ChemFinder
Index of websites that contain free chemical and spectroscopic data.

Chemiluminescence Spectroscopy
Information on chemiluminescence spectroscopy (from San Houston State University).

Coblentz Society
This society aims to 'foster the understanding and application of vibrational spectroscopy'.

Infrared and Raman Discussion Group
This organisation caters for anyone interested in the theory, practice and teaching of infrared & raman spectroscopy.

Internet Journal of Vibrational Spectroscopy
This journal (free from 1998) contains articles, spectral data, news, product information, further links and comments.

National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM)
A collection of methods for the sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed. Also includes chapters on quality assurance, sampling, portable instrumentation.

NIST Chemistry WebBook
Free access to spectroscopic data.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
A list of chemicals that have either a validated or partially validated OSHA method, including the related associated information.

Spectral Database for Organic Compounds (SDBS)
NMR & MS data.

Spectroscopy Now
Free-access portal covering the major techniques including mass, infrared, NMR and atomic spectroscopy.

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Laboratory analytical methods used to analyse the chemical and biological components of wastewater, drinking water, sediment, and other environmental samples that are required by EPA regulations.

Intute
A free online service providing resources for education and research.

MediLexicon
The world's largest online database of pharmaceutical and medical abbreviations.

PubMed
Online database of citations and abstracts from health and medical journals and other news sources.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Global professional community for over 40,000 chemical engineers.

European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE)
An association of 40 societies representing over 100,000 chemical engineers to promote scientific collaboration throughout Europe.

Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
International group of chemical and process engineers and material scientists.

Food Standards Agency: The Composition of Foods
McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods integrated dataset (CoF IDS).

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrients database
Database giving detailed nutritional data on over 7,000 food items.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Chemicals Manufacture and Storage Guidance
Gives links to legislation, regulations and policy including Control of Major Accident Hazards and Chemicals (Hazard Information and packaging for Supply).

Chemsafe (NCEC)
Chemsafe is the industry scheme for dealing with chemical substance emergencies and provides a 24/7 advice line to the emergency services.

ECOTOX Database
Database from the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) providing toxicity information on aquatic and terrestrial life.

Envirofacts Warehouse
From the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), this site includes information on the Superfund program, hazardous waste data, the US Toxic Release Inventory and allows retrieval of information from EPA databases.

Environment Agency (England & Wales)
This site contains information on topics such as air quality, conservation, flood control, waste and water quality.

Environment Agency's Pollution Inventory
Visit this site to find out what's happening in your area.

European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS)
This database provides information such as CAS & EINECS numbers, Substance Names and Chemical Formulae for 100 204 chemical substances. Where available each compound entry is linked to risk and safety phrases and IUCLID and OECD chemical data sheets.

GreenFILE
Research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment.

HSE Direct
An online health and safety information resource from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).

INCHEM
Chemical safety information from intergovernmental organisations.

Mesothelioma & Asbestos
A resource on all asbestos and mesothelioma-related issues ranging from occupational exposure to treatment options.

National Air Quality Information Archive
This site covers statistics on the majority of air pollutants in the UK.

OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals
Internationally agreed test methods to determine the safety of chemicals and chemical preparations.

Toxnet
Contains four free databanks from the US National Library of Medicine. Includes the Hazardous Substances Data Bank, an evaluated databank of approximately 4,500 potentially hazardous substances.

UNEP SIDS
Screening Information DataSets for High Production Volume chemicals.

About.com [Chemistry]
This page consists of a number of practical web sites in chemistry, especially useful for students at school or college. Of particular note is a 'how things work' section.

American Chemical Society (ACS)
The ACS portal brings together the ACS and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) resources. It includes ACS journals, books, conferences, meetings, the STN host, chemical patents, ACS electronic directories, and the Chemical Sciences Graduate School Finder.

ChemDex
This site hosts a number of packages including ChemDex (a list of chemistry sites) and WebElements (a perodic table linked to physical property data).

Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
The CIA represents chemical and pharmaceutical businesses throughout the UK.

ChemIndustry.com
A comprehensive directory and search engine for chemical and related industry professionals.

CHEMINFO: Chemical Information Sources
A regularly updated guide to global chemistry information resources from Indiana University.

Chemistry Guide
A collection of links for chemists and researchers involved in organic, biochemical, computational, medicinal and other chemistry research.

Intute: Science, Engineering & Technology
Catalogues of high quality internet resources for use by students in further and higher education in the UK.

Links for Chemists
A comprehensive index of chemistry resources, listing all UK chemistry departments and a growing number of international chemistry departments (from the University of Liverpool).

Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Provides the capability to search across a large number of peer reviewed journal literature, focusing on the physical sciences.

Scirus - science focussed search engine
Scirus only finds scientific content, the information is sourced from university sites, author homepages, company homepages, open access journals, and databases.

ABC Chemistry
Directory of free full-text journals in chemistry.

BioMed Central
Open access research articles.

Chemistry Central
Peer-reviewed open access research in chemistry.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Chemistry
Open access scientific and scholarly journals.

Gold Bulletin
Journal focused on the science, technology and industrial applications of gold.

HighWire Press (from Stanford University)
Free online full-text articles.

Hindawi Publishing Corporation
A commercial publisher of science, technology and medicine.

Journal @rchive
Archive site of J-STAGE operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

NIST Virtual Library
National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Journal of the National Academy of Sciences

PubMed Central
The U.S. National Institute of Healths' (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
Open access research literature pre- and post-peer-reviewed through author self-archiving in institutional eprint archives.

Organic Chemistry Portal
This portal offers an overview of recent topics, interesting reactions and information on important chemicals for organic chemists.

Organic Syntheses
Reliable methods for the preparation of organic compounds, produced by CambridgeSoft.

Sigma-Aldrich Reaction Search
A searchable tool for locating bibliographical references on reactions and synthetic methods in the primary literature.

Carriage, Supply and Exposure Limits Legislation (CSE)
A tool for the interpretation of legislative codes required for the labelling of dangerous goods during transportation.

ChemAlliance
An overview of the chemicals sector, key compliances for exporters or importers and selected sources of further help and support.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
The CFR is the codification of the rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

CORDIS
The Community Research and Development Information Service for Science Research and Development is a forum for researchers, policymakers and managers in R&D.

EUR-Lex European Union Law
A searchable portal to collections of treaties, international agreements, legislation in force, case-law etc. under European Law.

European Chemical Bureau (ECB)
Scientific and technical support to the conception, implementation and monitoring of EU policies on dangerous chemicals.

European Environment Bureau
Policy and guidance to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe's environment.

International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
Guidance on the safe use of chemicals including methods for chemicals assessment, chemicals in food, poisons information, prevention and management, chemical incidents and emergencies.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Chemicals Programme
Information on the production, distribution, release, disposal and adverse effects of chemicals, including information about policies, controls and recommendations on potentially toxic chemicals.

Worldwide Legal Directory
Information on worldwide laws and governments, providing directories including law firms, law schools and expert witnesses.