Austin Community College Library Services

TABLE OF LINK CATEGORIES
This web site is organized into these clickable categories:
Web Search Engines
ACC Chemistry Faculty and Department Web Pages
Associations
Gateways and General Information Sources
Government and Academic Sites
Reference Tools and Data Collections
Periodic Tables and Other Information about Elements
Chemical Data
Electronic Books or Hypertextbooks and Electronic Reports
Electronic Journals (e-journals)
Electronic Magazines
Chemical Education Resources
Indexes and Abstracts
Intro and General Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Local Environmental Info on the Web
Biotechnology
Energy
Chemistry Publishers
Philosophy and Ethics

Scirus
http://www.scirus.com/
Scirus is a search engine that focuses on scientific information. Using its Advanced Search option enables specifying scientific disciplines, times periods, and other important factors in a search.

Chemistry (ACC Riverside)
http://www.austincc.edu/chemlab/
Contains information about ACC Chemistry courses, provides information needed for some of the topics and assignments in these courses, and links to many useful chemistry sites.

General Chemistry I Lab (CHM 1411) - Library Research Project Interactive Tutorial
http://library.austincc.edu/help/chem070407/index.htm
"This site was developed to help students learn to successfully find accurate and reliable information in chemistry and chemistry-related subjects. While specifically designed for ACC's CHEM 1411 Library Research Paper, the information it contains will be useful for other chemistry and science projects. The CHEM 1411 Library Research Assignment handout and "Reference Books/Materials for Chemistry and Chemistry-Related Questions" are very helpful in using this tutorial."

American Chemical Society - ACSWeb
http://www.acs.org/
"The American Chemical Society was founded in 1876 and is a not-for-profit organization. It is the world's largest scientific society and has a membership of over 151,000 chemists and chemical engineers. The American Chemical Society was chartered by a 1937 Act of the U.S. Congress. The Society Is recognized as a world leader in fostering scientific education and research, and promoting public understanding of science."

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
http://www.aaas.org/
"The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, pronounced Triple-A-S) is a nonprofit professional society dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence across all disciplines, and to the public's understanding of science and technology. AAAS is among the oldest societies in America, having been founded in Philadelphia in 1848. Many of today's most prestigious and influential scientific societies have their historical origins in AAAS. For example, groups such as the American Chemical Society (1886), the American Anthropological Association (1902), and the Botanical Society of America (1906), all grew out of informal gatherings at AAAS annual meetings or from established AAAS Sections."

Council of Science Editors (CSE), formerly Council of Biology Editors (CBE)
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/
"CSE's mission is to promote excellence in the communication of scientific information." It serves "members in the scientific, scientific publishing, and information science communities by fostering networking, education, discussion, and exchange and to be an authoritative resource on current and emerging issues in the communication of scientific information. The Council of Biology Editors (CBE) became the Council of Science Editors on January 1, 2000" to more accurately reflect its expanding membership.
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, Sixth Edition (1994), prepared by the Council of Biology Editors Style Manual Committee, will be replaced by Scientific Style and Format, Seventh Edition. Some of the new material may be previewed.

American Chemical Society Portal
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content

Yahoo! - Science:Chemistry
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Chemistry/
"Includes a very broad range of coverage including: Directories, Indices, Academic Papers, Alchemy, Biochemistry, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Mime Types, Chemometrics, Chromatography, Companies, Computational Chemistry, Conferences, Courses, Education, Electrochemistry, Elements, Employment, Institutes, Journals, Microscopy, Mole Day, Molecular Databases, Organic Chemistry, Organizations, Periodic Table of the Elements, Polymers, Scientific Constants, Software, Sonochemistry, Spectroscopy, Usenet."

Chemistry Information on the Internet--NIU Cheminformatics Site
http://hackberry.chem.trinity.edu/
This WWW site is dedicated to exploring the use of the internet as a means for distributing chemical information.

SciCentral: Gateway to the Sciences--Physical and Chemical Sciences
http://www.scicentral.com/
"The SciCentral Web Site is a production of SciLink, Inc. The Physical and Chemical Sciences section includes Chemistry, Microscopy, Spectroscopy & Chromatography, Superconductivity, Materials & Polymer Science, and more."

