Chemistry

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MSDS        General Chemical Resources         Chemical Companies/Catalogs        Library's Chemical Databases

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Web Resources

• Dupont MSDS Central

• MSDS on the Internet - resource site with links to MSDS and related information.

• MSDS Solutions - free, searchable database with software & services for managing and distributing over 1 million MSDSs.

• NCI-Frederick Safety & Environmental Protection (SEPP) Links - Industrial Hygiene - scroll to "Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).

• via Google search - type "msds" then name of compound in search box. (E.g. msds benzene)

General Chemical Resources

• CADD Group's Chemoinformatics Tools and User Services - from NCI, includes Chemical Structure Lookup Service (CSLS), Enhanced NCI Database Browser 2, Optical Structure Recognition (OSR), Online SMILES translator, VRML Creator for Chemical Structures and more. The NCI/CADD group is a research unit within the Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry (LMC).

• ChemConnect - claims to be world's largest global web exchange for chemicals and plastics. No registration fee.

• Chem Sources USA and International Online - online reference for chemical information with over 200,000 commercial chemicals submitted by over 7,200 firms. From Account Login page, click on 'Press to Continue.' Log-Out after each session. (NIH/NCIF)

• Chemical Online Community - after free sign-up, receive weekly newsletters designed for industry professionals.

• Chemical Structure Lookup Service - search in 39 million indexed structures from over 80 databases (27 million unique structures). See also NCI DTP / 2D and 3D Structural Information and the CADD Group's Chemoinformatics Tools and User Services public web site.

• Chemistry - Caltech Library Services - organized by topic, includes links to associations, chemical names/registry numbers, dictionaries and much more.

• Chemistry Central - from BioMed Central, open access chemistry-related research articles, published in Chemistry Central Journal, BMC journals and other open access publications.

• Chemistry for Life - consortium of 16 museums in partnership with the chemical industry to bring chemistry to the public.

• Chemistry Guide from Yahoo! - Chemical resources by topic.

• Chemistry - WWW Virtual Library - 'Links for Chemists' from University of Liverpool, UK.

• Chemsoc - from the Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemsoc is for everyone interested in chemical sciences - with events, features, links, educational materials, Visual Elements Periodic Table and Timeline.

• EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• IUPAC Nomenclature - Search database of International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for recommendations on organic & biochemical nomenclature, symbols & terminology.

• NCI Database Browser Release 2 - A Web browser to the open NCI database compounds (>250,000 structures) with different kinds of output features and links to other services for continued processing.

• NIST Chemistry WebBook - gateway to the data collection of the National Institute of Standards & Technology. Search on compounds by name, chemical formula, CAS registry number, molecular weight, or selected ion energetics and spectral properties.

• OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (U.S. Dept. of Labor) - Includes links to OSHA regulations, hazard information bulletins and other agency memos and materials.

• Science Spotlight from CAS - free service from CAS notes the most highly cited and requested chemistry-related research publications as reflected by citations included in CAS databases.

• Periodic Tables: A Visual Interpretation - Table of Elements - from Royal Society of Chemistry and WebElements - periodic table on the WWW.

• ToxFAQs - From ASTDR, frequently asked questions about hazardous waste products.

• WebElements - The periodic table on the WWW.

Chemical Companies/Catalogs

• Argus Chemicals

• Dow Chemicals

• DuPont

• Fisher Scientific Internet Catalog

• Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Company .

• WWW Chemicals - Includes chemical catalogs, chemical equipment, chemical companies directory; structure searching available.