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Chemistry Resources on the Internet
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- Nobel
Prizes in Chemistry
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/bib/nobel_chemie_e.html
This site lists the names of the Nobel Prize winners in chemistry and the
achievements for which they won the prize, from 1901 to 1997. In some
cases, the list gives links to home pages devoted to the winner.
- Winners of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/Chemistry.html
This is an even better site, with a little biographical information on the
winners, and more Web links, including an Alta Vista search on each
chemist
- Awards
Administered by the American Chemical Society
http://www.acs.org/awards/ [Note: Link moved; URL changed 7/21/00
by ald]
This site lists the awards
administered by the ACS, with
descriptions of each, contact persons, and information on the nominating procedure.
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These are the Web sites for the major chemical societies worldwide. Most have
information on their publications, conferences, services, membership and
so on.
- ACSWeb from The
American Chemical Society
http://www.acs.org/ [Note: Link moved; URL changed
3/3/01 by ald]
- Alpha Chi Sigma
http://www.alphachisigma.org/ [Note: Link moved; URL
changed 3/3/01 by ald]
Alpha Chi Sigma is the professional fraternity/sorority for chemists and
chemical engineers. The web site contains extensive information on the
national organization, and links to the webpages of many of its chapters
at various universities.
- American Crystallographic
Association
http://www.hwi.buffalo.edu/ACA/
- American
Peptide Society
http://www.chem.umn.edu/orgs/ampepsoc/apshome.html
- American
Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
[Note: Link moved; URL changed 9/8/98 by ald]
http://www.faseb.org/asbmb/
- American Society for Mass
Spectrometry
http://www.asms.org/index.php [Note: Link moved; URL changed
3/28/02 by ald]
- AOAC International
http://www.aoac.org/
AOAC International is an association of scientists in the public and
private sectors devoted to the validation of analytical chemical and
microbiological methods and promotion of quality measurements in the analytical sciences.
- Asociación Mexicana de Química Analítica
http://latina.chem.cinvestav.mx/RLQ/mexico/amqa/amqa96-98.html
- Asociación Mexicana de Química Inorgánica
http://latina.chem.cinvestav.mx/RLQ/mexico/amqi.html
- Asociación
Nacional de Químicos de España (ANQUE)
http://www.gui.uva.es/~polyfemo/index.html
- Austrian Biochemical Society
http://www.at.embnet.org/bch/ogbm/welcome.htm [Note:
Broken link removed 3/28/02 by ald]
- The Biochemical Society (UK)
http://www.biochemsoc.org.uk
- Biochemical
Society of the Republic of Korea
http://www.biochem.or.kr/ [Note: Link moved; URL changed 7/20/00
by ald]
- Canadian Society for Chemistry
(see also Chemical Institute of Canada below.)
- Chemical Heritage
Foundation
http://www.chemheritage.org
The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF), established by the American
Chemical Society (ACS) and the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers (AIChE), had its origins in 1982. CHF seeks to strengthen
public understanding of the chemical sciences and technologies,
increase the flow of the ablest students into the chemical sciences and
chemical process industries, and instill in chemical scientists and
engineers a greater pride in their heritage and their contributions to
society.
- Chemical Institute of Canada
http://www.cheminst.ca/ [Note: Link moved; URL changed 3/28/02 by
ald]
- Chemical Society of Japan
http://wwwsoc.nacsis.ac.jp/csj/index-e.html
[Note: Broken link removed 3/28/02 by ald]
- Chemical Structure Association
http://www.chem-structure.org
The Chemical Structure Association (CSA) is an international organisation
which aims to bring together people whose work involves the handling of
information about chemical structures.
- CODATA
http://www.codata.org/ [Note: URL moved; link changed
6/4/99 by ald]
CODATA is the Committee on Data for Science and Technology of the
International Council of Scientific Unions (IUCN). It sets standards in
many areas of science (see the Fundamental Physical Constants site listed
above.)
- Croatian Biochemical Society
http://mb1.pharma.hr/index.phtml [Note: Broken link
removed 3/3/01 by ald]
- Danish Chemical Society
http://www.kemisk-forening.dk/ [Note: Link moved; URL changed
3/28/02 by ald]
- Electrochemical Society
http://www.electrochem.org/
- Electrochemical Society of South Africa
http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/electrochem/electrochem.html
- European Chemical Society
http://ecs.tu-bs.de/ecs [Note: Broken link removed 3/28/02 by
ald]
- Federation of Asian Chemical Societies
http://ozchemnet.adfa.oz.au/FACS/ [Note: Broken link removed
3/28/02 by ald]
- Federation of
European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
http://www.febs.unibe.ch/
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
(GDCh)
http://www.gdch.de/
Note: This web site is in German only.
- Gesellschaft für
Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
http://www.klinik.uni-frankfurt.de/zbc/gbm/gbmhome.htm
[Note: Link moved; URL changed 3/3/01 by ald]
Note:
This web site is in German only.. - Hong Kong Chemical Society
http://www.enmpc.org.hk/~hkcs/ [Note: Broken link removed 7/21/00
by ald]
- International
Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists
http://www.fenk.wau.nl/iacis/iacis.html
- International Society of
Electrochemistry
http://www.ise-online.org/ [Note: Link moved; URL changed 3/28/02
by ald]
- International
Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry
http://euch6f.chem.emory.edu/ishc.html [Note: Link moved; URL
changed 7/20/00 by ald]
- International
Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
http://www.iubmb.unibe.ch/
- International Union of
Crystallography
http://www.iucr.ac.uk/
- International Union
of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
http://iupac.chemsoc.org/
[Note: Link moved; URL changed 4/23/98, 8/5/98 by ald]
IUPAC is the international union of chemical societies. It sets standards
in many areas of chemistry, especially chemical nomenclature.