BUBL Link: 540 Chemistry
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/linkbrowse.cfm?menuid=6407
"A fast, simple and selective route to Internet resources, featuring:...At least five relevant resources for each subject; Abstract and catalogue record for every item; No more than fifteen items for most subjects; Academic orientation; All links checked within last month: over 99% okay; Over 50%of resources in UK or elsewhere outside US."

Sheffield ChemDex
http://www.chemdex.org/
"Important aims for the Sheffield ChemdexTM are to increase the size of the ChemdexTM database, to add searching, and to provide critical site reviews for a significant proportion of the included sites...to Chemdexplus will become available shortly from through a licensing arrangement with ChemWeb.com...Sheffield ChemdexTM will always be here and that access to Chemdexplus will also be free."

The Chemical Industry Homepage
http://www.neis.com/
"Site maintained by the National Environmental Information Service for the Chemical Industry. Web sites includes more than 42,000 chemical industry related entities and contains the full text of millions of pages. ChemIndustry.com provides specialized search services for chemical names, jobs, and consultants. ChemIndustry.com claims to provide advertisers with the most targeted, cost effective tools to drive traffic to their web sites and to promote their products and services. They offer a variety of "pay per click" and other advertising packages. ChemIndustry.com claims to be the most visited chemical industry related site on the Web, serving over a million searches per month. It offers organizations in the chemical and related industries to place a customized search box on their Internet web site or Intranet systems and enjoy an affiliate status. "

ChemInfo
http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/
CHEMINFO will help you find and learn how to use chemistry information resources on the Internet and elsewhere.

The WWW Virtual Library: Chemistry Section--Links for Chemists
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html
"This is a distributed subject catalogue containing links to its Virtual Library, e-journals, libraries, literature, writer's resources, and conferences."

Chemistry Internet Resources
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/chem/internet/chemical.html

Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materials (CCIIM)
http://cheminfo.informatics.indiana.edu/cicc/cis/index.php/Main_Page
"The Chemical Information Sources Wiki is meant to be a guide to the many sources of reference materials available for those with questions related to chemistry." Its author has both taught an undergraduate course "Chemical Information Sources and Services" and authored a book on chemical information sources. A very thorough website on its own, it also links to several related tools. Originally, the CCIIM was initiated by the chemistry information divisions of the American Chemical Society and the Special Libraries Association."

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections--Physical Sciences
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=physci
"INFOMINE is intended for the introduction and use of Internet/Webresources of relevance to faculty, students, and research staff at The university level. It is being offered as a comprehensive showcase, Virtual library and reference tool containing highly useful Internet/Web Resources including databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, articles and directories of researchers, among many other types of information."

Internet Resources in Chemistry
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/chem/internet.html
"UT-Austin Chemistry Library's Guide to Internet Resources in Chemistry. Resources marked with the burnt orange UT symbol are available to UT-Austin students, faculty, and staff only. "

Internet Scout Project
http://scout.wisc.edu/
"Surf smarter, not longer. Let the Internet Scout Project show you the way to the best resources on the Internet--then you can choose what's best for you. Librarians and educators do the filtering for you, reading hundreds of announcements each week looking for the online resources most valuable to the education community. However, everyone is welcome to use our services, and we encourage feedback and suggestions from the entire Internet community...The target audience of the new Scout Report for Science & Engineering is faculty, students, staff, and librarians in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering. Each biweekly issue offers a selective collection of Internet resources covering topics in the sciences, and related fields such as math and engineering, that have been chosen by librarians and content specialists in the given field of study."

Science Niche (formerly High School Hub)
http://scienceniche.com/science/science.cfm
"The Science Niche (formerly BioChemNet and High School Hub) is a weekly-updated gateway to the best biology and chemistry educational resources on the Web. Resources are organized under the following major topics: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, General Biology, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Immunology, Nutrition, Biochemistry, Proteins, Genetics, Biotechnology, News & Journals, Teaching Science, Lab Safety, Science Careers, and Free Science ClipArt."

EurekAlert!: Your Global Gateway to Science, Medicine, and Technology News
http://www.eurekalert.org/
Sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Monsanto and published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), this site provides news releases; links to institutions, science media, peer-reviewed research journals, and journalism groups; and resources that include visuals and reference.

Austin Community College Library Services
http://library.austincc.edu
Provides links to: the ACC Library Catalog, Articles and Reference Sources, Web Subject Links, Searching the Web tips, Other Library Catalogs, and Research Guides & Documentation, as well as Online Tutorials.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
"The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people." This site provides information on laws, regulations, current EPA projects, databases containng a wide-variety of environmental data, EPA reports, history, and more."

