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Chemistry Library Useful Links
- Academic Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments in the US - Includes links to web pages of chemistry and biochemistry departments at four-year academic institutions in the United States which offer a bachelor's degree or higher in chemistry or biochemistry.
- Acronyms & Abbreviations Database - The Chemical Acronyms and Abbreviations Database at Indiana University contains over 15,200 entries as of January 2008.
- ACS (How to Cite) Reference Style Guidelines summary
- American Elements - Basic description of the research and uses of each of the elements, including properties, safety data and applications. American Elements is a commercial enterprise but the scientific information is unbiased and solely intended to be useful.
- An introduction to the analysis of spin-spin splitting in high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectra - Full-text of John D. Robert's 1961 book, published by W. A. Benjamin
- CAS core journals covered with abbreviations - List CASSI journal abbreviation for the key/core journals covered by CAS.
- CASSI Web Version - This search tool provides easy access for basic journal and abbreviation look-ups.
- ChemBiodraw 12 Ultra download - Chemistry and Biology drawing and analysis suite that students, staff, and facuty on the IUB campus may download free of charge. Previously known as ChemDraw.
- Chemexper.com - contains a number of IR and NMR spectra of commercially available compounds
- ChemFinder - ChemFinder from CambridgeSoft offers free searching by chemical name, formula, molecular weight, melting points or boiling points, CAS Registry Numbers or chemical structures. Users are asked to register after five searches.
- Chemical Information Sources Wiki: sources compiled by Gary Wiggins - A collection of chemistry resources maintained by Gary Wiggins, head of the Chemistry Library from 1976 until 2003. Search this site for information on databases, networking, resource guides, and Chemistry Department instructional materials.
- Chemical Reference Sources Database (CRSD)
- Chromatography books online - A series of online reference books on chromatography by Dr. RPW Scott.
- Directory of Published Proceedings
- Electrochemistry Encyclopedia - contains popular-science style articles describing many aspects of electrochemistry. New articles are added at irregular intervals, and all articles are periodically updated as recent developments occur in the field.
- Fifty years of x-ray diffraction (free online version) - This historical source includes, among much else, reminiscences by W. L. Bragg, C. G. Darwin, K. Lonsdale, H. Mark, A. L. Patterson, L. Pauling, A. V. Shubnikov, and many others.
- Gmelin guide to contents of printed volumes
- Google Scholar
- Haz-Map (NLM) - An occupational toxicology database designed to link jobs to hazardous job tasks which are linked to occupational diseases and their symptoms.
- How to Cite (MLA, APA) - Free citation guide
- Landolt-Börnstein Substance / Property Index - This site lists all substances and their properties which are reported on in the indexed Landolt-Börnstein volumes. In total, 160 000 organic and inorganic compounds are described by names, molecular structures, chemical abstract numbers and other identif
- Natinal Bureau of Standards series - NBS volumes
- NIST Chemistry WebBook - The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) site provides chemical and physical property data on over 40000 compounds.
- NIST Data Gateway - Easy access to over 80 NIST scientific and technical databases. These databases cover a broad range of substances and properties from many different scientific disciplines. Includes J. Phy. and Chem. Reference monographs and supplements.
- Notes on Molecular Orbital Calculations - Full-text of John D. Robert's 1961 book, published by W. A. Benjamin
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: applications to organic chemistry - Full-text of John D. Robert's 1959 book, published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
- Online books from the National Academies Press - Many thousands of books published by NAP over the last couple of decades are freely available.
- Organic Chemistry Portal - Offers users a searchable database of abstracts from eight organic chemistry journals, information on more than 100,000 compounds
- Organic Syntheses Online
- Physical Properties Sources Index (PPSI) - An index that lists recommended databases, handbooks, and websites (data, definition, measurement) for physico-chemical and other material properties.
- PSIgate (Physical Sciences Information Gateway) - Free access to high quality Internet resources for students, researchers and practitioners in the physical sciences, specifically in: astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, physics, and general science.
- PubMed (with IULink)
- Purdue University Libraries' online catalog - Purdue University Libraries' webpage which includes a link to search their online catalog, THOR, which includes the collection of Purdue's Chemistry Library.
- Scholarly Societies Project
- SDBS: Integrated Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds
- Springer Materials - "Extra" material from Springer that they provide so access may vary.
- What Every Chemist Should Know about Patents - The basics of patents.
