journal submission guidelines for ACS journals, and phone numbers for the ACS.
- Computational Chemistry Archive
- The archive of the computational chemistry mailing list, includes software and an archive of all previous posts.
- Journal Of Chemical Education Gopher
- The gopher server for the Journal of Chemical Education, includes information pertaining to the journal, its ancilliary publications, and meetings on chemical education.
- QCPE Gopher
- The gopher server for the Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange includes information on their program offerings and how to obtain them.
University Chemistry Department Sites
- Case Western Reserve University Chemistry Server
- Finland Chemistry Gopher
- Imperial College Chemistry Gopher Server
- Indiana University Chemistry Library Gopher
- Includes information on how to use a variety of chemical information resources and contains a comprehensive list of online chemistry resources
- Michigan State University Chemistry Server
- University of Missouri-St. Louis Chemistry Department Gopher
- Northern Illinois University
- Univeristy of Oklahoma Chemistry Server
- Oklahoma State University Chemistry Server
- Institut fuer Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie (Regensburg) Gopher
- Rutgers Chemistry Gopher
- San Diego State Chemistry Gopher
- UCLA Chemistry Gopher
- Univeristy of California, Santa Cruz Biology and Chemistry Server
- Utah Chemistry Gopher
- Yale University Chemistry Gopher
- University of Alabama Crystallography Gopher
- University of Tennessee Chemistry Gopher
Other Lists of Chemistry Resources on the Internet
- Gary Wiggins' "Some Chemistry Resources on the Internet"
- Gary Wiggins has compiled one of the most complete lists of internet resources for chemists
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