World Lecture Hall (WLH)
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
"The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials. For example, you will find course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, etc. From Browse by Area select Health / Public Health / Nutrition or use Advanced Search."

The WWW Chemical Structures Database
http://www.molecular-networks.com/online_demos/corina_demo.html
"...the first non-textual search engine operating on data found in Webspace. The WWW chemical structures database contains more than 2250 automatically collected chemical structures from the Internet, complete with information about the refering HTML pages. This database is searchable with the usual chemical search operations - full-structure and substructure search, formula search, name search, and more. We hope this database makes chemical information on the WWW much more accessible and will boost publication of quality chemical information with attached chemical MIME structures as Web pages."

ChemFinder
http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
ChemFinder Database (marked Free) is searchable by chemical name(s) and properties. Retrieve information about structure, chemical properties, as well as, RTECS, DOT, and EPA codes. Links to key, reliable websites.

Hazardous Chemical Database: The University of Akron, Department of Chemistry
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/
This database allows the user to retrieve information for any of over 1900 hazardous chemicals based on a keyword search. Potential keywords include names, formula and registry numbers (CAS, DOT, RTECS and EPA). Primary resources for this database: (last update 7/26/2007) 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook ERG2004, Hazardous Chemicals Data NFPA 49, Canadian WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, U.S.C.G CHRIS database, U.S. EPA Cameo database, NIOSH/OSHA exposure limit data, Manufacuturer/supplier MSDS sheets, Various governmental registry lists.

Molecular Weight Calculator
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/molform
Calculates molecular weight information when the molecular formula is entered and enter key is pushed.

STN - Your connection to science and technology
http://www.cas.org/products/stnfamily/index.html
Chemical Abstracts guide for teaching students how to develop search strategies for searching this index. Focus is online searching. Practice problems are included.

WebElements
http://www.webelements.com/
WebElements2 is a periodic table database with WebElements version1.2.1's features enhanced and expanded.

Chemicool Periodic Table
http://www.chemicool.com/
Click on elements of this interactive periodic table for facts for each. Included at Chemicool are Chemistry Dictionary, Chemistry Tools, Resources, and a discussion and help Forum.

NIST Chemistry WebBook
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
"The NIST Chemistry WebBook will provide access to the full array of data compiled and distributed by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program. The current edition, the Chemistry WebBook, contains:-Thermochemical data for over 7000 organic and small inorganic compounds, -Heat of reaction data for over 8000 reactions, -IR spectra for over 16,000 compounds, -Mass spectra for over 15,000 compounds, and more. Table of Links"

National Academy Press Reading Room--Chemistry
http://www.nap.edu/topics.php?topic=409
Contains thousands of full books, free for the reading, first page to last…They're available in a variety of versions, including scanned pages in image format, hypertext HTML books, and Adobe Acrobat PDF. Subjects covered include: Agricultural Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Earth Sciences, Education, Energy Studies, Engineering, Environmental Issues, Food and Nutrition, General Interest, Industry and Economics, International Problems, Policies, and Issues, Marine and Maritime Studies, Mathematical Sciences and Statistics, Materials, Medical Sciences, Public Health and Health Care, Natural Resources, Research Issues and Scientific Leadership, Physical Sciences, Science and Ethics, Special Reports, Directories, and Bibliographies, Transportation, Urban Development. Hundreds of these books are also searchable and accessible through the ACC Library Catalog with some included in NetLibrary.

Science Online
http://www.sciencemag.org/
Science, the global weekly of research, is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/
Each month brings the best of the current issue with additional features and information linked. Some of the major articles are included in their entirety, with links that let you connect directly to the researchers and their work. Access to all the full-text articles and a number of features updated weekly is available only to readers of the Scientific American Online or Digital editions. Past issues with similar coverage are available from 1/93 on. Table of contents available for 1993 on. However, ACC students, faculty, and staff can search for, read, and print articles from Scientific American for no additional charge by using indexes such as Academic Search Premier from the library's homepage .

Scientific American: Ask the Experts
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm
Ask science questions of experts selected by Scientific American and see the answers to previously asked questions.

New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/
Contains selected articles, sometimes excerpts, from recent issues and science links.

