Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Chemical History, Biography, Directories, and Industry Sources

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry

Chemical History

 * National Historic Chemical Landmarks
 * Science History Institute
 * Othmer Library of the Science History Institute
 * Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Chemistry
 * From Alchemy to Chemistry: Five Hundred Years of Rare and Interesting Books (University of Illinois)
 * 50 Years of Chemical Information in the American Chemical Society, 1943–1993 (W.V. Metanomski)
 * AIP Center for the History of Physics Emilio Segre Visual Archives
 * Biography-center: biography search engine
 * Classic Chemistry (Carmen Giunta)
 * Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry (Carmen Giunta)
 * Glossary of Archaic Chemical Terms (Carmen Giunta)
 * Other web sites on (mainly) the History of Chemistry, History of Science, and Scientific Biography (Carmen Giunta)
 * This Week in the history of chemistry
 * Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania Library)
 * Scientific Instruments (from: Nomenclature chimique ou synonymie ancienne et moderne, published 1789)
 * List of Obituaries and Biographical Notes Published in:
 * Angewandte Chemie (1888–2004)
 * Chemische Berichte (1918–1997)/European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (1998)
 * Helvetica Chimica Acta (1918–1992)
 * Liebigs Annalen (1975–1997)/European Journal of Organic Chemistry (1998–2008)
 * ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online
 * History of Chemical Engineering & Chemical Technology
 * The Nobel Prizes: Prizes and Laureates
 * The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
 * Nobel Prizes (from the Free University, Berlin)
 * ISI's 1000 Most-Cited Chemists, 1981-June 1997
 * Atomic Structure Timeline
 * AIP Center for the History of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
 * Images From the History of Medicine
 * The Gemmary (Antique Scientific Instruments and Books)
 * Chronology of Chemical Information Science
 * History of Chemical Information
 * The Chemogenesis Web Book
 * Periodic Table Formulations
 * Old Books (See also the Physik and Chemie sections)
 * CHEM-HIST (History of Chemistry International Mailing List)
 * Hyle, International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry

Biographies of Chemists

 * Biographies of Famous Chemists (Links for Chemists)
 * Chemical Genealogy Database
 * Scientists and Innovations: Chemistry Milestones at NRC (Canada)
 * Biography.com
 * Biographical Works in the Indiana University Chemistry Library
 * Four Thousand Years of Women in Science
 * Women in Science (San Diego Supercomputer Center)

Chemists

 * Community of Science
 * UK Chemistry Departments
 * World Directory of Crystallographers

Academic Chemistry Departments

 * DGRWeb (American Chemical Society)
 * Peterson's Education Center
 * US News & World Report America's Best Graduate Schools and America's Best Colleges
 * Chemistry Department Graduate Programs
 * Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments – United States (Chuck Huber, University of Califormia, Santa Barbara)
 * Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments – Worldwide (Chuck Huber, University of Califormia, Santa Barbara)
 * University Chemistry Departments (Links for Chemists)

Professional Societies

 * The Scholarly Societies Project (University of Waterloo)
 * National Chemical Societies (Links for Chemists)
 * American Chemical Society (ACS)
 * ACS Technical Division and Secretariat Websites (All)
 * Selected ACS Division Websites
 * ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry
 * ACS Division of Chemical Education
 * ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
 * ACS Division of Chemical Information
 * ACS Division of Chemical Toxicology
 * ACS Division of Chemistry and the Law
 * ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry
 * ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry
 * ACS Division of History of Chemistry
 * Association of Official Analytical Chemists
 * Chemical Society of Japan
 * Danish Chemical Society
 * Drug Information Association
 * FASEB: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
 * International Society of Electrochemistry
 * International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry and the RSC Perkin Division Heterocyclic Group
 * International Union of Crystallography
 * International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
 * Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society
 * Protein Modelling Discussion Group (PMDG)
 * Royal Australian Chemical Institute
 * Royal Society of Chemistry
 * Chemical Information and Computer Applications Group
 * Society of Chemical Industry
 * Russian Academy of Sciences

Miscellaneous

 * American Laboratory Buyers' Guide
 * U.S. National Science Foundation
 * U.S. National Institutes of Health
 * U.S. National Academies Home Page
 * Directories of People, Places, and Academic Programs in Chemistry
 * Chemical Consultants Network – Jointly supported by AIChE AND ACS

Chemical Producers and Suppliers

 * Chemical Information Services
 * ACD Available Chemicals Directory (Symyx/MDL)
 * Alfa Aesar Laboratory Chemical Supplier
 * Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals
 * BioSupplyNet
 * BuyersGuideChem
 * chem.com Global Network of Chemical Manufacturers and Distributors
 * Chem Sources
 * CHEMCATS (CAS)
 * ChemConnect
 * ChemDeals
 * The ChemExper Chemicals Directory
 * Chemical Online
 * Chemical Register
 * ChemIndustry.com: Chemical Industry Search Engine Chemicals Technology
 * ChemNavigator
 * ChemNet
 * ChinaChemNet
 * eMolecules
 * Fisher Scientific
 * Hoover's Online
 * ICIS Search
 * Links for Chemists (U of Liverpool)
 * Mineral Industry Surveys (USGS)
 * Minerals Yearbook
 * plastics.com
 * R&D Chemicals
 * SciQuest
 * SelectScience Independent Information Services for Laboratory Scientists
 * Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Company
 * ThomasNet (Thomas Register)
 * TimTec

Directories of Chemistry Software

 * Macs in Chemistry: Mobile Science
 * Alchem.org
 * NetSci's List of Computational Chemistry Software
 * SHAREWARE.com
 * Resources for Chemistry Educators
 * Scitechint.com
 * Chemistry Software
 * ChemSW: Chemistry Software for Windows (formerly, WindowChem Software)
 * www.chemistry-software.com Software on the Web(Infochem)
 * Genamics SoftwareSeek – a respository and database of freely-distributable and commercial tools for use in molecular biology and biochemistry.
 * Linux4Chemistry
 * SINCRIS Sofftware – Computer Programmes for Crystallography
 * CCL.NET (Computational Chemistry List)
 * CSIR, Chemistry Software and Information Resources
 * National HPCC Software Exchange (NHSE)
 * BioCatalogue (The Life Science Web Services Registry European Bioinformatics Institute) (Search "software" in AllText)