Web Resources for Students

Chemical Data-Related

Web Elements
WebElements aims to be a high quality source of chemistry information on the WWW relating to the periodic table. Coverage is such that professional scientists and students at school interested in chemistry and other sciences will all find something useful.

Chem Spy
ChemSpy.com helps you to find chemistry and chemical engineering related terms, definitions, synonyms, acronyms and abbreviations. Also search forms for finding MSDS/safety data, scientific publications in over 20.000 different journals, physical data of chemical compounds, worldwide patents and spectral data are available.

Element Data 
Specific-element data from Chem Society.

Material Safety Data Sheets (Vermont SIRI database)
Find out about the safety and handling of chemicals.

Aldrich Chemical Company
On-Line Catalog. Search by name, formula, or CAS number for properties, structure, MSDS, and more.

National Institute of Standards and Technology Chemistry Webbook
Entry point to the NIST chemical databases. more info

National Institute of Standards and Technology List of Scientific Databases
Entry point to all the NIST databases.

Virtual Chemistry Libraries

Open Directory Project--Chemistry
As the web grows, automated search engines and directories with small editorial staffs will be unable to cope with the volume of sites. The Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web, by relying on a vast army of volunteer editors.

Scopus Science Direct

World-Wide Web Virtual Library of Chemistry (UCLA)

World Wide Index of Chemistry on the Internet (Univ. of Sheffield, UK)

Yahoo: Science -- Chemistry

Undergraduate Research/Graduate Fellowship/Career/Jobs-Related

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program
Summer research possibilities

Oak Ridge National Labs/ACM

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Graduate fellowship opportunities, career information

NSF Graduate Fellowships
How to apply.

ChemJobsNet
The "web's leading job vacancy site for chemists, biochemists, pharmaceutical scientists and chemical engineers."

Journal of Young Investigators
Resources specifically for young scientists.

Chemistry Organization-Related

Chem Soc, the Chemical Societies Network
Think "SOCS (St. John’s Chemistry Society)" on a GRAND SCALE.

American Chemical Society
National meetings, information, chemical abstracts, etc.

New York ACS Section
Regional meetings, activities, employment information

Long Island ACS Subsection
Regional meetings, activities, employment information

Chemistry History-Related

Nobel Museum
Search Nobel Prize addresses, essays, symposia

Chemical Heritage Foundation