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University of Colorado
at Colorado Springs

1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

(719) 255-3154

American Chemical Society Online - all the resources of ACS.
American Elements - properties of, applications for, and research on the elements.
biochemlinks - biology and chemistry education resources.
ChemFinder - probably the best free searchable database for information about chemical compounds.
Chemdex - lots of links; especially useful for finding chemistry department pages around the world.
ChemReview: Calculations in Chemistry - free, self-paced tutorials to help students learn and review the math and chemistry fundamentals needed to solve calculations in first-year college Chemistry.
ChemSpy - The Internet Navigator for the Chemical Industry: Find just about anything related to chemistry.
Conversion Factors - and physical constants, material properties.
Distillations - from the Chemical Heritage Foundation, podcasts and blogs on the past, present, and future of chemistry.
Dynamic Periodic Table - very cool.
Electromagnetic Spectrum - broken down into its various regions.
eMolecules - free chemistry search engine. Search over 6 million structures by partial or full structure or name.
Fatty Acid Composition of Fats and Oils - an interesting table.
learnchem.net! - a free resource for chemistry students, with a variety of tutorials, quizzes, tests and information to help with your chemistry learning needs.
Links for Chemists / Virtual Library Chemistry Section - University of Liverpool site with over 8,225 chemistry resources.
Organic Chemistry Portal - named reactions/mechanisms, recent topics, information on chemicals, resources, and job market.
Origins of Common Names of the Elements - why does Na stand for sodium?
Origins of Common Names of Organic Compounds - malic, maleic, malonic? Where do these names come from?
Periodic Table: WebElements - most elaborate periodic table on the Web.
Periodic Table of Videos - created by a team of chemists at the University of Nottingham, the first comprehensive set of videos made about the chemistry of the elements.
Rolf Claessen's Chemistry Index - a great index of links to useful chemistry info.
WWW Chemistry Guide - comprehensive and evaluated guide to web sites related to chemistry and the chemical industry.
Chemistry Software:
- ACD ChemSketch - free chemical structure drawing software (go to Downloads, Freeware).
- ChemOffice - suite including ChemDraw and Chem3D: chemical structure drawing and molecular modeling software. ChemOffice is available to students and faculty at a substantial discount.
Chemistry Careers:
- Academic Careers Online - teaching and administrative jobs from pre-kindergarten through colleges and universities.
- cen-chemjobs.org - the classifieds and careers site of Chemical & Engineering News.
- ChemJobs.net - leading job vacancy site for chemists, biochemists, pharmaceutical scientists and chemical engineers.

(Please email me if any of these links don't work.)