What type of information can I find on websites?
Websites can be published by individuals, companies, or organizations and usually provide specific information about topics. Websites can help you find current information and websites are easily changed and updated. Be careful when reviewing information from websites. Often times, information on websites are not held to scholarly or journalistic standards.
Wolfram|Alpha
Search chemistry terms, reactions, properties and mechanisms in Wolfram|Alpha.
Wolfram|Alpha is not a search engine. It is a computational knowledge engine.
According to their web site, they "aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything."
Try it for chemical elements, properties, calculations, and other factual queries.
American Chemical Society
- American Chemical SocietyThe American Chemical Society represents professionals at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry and sciences that involve chemistry.
Websites in Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry PortalOffers and overview of recent topics, interesting reactions, and information on important chemicals for organic chemists.
- Materials Safety Data SheetsA guide to finding MSDSes on the Internet. Not designed for consumers, a material safety data sheet is designed to provide workers and emergency personall with the proper procedures for handling a particular substance in the workplace.
- National Science Digital LibraryThe nation's online portal for education and research on learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
- Wired ChemistDesigned to help students learn chemistry, it features chemistry, environmental, mineralogy, and NMR spectral instructional sections.