Resources & Links

Search for Journal Articles

Wooster Electronic Chemistry Databases - All of Wooster's Chemistry e-journals. This should be your first stop when trying to find an article. VERY USEFUL.
Wooster Electronic Journals - Alpahabetical and subject listing of electronic journals. The number of online journals grows every day, so stop by often.
Altavista Translator -Translate foreign articles in German, French, Spanish, and several other languages into English! You can cut and paste plain text, or even have AltaVista translate an entire web page. VERY USEFUL.

Search for Chemical Data

Chemfinder -Chem search engine with structures, short list of properties, and links to suppliers and other sources of more information. VERY USEFUL.
NIST Chemistry Web Book -Superb search engine with lots of thermodynamic data, even IR and mass spec graphs that can be printed and resized. VERY USEFUL.
MSDS Archive (Cornell University) -If you need an MSDS in a hurry, this is the place to go.
ChemDex - This site contains a LOT of excellent links to many different sites, including vendors, physical data, and links by field. This site takes a few minutes to figure out, but offers a real wealth of information. VERY USEFUL.
Fundamental Physical Constants from NIST - Like a library of physical constants at your fingertips! VERY USEFUL.

Search Chemical Vendors

Aldrich Online Catalog Search -Very useful for those tricky organic chem pre-labs. You need to register (no charge) to see prices. VERY USEFUL.

Search for 3-D Structures

RSCB Protein Data Bank (Formerly Brookhaven PDB) - The defintive source for protein structures. Chime and Rasmol are very useful, but not required. VERY USEFUL.
DCU Molecular Viewing Gallery - Large set of organic molecules designed for browsing in an intuitive, two-window array. Requires Chime.
Nucleic Acid Database - This is the place to find nucleic acids. Excellent information, but lack of 3-D structures can be frustrating. Does NOT require Chime!
Klotho: Alphabetical Compound List - Very large list of organic and bio-organic molecules for viewing. Requires Chime.
Organic Chem Molecule Database -This site at Okanagan University College is the best place to find 3-D structures of organic and bio-organic molecules. Extremely well organized and presented, this should be your first stop when trying to visualize a structure. Requires Chime.

General Chemistry

BioChemNet - Lots of useful links for coursework, including homework help, definitions, practice tests, as well as current news in the field. Neat site!
ChemWeb Online- A great resource for study help, as well as reviewing the basics. Well organized, with a lot of useful information.
General Chemistry Glossary- Pretty much what the name says.
CHEMystery-"An interactive chemistry textbook" with lots of useful information
U. Akron Chemistry Lectures and Animations- Archives of lectures in General, Organic, and Biochemistry, as well as neat chemical animations.
Intro to Chemistry -Part of ChemWeb. Great site to review the basics.
Web Elements -Online periodic table with lots of properties data, reaction info, even cartoons!

Organic Chemistry

BioChemNet - Lots of useful links for coursework, including homework help, definitions, practice tests, as well as current news in the field. Neat site!
U. Akron Chemistry Lectures and Animations- Archives of lectures in General, Organic, and Biochemistry, as well as neat chemical animations.
Web-sters Organic Chemistry - Well organized directory of helpful organic chemistry sites. Definitely worth visiting. VERY USEFUL.

Analytical Chemistry

The Analytical Chemistry Springboard -Comprehensive set of anlytical chemistry links, from Umeë University, Sweden
Yahoo - Chromatography - Yahoo's chromatography links.
Yahoo - Spectroscopy - Yahoo's spectroscopy links.

Physical Chemistry

MacGAMESS - "MacGAMESS is a fully functional implementation of GAMESS (ab initio quantum chemistry software) running native on the PowerMacintosh."
Atom in a Box - "Real-time visualization of the quantum mechanical atomic orbitals." Very neat, but you'll need a fast computer (and a modest understanding of the time-independent Schrodinger wave equation ;-).

