Research Guides: Chemistry: Websites

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American Chemical Society
The website of the American chemical Society, which is a congressionally chartered independent membership organization which represents professionals at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry and sciences that involve chemistry.
ChemSpider
ChemSpider is a chemistry search engine built with the intention of aggregating and indexing chemical structures and their associated information into a single searchable repository and make it available to everybody.
IUPAC nomenclature
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry's webpage on recommendations on Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.
Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry
From the official Nobel Prize website. Offers the winner of the year, a bio and prize information.
Periodic Table of the Elements
Clickable Periodic table that offers in depth descriptions in wiki, video or photos.
PubChem
PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules
Royal Society of Chemistry
The counterpart to the ACS in the United Kingdom, it is the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences.
Protein Data Bank
An Information Portal to Biological Macromolecular Structures
NIST Webbook
National Institute of Standards Chemistry Page
National Science Foundation

Evaluating Websites

Things to Consider:

Authorship (who is responsible for the information)
Accuracy (how accurate)
Currency (how current)
Publishing Body (consider URL such as .com, .org, etc)
Point of View (the bias)
Appropriateness (how will this affect your research)

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