- Iota Sigma
Pi
http://www-chem.ucsd.edu/Faculty/sawrey/ISP/
[Note: Broken link removed 4/23/98 by ald]
Iota Sigma Pi is the national honor society for women in chemistry.
- Korean Chemical Society
http://www.kcsnet.or.kr/
(Note: this link is frequently down.)
- New Swiss Chemical Society
http://www.nscs.ch/ [Note: Link moved; URL changed 7/21/00 by ald]
- New Zealand Institute of Chemistry
http://www.nzic.org.nz/
[Note: Link moved; URL changed 5/15/98 by ald]
- Norwegian Chemical Society
http://dkg.no/NKS/ [Note: Broken link removed 3/3/01 by
ald]
Mostly in Norwegian.
- Patent Information Users Group
http://piug.org
The PIUG is an international organization of professionals in patent searching and information,
with many in the areas of chemical and pharmaceutical patents.
- The Protein Society
http://www.faseb.org/protein/index.html [Note: Link moved; URL
changed 7/21/00 by ald]
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute
http://www.raci.org.au/
- Royal
Flemish Chemical Society (KVCV)
http://www.chem.kuleuven.ac.be/jongkvcv/ [Note: Link moved;
URL changed 7/20/00, 3/28/02 by ald]
English version. Also available in Dutch.
- Royal Netherlands Chemical
Society (KNCV)
http://www.kncv.nl/kncven.html
In English . Also available in Dutch.
- Royal Society of
Chemistry
http://www.rsc.org/
Divisions and subject groups with home pages not at the RSC site are listed below.
- Scholarly
Societies Project -- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/chem_soc.html
This site at the University of Waterloo has a broad general collection of
scholarly societies. If you don't see the one you're looking
for in this list, try this site.
- Serbian
Chemical Society
http://ihtmceh4.tmf.bg.ac.yu/HtDocs/SHD/SHD-home.htm [Note: Link
moved; URL changed 7/21/00 by ald]
- Slovenian
Biochemical Society
http://bio.ijs.si/sbd.htm
- Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biologia Molecular
http://www.bq.ub.es/sebbm/
Available in Spanish and English.
- Sociedad
Química de México, A.C.
http://latina.chem.cinvestav.mx/RLQ/mexico/sqm97.html
Note: This Web site is in Spanish.
- Sociedade Brasileira de
Química
http://www.sbq.org.br/
This Web site is in Portuguese.
- Società Chimia
Italiana
http://www.sci.uniba.it/ [Note: Link moved; URL changed 3/28/02
by ald]
This Web site is in Italian.
- Société Française
de Chimie
http://www.sfc.fr/
This Web site is in French.
- Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
http://www.open.ac.uk/OU/Academic/Arts/HST/SHAC/SHAC.htm
- Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia
http://www.pmf.ukim.edu.mk/PMF/Chemistry/sojuz.htm
- Society of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry (SETAC)
http://www.setac.org/
- Society of Toxicology
http://www.toxicology.org/
- Svenska Kemistsamfundet
(Swedish Chemical Society)
http://www.chemsoc.se/
Most of the contents of this site are in Swedish. A partial English
page is available. [Note: Link moved; URL changed 10/14/98 by ald]
- Swedish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
http://orion.imm.ki.se/sfbm/sfbm.htm [Note: Unable to connect
3/28/02]
- Swiss Chemical Society - see New Swiss Chemical Society above
- Swiss Society for
Biochemistry
http://www.swissbiochem.unibe.ch/ [Note: Link moved; URL changed
7/20/00 by ald]
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These are sites which have regularly have lists of significant chemical
conferences. The level of detail in their information may vary.
- American Chemical Society
Meetings Page
http://www.acs.org/meetings/
This site includes calendars of ACS national, regional and divisional
meetings, as well as calls for papers for upcoming meetings, and
exposition information for vendors.
- Gordon Research
Conferences
http://www.grc.uri.edu/grc_home.htm
Gordon Research Conferences promote discussions and the free exchange of
ideas at the research frontiers of the biological, chemical and physical sciences. Scientists
with common professional interests come together for a full week of intense discussion and
examination of the most advanced aspects of their field. These Conferences provide a valuable means of
disseminating information and ideas in a way that cannot be achieved through the usual channels of
communication - publications and presentations at large scientific meetings. This site includes a
list of upcoming Gordon Conferences and an online registration form, as
well as general information on the conferences.
- Royal Society of
Chemistry Conference Diary
http://www.rsc.org/lap/confs/confshome.htm
[Note: Link moved; URL changed 4/23/98, 10/14/98 by ald]
This site contains lists of conferences and contact information for
conferences worldwide for the next three years. It is subdivided by
subject area (analytical, inorganic, materials, organic, physical.)
Some listings, but not all, have links to conference home pages or e-mail
contacts.
- Conferences
in Chemistry from NIU
http://hackberry.chem.trinity.edu/Conferences.html [Note: Link
moved; URL changed 7/21/00 by ald]
This excellent compilation from Northern Illinois University
lists ACS National Meetings (often with more detail than the ACS web site!), Gordon
Conferences, and other meetings grouped by subject.
The list is keyword-searchable as well.
- Warr & Co.'s 1998 Meetings List
http://www.warr.com/meet98.html
Renowned chemical information specialist Wendy Warr maintains an annual list of upcoming meetings.
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