Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Chemistry Courses on the Web

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry

NOTE: Inquiries about the courses listed below should be addressed to the academic institution in which they are offered.

Guides to Chemistry Courses on the Internet

• Intute
• Martindale's The Reference Desk (Jim Martindale)
• Global Instructional Chemistry (Henry Rzepa, Imperial College)
• ChemSpy.com Tutorials Guide

Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Courses

• Brian Tissue's Encyclopedia of Analytical Instrumentation
• Analytical Chemistry Cross Index (Brian Tissue)
• Introduction to Analytical Spectroscopy (Brian Tissue)
• Chemical Separations (James K. Hardy, University of Akron)
• The Basics of NMR (Joseph P. Hornak, RIT)

Biochemistry Courses

• MIT Biology Hypertextbook (Shane Crotty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• NetBiochem (Topics in Medicinal Biochemistry) (James Baggott, Hahnemann and Sharon E. Dennis, University of Utah)

Chemical Information and Cheminformatics Courses

• Chemical Information Sources (Gary Wiggins)
• C472 Computer Sources for Chemical Information (Gary Wiggins, Indiana University) [no longer offered]
• I571 Chemical Information Technology (David J. Wild, Indiana University) [Part of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Cheminformatics]
• Introduction to Cheminformatics (Prof. João Aires de Sousa from Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
• Chemical Information Technology (Henry Rzepa, Imperial College)
• Chem 202 Course (Thurston Miller, Notre Dame)
• UCAIR (Undergraduate Cooperative Access to Information Resources) (Robert G. Landolt, Texas Wesleyan University)

Crystallography Courses

• Basic Crystallography Diagrams (Brian Craig Taverner)
• Interactive Tutorial about Diffraction (Th. Proffen and R.B. Neder, Michigan State University and University of Würzberg)

General Chemistry Courses

• Topic Review: General Chemistry (George Bodner, Purdue University)
• Chemistry Tutorial (University of Arizona: The Biology Project)
• Doc Brown's Chemistry
• General, Organic, and Biochemistry (J.K. Hardy, University of Akron)
• Chemland (William Vining, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
• Chemtutor (David Wilner)
• ChemBuddy Lectures (Marcin Borkowski: pH, concentration, chemical equation balancing and stoichiometry)
• Chemistry Webercises Directory (Steven Murov, Modesto Junior College)
• Online Introductory Chemistry (Dr. Walt Volland, Bellevue Community College, WA)
• General Chemistry Online (Frederick A. Senese, Frostburg State University)
• Chemistry Question Bank (Malcolm Melcher)
• ChemgaPedia, a comprehensive curricular encyclopedia for chemistry

Molecular Modeling and Computational Chemistry Courses

• Quantum Chemistry in Molecular Modeling (Fred Brouwer, University of Amsterdam)
• Computational Chemistry and Organic Chemistry (Hens Borkent, CAOS/CAMM Center)
• The National Institutes of Health Center for Molecular Modeling
• Mathematics and Molecules (MathMol) (New York University)
• National HPCC Software Exchange (NHSE)
• C687 Computing Methods in Biochemistry (Martin Stone and Marty Pagel, Indiana University) [no longer offered]

Organic Chemistry Courses

• Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry (William Reusch, Michigan State University)
• Combinatorial Chemistry Review This web site provides a basic introduction to the field of combinatorial chemistry describing the development of major techniques and some applications. (Oleg Larin)
• Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments (David A. Nelson, University of Wyoming and James J. Worman, Dartmouth)
• Organometallic Hypertext Book (Rob Toreki)

Physical Chemistry Courses

• An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Neal McDonald et al., Ohio State University)

Polymer Chemistry Courses

• The Macrogalleria Polymer Science Learning Center a multimedia education site for polymers
• Physical Chemistry of Polymers Definitions and introductory concepts. (Not a free service)