Open Textbook Collections
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BC Open TextbooksThe B.C. Open Textbook Project provides textbooks including Analytical chemistry, Organic Chemistry With a Biological Emphasis, and Chemistry – Atoms First.
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ChemWiki CoreUC Davis’s ChemWiki includes modules on the core information in the fields of organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, physical chemistry, and analytical chemistry.
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LibreTexts ChemistryThe LibreText Project offers campus courses, a list of books, and ancillary materials.
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Lumen LearningLumen Learning provides a Chemistry textbook that covers chapters on Organic Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry, Mass Relationships/Chemical Equations, and Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding.
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MERLOTMERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.
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The National Academies Press (NAP)This is a great resource that provides textbooks on chemistry studies.
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OER CommonsOER Commons provides a curated collection of textbooks and resources for Chemistry students.
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OpenStax CNX – ChemistryClose to fifty open textbooks on topics related to chemistry.
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Open Textbook LibraryBrowse a wide selection of chemistry textbooks.
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Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry
Offers a comprehensive view of Organic Chemistry I & II. Tutorials, practice problems, and some mechanistic videos. Easy to search and use! Lots of practice problems. -
Bookboon.com – Chemistry BooksBookboon.com contains free eBooks and textbooks that can be downloaded as a pdf, no registration needed.
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InTech – Chemistry BooksInTech publishes more than 2,300 open textbooks and 6 journals in a variety of subjects that fall under the heading of science, technology, and medicine.
Courses and Videos
- edX – Chemistry Courses
Find free online chemistry courses covering a broad range of topics from quantum mechanics to the science behind what we eat. Take courses in biochemistry, electrochemistry, organic chemistry, alternative fuels and much more from top universities like Harvard, MIT and the University of Adelaide.
- Coursera – Chemistry Courses
Find free and paid online courses. - Future Learn
Take a course and discover the science behind nuclear energy and its role in energy provision in the past, present and future or explore the impact of biochemistry on bioenergy and health, discovering why graduates are in demand; with the Biochemical Society.
- OpenChem – UC Irvine
Open Chemistry (OpenChem) provides a full curriculum of recorded lectures covering undergraduate chemistry plus selected graduate topics. - Khan Academy
These short (5 to 12 minute) videos cover lower-division chemistry topics.
- Khan Academy – Organic Chemistry
Videos covering foundations of organic chemistry.
- MIT OpenCourse Ware
MIT Open Courseware offers an extensive series of online courses in Chemistry. Course format generally includes lecture videos, interactive concept quizzes (solution key), problem sets, terms and definitions, suggested topics and links, and exams (with solution key). - TED Talks: By Brilliant Women in STEM
These women are trailblazers inspiring a new generation of girls to follow their lead and change the ratio in STEM (science, math, engineering and tech). - Top University Videos
This Digital Library portal contains the metadata of the YouTube Channels of the world’s Top Universities. - Saylor Courses
Explore the real-world applications of chemistry. - https://academicearth.org/chemistry/
Free Online Lectures and Courses for Chemistry. - Open Course Library Resources
Introduction to Chemistry (Inorganic) - Chemistry Crash Course
Great to watch before tackling a new topic with broad background information - Master Organic Chemistry
Videos describing how to work organic chemistry problems. - Mayer from TTU
Compilation of videos about organic chemistry - Mike Christiansen
Tons of short videos on general, organic, and biochemistry - Allery Chemistry – YouTube channel
Revision videos created for various secondary school Chemistry exams. Useful for revising previously acquired knowledge. - Chemistry the Central Science – Ohio State University
Introductory General Chemistry Resources
Labs, Simulations and Toolkits
- Virtual Chemistry Lab
Highly reviewed by MERLOT peers – “Here’s your chance to mix chemicals without wearing safety goggles. You won’t spill any acid on the spectrometer in this lab. Choose solutions from the vast database and mix ’em together till the cloned cows come home. Marvel as the chemical solutions react in real time.”
- Journal of Visualised Experiments (JoVE): for help with laboratory techniques, a collection of videos demonstrating key experimental methods.
- Interactive Simulations for General Chemistry
The collection of interactive simulations covers a wide range of general chemistry topics, with each simulation addressing key concepts and enable students to practice and teachers to demonstrate these topics. - Connected Chemistry Curriculum
Resources and simulations for general chemistry topics. - Organic Chemistry Toolkit
Each link here provides access to web-based materials of general use to students in the specified courses. - Not Voodoo: Demystifying Synthetic Organic Laboratory Techniques
Demystifying Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Additional Resources
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American Chemical Society (ACS)ACS’s mission is to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people. Our vision is to improve people’s lives through the transforming power of chemistry.
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http://www.chemcollective.org/
Online Resources for Teaching and Learning Chemistry - Chemical Education Digital Library
The Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DL) is a storehouse of tested digital resources for education in the chemical sciences. Our aim is to be the place on the Web where you can contribute, share, organize, and use high quality chemistry education materials.
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Chem SpiderChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 63 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
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Chem Tool BoxChemToolBox, contains numerous scientific data very useful in a laboratory. Thanks to its own database, ChemToolBox will easily substitute to the time-consuming use of scientific books (such as Handbooks) or online databases.
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Learn ChemistryLearn Chemistry is an educational resources and teacher support publishing program.
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Spectroscopy Problem SolvingThis site was established to provide chemistry students with a library of spectroscopy problems. Interpretation of spectra is a technique that requires practice – this site provides 1H NMR and 13C NMR, DEPT, COSY and IR spectra of various compounds for students to interpret.
Periodical tables
- Interactive Periodic table
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s interactive periodic table features history, alchemy, podcasts, videos, and data trends across the periodic table. - WebElements
The periodic table of the chemical elements on the web.
Organic chemistry/Inorganic chemistry
- Macrogalleria
Provides a wealth of information around polymers, created by the University of Southern Mississippi. - Molecule of the Month
As the name suggests, every month a link to information about a new molecule is added to this site. An alternative collection is available at com. - Organic Chemistry Portal
Offers an overview of recent topics, interesting reactions, and information on important chemicals for organic chemists. - Organic Synthesis
Provides detailed, reliable, and carefully checked procedures for the synthesis of organic compounds. - Organometallic HyperTextBook
This site, created by Rob Toreki, is designed as a reference tool for students that are starting out in the area of organometallic chemistry. It includes information on a wide range of topics as well as links to other useful Internet resources.
Spectroscopy
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
Provides the most comprehensive spectral data collections on the web. - NIST Atomic Spectroscopy Databases
Access various databases for spectroscopic information. - Spectrabase
Text access to hundreds of thousands of free NMR, IR, Raman, UV-Vis, and mass spectra. - Spectral Database for Organic Compounds
A large searchable information sources with spectral compound data.
Analytical chemistry
- Analytical Sciences Digital Library
This site, funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), provides a collection of peer-reviewed analytical science resources for researchers, teachers, students, and interested amateurs.
Crystallography
- Crystallography 101
Interactive learning resource around protein crystallography created by Bernhard Rupp. - Crystallography – applets and simulations
Various applets and simulations to visualise the process and concepts. - Crystallography Open Database
Open access structural database which allows CIF downloads. - Crystalworks
Provides crystallographic structural data. Queen Mary students and staff can register for free. - E-Crystals
The archive for Crystal Structures generated by the Southampton Chemical Crystallography Group and the EPSRC UK National Crystallography Service.
Safety
- Health and safety in higher education
Comprehensive guide on health and safety from the Royal Society of Chemistry. - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Provides information around safety for commercially available materials and substances.