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Internet Researcher:
A Guide to Chemistry and Physics Resources
This page is designed to help you find Internet resources in chemistry,
physics, and related disciplines. Its purpose is to serve as a starting
point--a guide to selected resources--rather than a comprehensive list.
General Resources
- ChemFinder
- This is a searchable database of chemical compounds, including physical
constants and links to information about the compound on the Internet.
Created by CambridgeSoft Corp.
[http://www.chemfinder.com]
- Chemistry Experiments You Can Do at
Home
- The HyperChemistry On The Web site offers experiments involving and demonstrating
fundamental physical and chemical principles.
[http://people.bxscience.edu/~chinyu/2690/exper/exper.htm]
- ChemWeb
- By joining this online chemistry club, members may gain full text online access
to major chemistry journals, or search databases such as Beilstein for
chemistry information. Most services require establishing a paying account
with a credit card.
[http://www.chemweb.com/]
- PhysicsWorld.com
- Physics world is the new name and the new look for the previous PhysicsWeb.net. PhysicsWorld provides information on and links to sites for conferences, institutes, employment, associations, current events, mailing lists and book reviews by and for the Physics community.
[http://physicsworld.com/cws/home]
- PhysLink
- The Physics and Astronomy Online site has physics news, job postings, links and discussion forums.
[http://www.physlink.com]
- National Academy of Sciences
- In addition to the National Academy of Sciences, this site includes
information about the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute
of Medicine, and the National Research Council. Overall, the site has
scientific information on topics including the physical sciences, life
and earth sciences, medicine and health, education and science and technology
policy.
[http://www.nas.edu/]
- The
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
- This US Department of Commerce agency provides general information
about itself, links to programs, news updates, press releases, standards
information, reference data, an image gallery, employment information
and a searchable database.
[http://www.nist.gov/]
- The World Wide Web Virtual
Library-Chemistry
- The WWW Virtual Library for Chemistry offers a survey of university,
non-profit, commercial, and many other links to chemistry information.
The site is maintained by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
at UCLA.
[http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html]
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library-Physics
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library for Physics is a good survey of specialized
subject areas within physics, and has many links to sites that are excellent
for browsing. The site is a great place to start searching, for the
most general to very technical information.
[http://www.vlib.org/Physics.html]
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Government Resources
- Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL)-Physics and
Space Technology
- The LLNL home page contains information in many specialized areas of physics,
including federal government research, conferences, and specialized
programs. More suitable for the advanced user, the LLNL home page provides
information on condensed matter physics; atomic, nuclear, and particle
physics; high-temperature physics; and astrophysics.
[http://www-phys.llnl.gov/]
- NASA-HEASARC
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center/Goddard Space Flight Center
- The HEASARC site contains " a collection of short movies, astrophysical
phenomena, images, and information on every high-energy astrophysics
satellite including Explorer 11's pioneering flight." The site also
includes information on space exploration programs, extrasolar planets,
astronomical images, and the history of astronomy.
[http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/www_info/webstars.html]
- Protein Databank
- The Protein Databank (PDB) is an archive of experimentally determined 3-dimensional
structures of biological macromolecules, serving a global community
of researchers, educators, and students.
[http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/]
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
- SLAC is a national laboratory operated by Stanford University for
the US Department of Energy. In operation for over 25 years, SLAC does
research in elementary particle physics, atomic and solid state physics,
chemistry, biology and medicine.
[http://www.slac.stanford.edu/]
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Professional Organizations
 American Astronomical Society- "The American Astronomical Society (AAS), established in 1899, is the
major professional organization in North America for astronomers and
other scientists and individuals interested in astronomy."
[http://www.aas.org/]
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- The AICHE page, maintained by the Process Improvement Laboratory at
the University of Florida, has information on organizational conferences,
sponsored research programs, student chapters, and professional employment
opportunities.
[http://www.aiche.org/]
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- "The American Institute of Physics is a not-for-profit membership corporation
chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the
advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application
to human welfare."
[http://www.aip.org/]
- The American Nuclear Society
- "The American Nuclear Society is a not-for-profit, international,
scientific and educational organization, promoting the advancement of
engineering and science relating to the atomic nucleus, and of allied
sciences and arts."
[http://www.ans.org/]
- American Physical Society (APS)
- "The American Physical Society publishes some of the world's leading physics
research journals: the Physical Review series, Physical
Review Letters, and Reviews of Modern Physics. The
APS organizes scientific meetings where new results are reported and
discussed. In addition to these primary functions, the Society has many
other programs in areas such as education, international affairs, public
affairs, and public information."
[http://www.aps.org/]
- ChemCenter: A Service of the American Chemical
Society
- The American Chemical Society home page provides database searching; conference,
education, and publication information; and also access to some electronic
journal titles.
[http://www.chemcenter.org/]
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- "Combining a focus on optics applications with an emphasis on high scientific
quality, OSA offers a home to professionals in a wide -- and growing
-- array of disciplines in the variety of products and services that
OSA offers."
[http://www.osa.org/]
- Society for Applied Spectroscopy
- The Society for Applied Spectroscopy homepage includes information
on its journal Applied Spectroscopy, its newsletter, conferences,
products and services, short courses and membership.
[http://www.s-a-s.org/]
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Publisher Information & Online Journals
- American Chemical Society Publications
- The American Chemical Society offers limited access to their online
publications. PDF versions of full articles can be purchased online.
[http://pubs.acs.org]
- APS Research Journals
- The American Physical Society provides full-text access to Physical
Review A, Physical Review B, Physical Review
C, Physical Review D, Physical Review E,
Physical Review Letters, and Reviews of Modern Physics.
Note: Access is available only from networked PCs on the CUA
campus. [http://publish.aps.org/indexjrnls.html]
- Astronomy Magazine
- The Astronomy Magazine site includes access to the table
of contents for each issue, as well as some full-text articles, software,
current sky events, and links to many amateur astronomy sites.
[http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx]
- Institute of Physics Publishing/The Institute of Physics
- "Institute of Physics Publishing is leading publisher of learned
information in physics and an innovator and leader in the elementary
delivery of information to physics researchers, technologists, and engineers
worldwide."
[http://www.iop.org/]
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