Nature: International weekly journal of science
http://www.nature.com/nature/
Regular features include the weekly tables of contents, summaries, supplementary information and the full-text news articles. The fully searchable, hypertext-linked news database includes all NPG's international news articles for about a decade. Nature's index to all contents remains in printable form, and articles, published in the printed Nature, contain additional data for which there was not space in the paper journal. These data are available here to download. Complete access to the full-text articles requires a subscription. However, ACC students, faculty, and staff can search for, read, and print articles from Nature for no additional charge by accessing through the ACC Library Catalog as Nature [electronic resource] or by using indexes such as Academic Search Premier from the library's homepage .

Electronic Green Journal
http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/
"The Electronic Green Journal, published by the University of Idaho Library, is a professional, refereed publication devoted to disseminating information concerning sources on international environmental topics including: assessment, conservation, development, disposal, education, hazards, pollution, resources, technology, and treatment. We are academically sponsored; our focus, however, is to publish articles, bibliographies, reviews, and announcements for the educated generalist as well as the specialist. We welcome original contributions from authors on any of the above topics."

Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of science and business
http://www.chemind.org/CI/index.jsp
Published by the Society of Chemical Industry. Magazine now requires setting up a password.

Elemental Discoveries
http://www.sciencebase.com/elemback.html
"David Bradley's Elemental Discoveries, the online monthly magazine of chemistry on the web...has been getting an increasing number of subscribers. David's articles appeal to a broad range of chemists and non-chemists, and cover current topics in the chemical sciences with a different focus each month. Click on Elemental Discoveries. "

Technology Review: MIT's Magazine of Innovation
http://www.technologyreview.com/
"The Types of Stories: --Hot areas of emerging technology; --Advances in existing technologies; --Stories of entrepreneurship and venture capital; --Major breakthroughs in basic research with commercial impact; --The impact of technology on culture and society....Our coverage will concentrate on areas of high technology where progress is most rapid. For example: --information technology, --biotechnology, --materials science/nanotechnology." Register online for access to years of online archives and stories appearing in the current issue.

Chemical Education Resource Shelf
http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEWWW/Features/CERS/index.html
This resource archive is produced under the auspices of the Journal of Chemical Education Online. It is the source for the Journal's annual printed "Buyer's Guide" (April issue). It contains links to nearly all of the publishers who maintain Web pages. "Hal's Picks of the Month", provides recommendations of books and recent articles for teachers of chemistry and related sciences. "Picks" is Indexed since the feature began in 1995. "Journals for Chemical Educators" contains information about key journals for educators to read, linking to publishers' descriptions of their products. Coverage of software includes course management software, graphing applications, and scientific mathematical processors. There is also information about molecular models and laboratory notebooks. "Table of Contents for Chemical Education Resources" is provided.

TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network)
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
"Toxnet is a "cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas" sponsored by the National Library of Medicine's Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program."

Database of U.S. Department of Education Publications in ERIC
http://www.ed.gov/about/pubs/intro/index.html
Find any publication produced or funded by the U.S. Department of Education since its creation in 1980 which appears in ERIC, the world's largest bibliographic database of education literature. The database currently lists 22,456 publications entered into the ERIC database through [the previous month] (note that publications released in the last few months may not yet be in the database).

General Chemistry Online!
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/
"Prepared by Dr. Frederick A. Senese, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Frostburg State University, this site includes: Companion Notes (Hyperlinked notes and guides for first semester general chemistry); Chemistry Exam Survival Guide (Skills checklists and online self-grading examinations); Tutorials (Interactive, self-guided tutorials on specific topics); Resources (A searchable, annotated database of general chemistry Web resources); FAQ (Answers to over 300 frequently asked questions)."

Yahoo! - Science:Chemistry:Organic Chemistry
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Chemistry/Organic_Chemistry/
Covers a broad range of organic chemistry.

PolyContent Web Site
http://www.plastics.com/
"Welcome to PolyContents' Web Site, a new and unique style of index web site, we bring you links to content instead of links to corporate sites. PolyContent compliments PolyLinks as the index to technical and business content worldwide regarding the plastics industry. Content is broken down into logical groups and also by technical level. This allows PolyContent to serve both the industry novice and the Phd level."

Science Niche: Organic Chemistry Guide
http://scienceniche.com/science/ochem.cfm
Science Niche: Organic Chemistry Guide (formerly BioChemNet, now affiliated with High School Ace) is a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online educational resources for high school students. It features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes.

