Information Resources for Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Awards and Prizes

• Nobel Prizes in Chemistry
  This site lists the names of the Nobel Prize winners in chemistry and the achievements for which they won the prize, from 1901 to 1995. In some cases, the list gives links to home pages devoted to the winner.

• Winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  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
  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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Professional Societies

• Alpha Chi Sigma
  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 Chemical Society
  • ACS Technical Divisions
  • ACS Division of Agricultural & Food Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Agrochemicals
  • ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Biochemical Technology
  • ACS Division of Biological Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Business Development and Management
  • ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry
  • ACS Cellulose, Paper and Textile Division
  • ACS Division of Chemical Education
  • ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
  • ACS Division of Chemical Information
  • ACS Division of Chemical Technicians
  • ACS Division of Chemical Toxicology
  • ACS Division of Chemistry and the Law
  • ACS Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Fertilizer & Soil Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Geochemistry
  • ACS Division of History of Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
    • Separation Science & Technology Subdivision
  • ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry
    • Bioinorganic Chemistry Subdivision
  • ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Nuclear Chemistry & Technology
  • ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Petroleum Chemistry
  • ACS Division of Physical Chemistry
    • Theoretical Chemistry Subdivision
  • ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.
  • ACS Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering
  • ACS Rubber Division
  • ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses
  • ACS Local Sections
  • Los Padres Section of the ACS (includes Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties)
  • Southern California Section of the ACS
  • List of other ACS local sections' home pages.
  • ACS Committees with separate Web sites
  • ACS Chemists with Disabilities
  • ACS Minority Affairs
  • ACS Women Chemists Committee
  • ACS Younger Chemists Committee
• American Crystallographic Association
• American Oil Chemists' Society
• American Peptide Society
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• American Society for Mass Spectrometry
• AOAC International
  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
• Asociación Mexicana de Química Inorgánica
• Asociación Nacional de Químicos de España (ANQUE)
  Note: This web site is in Spanish.
• Asociación Química Argentina
• Association of Greek Chemists
• Association of the Czech Chemical Societies
• Associazione Italiana Cristallografia
• Austrian Biochemical Society
• The Biochemical Society (UK)
• Biochemical Society of the Republic of Korea
• Canadian Society for Chemistry (see also Chemical Institute of Canada below.)
  • Analytical Chemistry Division
  • Environment Division
  • Inorganic Chemistry Division
  • Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division
  • Organic Chemistry Division
  • Physical and Theoretical Division
  • Surface Science Division
• Chemical Heritage Foundation
  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
• Chemical Society of Ethiopia
• Chemical Society of Japan
• Chemical Structure Association
  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.
• Chinese Chemical Society, Taipei (mainly in Chinese.)
• CODATA
  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
• Czech Chemical Society
• Danish Chemical Society
  • Danish Society for Enviornmental Chemistry This site is in Danish
• Electrochemical Society
• Electrochemical Society of South Africa
• European Chemical Society
• Federation of Asian Chemical Societies
• Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
• Federation of European Chemical Societies (FECS)
• Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
  Note: This web site is in German only.
• Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
  Note: This web site is in German.
• Gesellschaft Österreicher Chemiker (GÖCh)
  Note: This web site is currently in German only.
• Hong Kong Chemical Society
• Hungarian Chemical Society
• Hungarian Institute of Chemistry
• Institute of Chemistry of Ireland
• International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists
• International Society of Electrochemistry
• International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry
• International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• International Union of Crystallography
• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
  IUPAC is the international union of chemical societies. It sets standards in many areas of chemistry, especially chemical nomenclature (see also the IUPAC Nomenclature site.)
• International XAFS Society
• Iota Sigma Pi
  Iota Sigma Pi is the national honor society for women in chemistry.
• Korean Chemical Society (Note: this link is frequently down.)
• New Swiss Chemical Society
• New Zealand Institute of Chemistry
• North American Catalysis Society
• Norwegian Chemical Society
  This page is mainly in Norwegian.
• Ordre des chimistes du Québec
• Patent Information Users Group
• Phi Lambda Upsilon
  Phi Lambda Upsilon is the US national chemistry honorary society.
• The Protein Society
• Royal Australian Chemical Institute
• Royal Flemish Chemical Society (KVCV) in English or in Dutch
• Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV) in English or in Dutch
• Royal Society of Chemistry Divisions and subject groups with home pages not at the RSC site are listed below.
  • RSC Faraday Division High Resolution Spectroscopy Group
  • RSC Faraday Division Molecular Beams and Dynamics Group
  • RSC Faraday Division Theoretical Chemistry Group
  • RSC Perkin Division Heterocycle Group
  • RSC Perkin Division Protein and Peptide Science Group
  • Historical Chemistry Group
• Scholarly Societies Project -- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  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 the InfoSurf list, try this site.
• Serbian Chemical Society
• Singapore National Institute of Chemistry
• Slovenian Biochemical Society
• Slovenian Chemical Society (also available in Slovenian)
• Sociedad de Bioquímica y Biologia Molecular de Chile
• Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biologia Molecular
• Sociedad Química de México, A.C.
  Note: This Web site is in Spanish.
• Sociedad Química de Perù
  Note: This Web site is in Spanish.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Química
  Note: This Web site is in Portuguese.
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
• Società Chimia Italiana
  Note:This Web site is in Italian.
• Société Française de Chimie
  This Web site is in French.
• Société Royale de Chimie (Belgium)
  French only at present.
• Society for Applied Spectroscopy
• Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
• Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
• Society of Toxicology
• South African Chemical Institute
• Suomen Kemian Seura (Association of Finnish Chemical Societies)
• Svenska Kemistsamfundet (Swedish Chemical Society)
  Note: Most of the contents of this site are in Swedish. A partial English page is available.
• Swedish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Swiss Chemical Society - see: New Swiss Chemical Society above.
• Swiss Society for Biochemistry

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Conferences, Meetings and Symposia

If you know of Web listings for any meetings that you think should receive their own listings here, contact Chuck Huber (huber@library.ucsb.edu)

General Conference Listings

• American Chemical Society Meetings Page
  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
  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
  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. Includes a link to the "chemsoc" Conferences and Events page.
• Warr & Co.'s 1998 Meetings List
  Renowned chemical information specialist Wendy Warr maintains an annual list of upcoming meetings.

