Online Web Resources
- ChemSpiderChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 67 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
- NIST Chemistry WebBookProvides chemical and physical property and spectral data for elements, organic compounds, and small inorganic compounds
- Common Chemistry™An American Chemical Society site that links common chemical names with the CAS Registry number, a unique identifier number for chemical substances. Links are provided to entries in Wikipedia.
- Visual Elements Periodic TableEach element is described with general and physical information.
- Web ElementsThe periodic table of the elements
- Physicsworld.comA Physics community website from the Institute of Physics dedicated to promoting the discipline.
- c&en - Chemical & Engineering News (ACS)Chemistry and Engineering News Online : Latest News and back issues and current issues of the C & EN News
General Science Resources
- arXiv.orgarXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for 1,758,918 scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Materials on this site are not peer-reviewed by arXiv.
- PLOSA non-profit research gateway dedicated to making the world's scientific literature freely available to all.
- PLOS ONEA large collection of open access articles in the sciences: Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Nutrition, Mental and Physical Health.
- Science Reference Services - LOCSite has subject guides for Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Sciences among many others. Topics can be browsed in the A to Z index of of the science reference services website.
- WorldWideScience.orgA global gateway that allows searching of national and international science databases from Japan, South Africa, France and other countries.
Chemistry & Physics Related News
EurekAlert!, the online, global news service operated by AAAS, the science society.
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the world's most comprehensive and authoritative news source about chemistry and related fields, is published by the American Chemical Society.
ScienceDaily features breaking news about the latest discoveries in science, health, the environment, technology, and more -- from leading universities, scientific journals, and research organizations.
ScienceDaily features breaking news about the latest discoveries in science, health, the environment, technology, and more -- from leading universities, scientific journals, and research organizations.
Evaluating Online Sources
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The CRAAP Test
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