Research guides: CHEM: Chemistry: Websites

WolframAlpha computational apps

WolframAlpha for Facts and Calculations

WolframAlpha is a "computational knowledge engine that draws on multiple sources to answer user queries directly". A search within WolframAlpha generates output by doing computations from its own internal knowledge base. Some examples include: mathematics, statistical probabilities, conversions and calculations (electric circuit calculations), physics, and many more.

Examples:

information about a species: musk rose
information about dinosaur taxa: saurischia
information about a biomolecule: serotonin

Periodic tables

American Elements' Interactive Periodical Table
Periodic Table of Comic Books
Click on an element to see a list of comic book pages involving that element. Click on a thumbnail on the list to see a full comic bookpage.
Periodic Table of Videos
YouTube videos about each of the elements in the periodic table. Created by video journalist Brady Haran working with chemists at The University of Nottingham
Web Elements
Explore the chemical elements through this periodic table.

Chemical Databases

NIST Chemistry WebBook
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's chemistry site. Obtain information on chemical compounds. Search by formula, name, molecular weight and more.
Organic Compounds Database
A searchable organic compounds database. Search by melting point, boiling point, molecular weight and more.

Chemical Safety

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Canada's National Centre for Occupational Health and Safety information.
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
This online guide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informs workers, employers, and occupational health professionals about workplace chemicals and their hazards.
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) is Canada's national hazard communication standard.

Societies, Associations, & Universities

American Chemistry Society
AOAC International (Association of Analytical Communities)
- "Worldwide provider and facilitator in the development, use, and harmonization of validated analytical methods and laboratory quality assurance programs and services. AOAC also serves as the primary resource for timely knowledge exchange, networking, and high-quality laboratory information for its members."
The Chemical Institute of Canada
Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
- Includes an archive of all articles published by the RSC (and its forerunner societies) from 1841 (the first issue of Memoirs and Proceedings of the Chemical Society) to 2004.