Specific Conferences of Interest

• 219th ACS National Meeting
  March 26-30, 2000, San Francisco, California
• Combinatorial Chemistry: 21st Century Chemical Synthesis
  April 9-11, 2000, Sheraton El Conquistador, Tucson, Arizona
  The first ACS ProSpectives conference -- "Combinatorial Chemistry: 21st Century Chemical Synthesis"-- will feature presentations by 16 of the top experts in combinatorial chemistry. Speakers will review developments on topics ranging from synthetic methodologies to purification and analysis. In addition, presenters will look ahead to emerging applications and technologies in areas such as catalysis, microanalysis, and genomics. Attendance will be limited to the first 275 registrants.

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Publishers

• Academic Press
  Includes browsable and searchable catalogs of books and journals. Chemistry publications are hidden in the "Physics, Engineering, Math and Computers" section. There is a link to IDEALLibrary, the Academic Press online journals and reference site; subscribers (including all ucsb.edu addresses) may access full text of recent articles.
• ACS Publications Division
  The American Chemical Society Publications home page includes information on ACS journals, books and software, instructions to authors for ACS journals, "hot articles" from C&E News and other journals, and more. The electronic versions of ACS journals are accessible from here; subscribers (including all ucsb.edu addresses) may access full text of recent (1997-present) articles.
• American Institute of Physics Press
  Includes a searchable and browsable catalog of AIP books.
• Annual Reviews, Inc.
  Includes an index of Annual Reviews publications from 1984-present, and is adding full text for its volumes from 1997-present; subscribers (including all ucsb.edu addresses) may access full text of recent articles.
• Association of American University Presses Combined Online Catalog/Bookstore
  Includes a searchable catalog and online ordering.
• Baltzer Science Publishers
  Includes a browsable list of journals, with ordering information and instructions to authors.
• Birkhauser Boston
  Birkhauser primarily publishes books and journals in mathematics and life sciences, but has some materials of interest to chemists. Their book catalog is browsable by author, title or subject.
• Blackwell Science
  Includes a browsable-by-subject list of a portion of their books and journals catalog, with ordering information. Includes a link to Blackwell Synergy, home of their electronic journals; subscribers (including all ucsb.edu addresses) may access full text of recent articles.
• Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
  BNA publishes materials dealing with environmental, health and safety and regulatory issues.
• Cambridge International Science Publishing
  Publishers in materials chemistry and materials engineering. Not to be confused with the database publishers, the crystallographers, the university press or the software publishers...
• Chemical Education Resource Shelf
  This resource from the Journal of Chemical Education Online provides, among other things, a list of currently available chemistry textbooks, grouped in curricular categories, with links to publishers.
• Chemtec Publishing
  Chemtec is a Canadian publisher of books and journals, mainly dealing with polymer science.
• CRC Press
  Includes a browsable-by-subject list of current books and other products, with ordering information.
• CSIRO Publishing
  Australia's major publisher of scientific books and journals, including Australian Journal of Chemistry. Includes a list of current book titles browsable by subject.
• Elsevier Science
  Includes a browsable and searchable catalog of books and journals, and an Alerting service which includes searchable tables of contents Elsevier Science journals back to January 1995, updated weekly. ToC's appear about six weeks after publication.
• IAPC Nauka
  IAPC Nauka is the principal publisher of journals from the Russian Academy of Sciences in English translation. The site includes browsable tables of contents and abstracts for journals from July, 1997 to present. No electronic full text is yet available.
• Institute of Physics Publishing
  Includes a browsable list of books and journals, with instructions to authors and ordering information.
• John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  Includes searchable and browsable catalogs, instructions to authors and electronic journals and forums.
• Jones and Bartlett Publishers
  Publishers of college textbooks and multimedia materials, including chemistry.
• Kluwer Publishing
  Includes a searchable and browsable-by-subject catalog of books and journals.
• Marcel Dekker
  Includes a browsable and searchable catalog of books and journals.
• Munksgaard International Publishers
  Munksgaard specializes in medical and dental literature, but also publishes such significant journals as Journal of Peptide Research and the journals of the International Union of Crystallography. Journal tables of contents are available for 1997-present, along with instructions to authors and subscription and contact information.
• Prentice-Hall
  Includes a browsable-by-subject catalog. See College Books/Math and Science/Chemistry
• Royal Society of Chemistry Information Services Products
  Includes searchable catalogs of RSC books and journals..
• Springer-Verlag (New York)
  Includes an electronic journal preview service.
• Thieme
  Thieme publishes extensively in chemistry and medicine including Synlett and the Houben-Weyl Methods in Organic Chemistry series. Includes a browsable and searchable catalog.
• Wiley-VCH
  Now a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons. Includes contact information for Wiley-VCH, online catalogs of books and journals, and electronic tables of contents for a number of their journals.

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