Chemical Safety/Toxicology/Hazards
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/chem/safety1.html
Links to a variety of chemical safety, hazards, and toxicology sites with multiple links to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).

Chemical Industry Home Page - Environmental Resources
http://www.neis.com/db/category/cat608.asp
Governmental and private resources for the environmental manager.

Texas Environmental Almanac [web version]
http://www.texascenter.org/almanac/TXENVALMANAC.HTML
"The Texas Environmental Almanac provides current and historical facts, explanatory figures, and legislative information on the current condition of Texas water, land, and air, as well as the status of the state's energy use and waste generation. This information has been compiled from mandated reports and studies conducted by Texas governmental agencies. Special sections focus on the status of Texas parkland and coastal wetlands,Texas flora and fauna, pesticide use and the relationship between the state's environmental health and public health. The Almanac is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to make educated decisions about issues which influence the environment in his or her daily life." The 95 edition is online. Print 2000 edition is at all 6 ACC Libraries (REF GE155.T4 S36 2000)."

BioTech
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/
"Located at University of Texas at Austin, BioTech is a hybrid biology/chemistry educational resource and research tool on the World Wide Web. BioTech is intended to be a learning tool that will attract students and enrich the public's knowledge of biology issues in the world today. At the same time, BioTech is also a research tool for those already involved in the broad subject of biology. By providing information about resources, as well as avenues for further exploration, we intend to open the doors of biology resources to post-secondary students, researchers, and faculty.
Our mission is to make BioTech as useful a tool to a high school student as it is to a postdoctoral fellow. We aim to educate those who may not have as much experience with biology and biotechnology while at the same time providing quick access to biology-related resources for those who are dealing with much more specific and detailed information. We do not wish to exclude anyone from this project -- we will assist those who need assistance and merely open doors for those who are interested in finding information on their own."

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EREE)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
The U.S. Dept. of Energy's EREE offers information and technical assistance to a broad audience-consumers, educators, experts, businesses, utilities, industry, and government-on a wide range of topics: alternative fuels, photovoltaics, wind energy, solar heating and cooling, buildings, and weatherization. EREC provides publications, research in response to your technical and business questions, and referrals to energy organizations.

Chemistry Publishers
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/chem/chempub.html
Links to some of the major publishers of chemistry books.

ACS Career Services - The Chemist's Code of Conduct
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=1095&content_id=CTP_004007&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1
The American Chemical Society's code of ethics for chemists.

Professional Society Ethics Group
http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/committees/pseg/
"The Professional Society Ethics Group (PSEG) is sponsored by the Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. PSEG includes almost seventy participants, representing professional societies, academic institutions and government agencies. The primary function of PSEG is to serve as a forum for the inter-professional exchange of information and ideas relating to professional ethics....PSEG is a co-publisher of the Professional Ethics Report, a quarterly newsletter that reports on news and events, programs and activities, and resources, and includes commentary and analysis of ethical issues in research and practice."

Ethics in Science--An Essay on The Scientific Method
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/hbauer/hbauer-toc.html
"An essay on the scientific method (or lack thereof) and the consequences of misconduct in science. Adapted from lectures given by Professor Henry Bauer in the Chemistry Department at Virginia Tech, March 1994. For more information see his book: Henry H. Bauer, Scientific Literacy and the Myth of the Scientific Method (University of Illinois Press: Urbana, IL, 1992)."

Ethics in Science
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/
"An essay on the scientific method (or lack thereof) and the consequences of misconduct in science. Adapted from lectures given by Professor Henry Bauer in the Chemistry Department at Virginia Tech, March 1994. For more information see his book: Henry H. Bauer, Scientific Literacy and the Myth of the Scientific Method (University of Illinois Press: Urbana, IL, 1992)."

Online Ethics Center for Engineering at the National Academy of Engineering
http://www.onlineethics.org/
"The WWW Ethics Center for Engineering and Science was established in the fall of 1995 under a grant (#SBR-9511862) from the National Science Foundation. The mission of the Ethics Center is to provide engineers, scientists, science and engineering students with resources useful for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work life. The Center is also intended to serve teachers of engineering and science students who want to include discussion of ethical problems closely related to technical subject as a part of science and engineering courses, or in free-standing subjects in professional ethics or in research ethics for such students."

For comments or questions about these resources, send e-mail to Linda Clement.