Biochemistry

Brookhaven Protein Data Bank - The defintive source for protein structures. Chime and Rasmol are almost mandatory. VERY USEFUL.
Nucleic Acid Database - This is the place to find nucleic acids. Excellent information, but lack of true 3-D structures can be frustrating.
The Online Macromolecular Museum - Well organized presentations of interesting macromolecules. Requires Chime.
U. Akron Chemistry Lectures and Animations- Archives of lectures in General, Organic, and Biochemistry, as well as neat chemical animations.

Teaching Chemistry

Chemical Education Resource Shelf - Well organized index of all chemistry textbooks, software, and journals of interest to educators.
Chem1 Chemistry Software - Makers of "Instructional Software for General Chemistry."
Instructional Software for Chemistry - Index of chemical education software and many other resources. Lots of information here!
Bad Chemistry - A few common misconceptions that plague chemistry education.

Professional Organizations

American Chemical Society Home - Home of the ACS, with lots of great information and useful links.
Chemistry &Industry Magazine - Find out what's going on in the chemical industry.

Chemistry Software

MIT Science and Math hyperarchive. If it's science or math software for the Mac you need, you WILL find it here.
Chemistry Software Exchange -Comprehensive, well organized site "for chemistry software, development, and use. This site brings together a great deal of information scattered across the Internet, often hard to find and use, and makes it easily available." VERY USEFUL.
Chemscape Chime - Use this plug-in to view 3D structures on the internet.
Computational Chemistry Resources - A large number of internet resources in computational chemistry, molecular modelling, and other chemistry resources. However, organization leaves much to be desired.
Free Chem Software for Macintosh - Surprisingly good site with excellent descriptions and links to some very good programs. This should be one of your first stops. VERY USEFUL.
Isis/Draw - The free alternative to ChemDraw. Isis/Draw offers more features, shortcuts, and integrated help than ChemDraw at the expense of some stability and printing quirks. If you're a student on a budget, there is no alternative.
Atom in a Box - "Real-time visualization of the quantum mechanical atomic orbitals." Very neat, but you'll need a fast computer (and a modest understanding of the time-independent Schrodinger wave equation ; ).
MacDim - This excellent screensaver has modules that display .pdb files and show complex, spinning macromolecular structures in 3D. If you want your computer to look like a chemistry workstation, this screensaver is for you! Very cool, and well worth the small shareware fees.
RasMol - Free software for viewing 3D structures; available for MacOS, Windows, and Unix. Essential for Biochem at Wooster.

Chemistry Summer Research

Directories - Each directory has a good listing of many research sites.

CIRRUS- Lots of great opportunites in all the sciences, as well as links to NSF site listings
NIH programs- Programs in biomedical research with an online application form.
Pomona Sumer Research Directory- Pomona College lists all the chemistry summer research opportunities they are aware of on the web. Great site, with contact, eligibility, stipend, and deadline information. Very handy, but.be sure to get info for the current summer.
NSF-REU: Chemistry -Complete listing of summer NSF-REU chemistry research programs. Very useful, but you need to check and make sure the program is still active before anything else.
ScienceNET: Summer Research Programs- Complete listing of summer internships in the sciences. Very useful site with lots of opportunities to explore.
Winthrop Directory - Shorter listing of summer research programs, but has a few unique links that make it worthwhile.

Career Planning

ACS committee on career planning

Miscellaneous Sites

Altavista Translator -Translate foreign articles in German, French, Spanish, and several other languages into English! You can cut and paste plain text, or even have AltaVista translate an entire web page.
Duke University WWW Chemistry Resources - The best, most comprehensive set of chem resources I've seen. Well worth visiting - this links page is based on the Duke site.
FunFun Chemistry - A neat place to find fun demo experiments (with movies!). Part of Chem Web Online.
Yahoo! Science:Chemistry - Yahoo's catch-all chemistry page.
Unsafe MSDS - Make a crazy, mad-lib MSDS. Very funny!