Useful Online Resources

Useful Web Sites

• Dr. Bodner's Chemistry Help Page - old school but very thorough resource on General Chemistry from Dr. George Bodner, who researched Chemical Education at Purdue for over 40 years
• Kahn Academy General Chemistry  and Organic Chemistry
• LibreTexts.org and open access textbook website
• Crash Course - Chemistry - General Chemisty in 43 flashy videos complete with chemistry puns
• Crash Course - Organic - The basics of organic with still more chemistry puns
• Visualizing Mechanisms
• Metal Chemistry (inorganic)
• Washington State University Inorganic Website

Interactive periodic tables:

• pTable
• WebElements
• The Royal Society of Chemistry

You must login with your Career Account ID to access some of the sites on the library's page. 

• Finding Spectra (IR, NMR, etc.): Try NIST, SDBS, and the Aldrich Catalog.
• Finding Chemical Properties and Physical Data: Try the Merck Index, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, or ChemFinder (see "Key Resources").
• Writing Lab Reports: see the library's resource guide