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Chemical Information Sources

This fantastic website helps individuals "find and learn how to use chemical information resources on the Internet and elsewhere." Users can find two types of resource guides. The first, SIRCh (Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry) offers numerous links to educational websites where users can find answers to many of their chemistry questions. The second, CCIIM (Clearinghouse for Chemical...

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chemical_Information_Sources
Chemical Patents Plus

Chemical Patents Plus, an information retrieval service provided by Chemical Abstracts, is available via the Web. After registering, interested users can freely search and receive title and abstract information for chemical patents going back to 1971. Other options, such as patent number, front page and all claims, and complete patent, are fee based. The service is available from 6:00 p.m. Sunday...

http://casweb.cas.org/
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ChemIDplus

ChemIDplus functions as a chemical database, or dictionary, for over 400,000 chemicals. Using names, synonyms, and structures, readers may search ChemIDplus for information about select chemicals of interest. Results often include educational links to National Library of Medicine resources, as well as federal and international agencies. Within the system, readers may search using ChemIDplus Lite,...

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
EPA: Tools and Literature

Green Chemistry, as its name implies, is an environment friendly practice of using chemistry to prevent pollution. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Green Chemistry Expert System software that can be freely downloaded from this site. The program can be used to assess hazardous substances in chemical reactions, learn about green synthetic methods, design safer chemicals by...

https://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/green-chemistry-resources...
Spectral Atlas Central

From the National Optical Astronomy Observatories and the Kitt Peak National Observatory, comes the Spectral Atlas Central Web site. Users can plot wavelengths covering the spectra of 3005Å thru 10598Å, 3000Å thru 10900Å, and 3300Å thru 11100Å by inputting a start and end wavelength and specifying the number of lines. The resulting plots can then be viewed or downloaded as a FITS file, Postscript...

https://noirlab.edu/science/data-services/other/spectral-atl...
The American Chemical Society: Molecule of the Week

Each week, this American Chemical Society (ACS) website presents educational materials on a new drug, a chemical in the news, or a common household chemical. Educators and students can find two- and sometimes three-dimensional images of the chosen molecule along with descriptions of the molecule's characteristics, its molecular formula, and other interesting facts. Each Molecule of the Week since...

https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week.html