Resources on the Study of Chemical Sciences

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What are the Chemical Sciences?

Often referred to as chemistry the central science, the Chemical Sciences are what connect the physical sciences, including life sciences and applied sciences, for example engineering and medicine. Physics play a major role in Chemical Sciences, as it is physics which govern the multitude of chemical modulations such as atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons, thermodynamics et al, all which make up the building blocks of chemistry.

The Chemical Sciences are connected via several sub-disciplines that each draw from and utilize a wide range of concepts from a vast array of scientific disciplines. General chemistry for example is one specialization alone which utilizes and is intertwined with several diverse disciplines from the science arena.

The central science intersects with specific areas, such as with biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, molecular biology, chemical biology, molecular genetics, and immunochemistry.

Why Study the Chemical Sciences?

A chemistry course will fully broaden your horizons and expand your opportunities, allowing you to develop your knowledge of a variety of different chemistry applications in a number of varied fields, such as computational chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance and drug discovery.

A course in the Chemical Sciences will further your enthusiasm for chemistry and other science related subjects. Providing you with a robust background in all aspects of chemistry, along with a sound training in practical chemistry and a comprehensive appreciation for the central science in a wide range of contexts.

Resources for the Central Sciences can be found at The Royal Society of Chemistry and an open access journal in chemistry will prove invaluable.

A degree in the Chemical Sciences is essential for jobs such as Analytical chemist, Biotechnologist, Chemical engineer, Healthcare scientist, Clinical biochemist, Forensic scientist, Nanotechnologist. A degree in the central science will also enable you to pursue a career as a Environmental consultant, Higher education lecturer, Management consultant or Nuclear engineer.

There are many universities and colleges where you can study a chemistry course, Harvard University is held in particularly high regard for its courses in the Chemical Sciences.

Check our useful sources for Chemical Sciences subject:

• • The Uni Tutor Resources: the Chemical Sciences
    The Uni Tutor

    https://www.theunitutor.com/resources/the-study-of-chemical-sciences/

    Resources on the Study of Chemical Sciences
• • Sites of interest for the Chemical Sciences
    American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database

    http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/AMS/amcsd.php

    Bilbao Crystallographic Server

    http://www.cryst.ehu.es/

    BioChemWeb

    http://www.biochemweb.org/

    ChEBI

    http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/

    (Chemical Entities of Biological Interest) A freely available dictionary of molecular entities focused on ‘small’ chemical compounds

    ChemDB

    http://cdb.ics.uci.edu/

    Chemical Search, Learning Datasets, Molecular Depictions and more

    ChemDex

    http://www.chemdex.org/

    Large listing of Chemistry Internet Sites from the University of Sheffield

    Chemical Database Service

    http://cds.dl.ac.uk/cds/

    Chemical Safety Information

    http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/

    from Oxford University

    Chemical Synthesis Database

    http://www.chemsynthesis.com/

    Cheminfo

    http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/

    from Indiana University

    ChemistryCentral

    http://www.chemistrycentral.com/

    Peer-reviewed open access research in chemistry

    ChemistryGuide.org

    http://www.chemistryguide.org/

    ChemSpider

    http://www.chemspider.com/

    ChemWeb

    http://www.chemweb.com/

    ChemWeb Journals abstracts search

    http://www.chemweb.com/journals

    eMolecules

    http://www.emolecules.com/

    Free Full-Text Journals in Chemistry

    http://www.abc.chemistry.bsu.by/current/fulltext.htm

    Higher Education Academy UK Physical Sciences Centre

    http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/

    Learning and teaching support for the physical sciences

    Internet Browser Plug-ins for Chemists

    http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/plugins.html

    Internet for Chemistry

    http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/chemistry

    A free teach yourself tutorial on Internet information skills for chemistry

    Internet for Chemical Engineering

    http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/chemical/

    A free teach yourself tutorial on Internet information skills for chemical engineering

    Internet Detective

    http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/

    an online tutorial that will help you develop Internet research skills

    Intute Chemistry Gateway

    http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/chemistry/

    A guide to high quality resources on the web

    Intute: Health and Life Sciences

    http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/

    A guide to high quality resources on the web

    IUPAC Nomenclature for Organic Chemistry

    http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/

    JISCMail

    http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/

    UK academic email discussion groups

    LearnNet

    http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/index.htm

    Chemistry learning resources from the RSC

    Periodic Table of the Elements

    http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/

    PubChem

    http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

    Information on the biological activities of small molecules

    ResearchGate

    http://www.researchgate.net/

    Facebook for Scientists

    SciCentral

    http://www.scicentral.com/

    Portal to breaking scientific research news

    ScienceResearch.com

    http://www.scienceresearch.com/

    Portal that searches online scientific journals and databases. Results give abstracts and sometimes access to full text

    Scientific WebPlus

    http://scientific.thomsonwebplus.com/BasicSearch.aspx

    Search for web sites by topic, person, organism, gene or drug

    Scirus

    http://www.scirus.com/

    a search engine specially developed to find scientific information
    Scirus journal listings now link through to our e-journal subscriptions – to see these links, click on Search Preferences and choose Birkbeck from the list of Library partners. Then click on the Check Birkbeck Library links from your search results.

    SeparationsNow

    http://www.separationsnow.com/

    SpectroscopyNow

    http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/home.cda?chId=0

    UNEP Chemicals

    http://www.chem.unep.ch/chemicals/default.htm

    Information on management of chemicals from the United Nations Environment Program

    WebElements

    http://www.webelements.com/

    A periodic table with links to physical property data

    World Lecture Hall

    http://wlh.webhost.utexas.edu/results.cfm?from=browse&count=1&DescriptorId=16

    Chemistry Free online course materials

    World Wide Web Virtual Library: Chemistry

    http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html

    A list of over 5000 links compiled by University of Liverpool

    Yahoo! Chemistry Section

    http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Chemistry/