# Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Chemical History, Biography, Directories, and Industry Sources
#### Chemical History & Biographies of Chemists
##### Chemical History

* National Historic Chemical Landmarks
* Science History Institute
** Othmer Library of the Science History Institute
* Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Chemistry
* From Alchemy to Chemistry: Five Hundred Years of Rare and Interesting Books (University of Illinois)
* 50 Years of Chemical Information in the American Chemical Society, 1943–1993 (W.V. Metanomski)
* AIP Center for the History of Physics Emilio Segre Visual Archives
* Biography-center: biography search engine
* Classic Chemistry (Carmen Giunta)
* Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry (Carmen Giunta)
* Glossary of Archaic Chemical Terms (Carmen Giunta)
* Other web sites on (mainly) the History of Chemistry, History of Science, and Scientific Biography (Carmen Giunta)
* This Week in the history of chemistry
* Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania Library)
* Scientific Instruments (from: Nomenclature chimique ou synonymie ancienne et moderne, published 1789)
* List of Obituaries and Biographical Notes Published in:
** Angewandte Chemie (1888–2004)
** Chemische Berichte (1918–1997)/European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (1998)
** Helvetica Chimica Acta (1918–1992)
** Liebigs Annalen (1975–1997)/European Journal of Organic Chemistry (1998–2008)
* ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online
* History of Chemical Engineering & Chemical Technology
* The Nobel Prizes: Prizes and Laureates
* The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
* Nobel Prizes (from the Free University, Berlin)
* ISI's 1000 Most-Cited Chemists, 1981-June 1997
* Atomic Structure Timeline
* AIP Center for the History of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
* Images From the History of Medicine
* The Gemmary (Antique Scientific Instruments and Books)
* Chronology of Chemical Information Science
* History of Chemical Information
* The Chemogenesis Web Book
* Periodic Table Formulations
* Old Books (See also the Physik and Chemie sections)
* CHEM-HIST (History of Chemistry International Mailing List)
* Hyle, International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry

##### Biographies of Chemists

* Biographies of Famous Chemists (Links for Chemists)
* Chemical Genealogy Database
* Scientists and Innovations: Chemistry Milestones at NRC (Canada)
* Biography.com
* Biographical Works in the Indiana University Chemistry Library
* Four Thousand Years of Women in Science
* Women in Science (San Diego Supercomputer Center)

#### Directories of Chemists and Chemical Organizations
##### Chemists

* Community of Science
* UK Chemistry Departments
* World Directory of Crystallographers

##### Academic Chemistry Departments

* DGRWeb (American Chemical Society)
* Peterson's Education Center
* US News & World Report America's Best Graduate Schools and America's Best Colleges
* Chemistry Department Graduate Programs
* Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments – United States (Chuck Huber, University of Califormia, Santa Barbara)
* Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments – Worldwide (Chuck Huber, University of Califormia, Santa Barbara)
* University Chemistry Departments (Links for Chemists)

##### Professional Societies

* The Scholarly Societies Project (University of Waterloo)
* National Chemical Societies (Links for Chemists)
* American Chemical Society (ACS)
** ACS Technical Division and Secretariat Websites (All)
* Selected ACS Division Websites
** ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry
** ACS Division of Chemical Education
** ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
** ACS Division of Chemical Information
** ACS Division of Chemical Toxicology
** ACS Division of Chemistry and the Law
** ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry
** ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry
** ACS Division of History of Chemistry
* Association of Official Analytical Chemists
* Chemical Society of Japan
* Danish Chemical Society
* Drug Information Association
* FASEB: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
* International Society of Electrochemistry
* International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry and the RSC Perkin Division Heterocyclic Group
* International Union of Crystallography
* International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
* Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society
* Protein Modelling Discussion Group (PMDG)
* Royal Australian Chemical Institute
* Royal Society of Chemistry
** Chemical Information and Computer Applications Group
* Society of Chemical Industry
* Russian Academy of Sciences

##### Miscellaneous

* American Laboratory Buyers' Guide
* U.S. National Science Foundation
* U.S. National Institutes of Health
* U.S. National Academies Home Page
* Directories of People, Places, and Academic Programs in Chemistry
* Chemical Consultants Network – Jointly supported by AIChE AND ACS

#### Chemical Producers and Suppliers

* Chemical Information Services
* ACD Available Chemicals Directory (Symyx/MDL)
* Alfa Aesar Laboratory Chemical Supplier
* Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals
* BioSupplyNet
* BuyersGuideChem
* chem.com Global Network of Chemical Manufacturers and Distributors
* Chem Sources
* CHEMCATS (CAS)
* ChemConnect
* ChemDeals
* The ChemExper Chemicals Directory
* Chemical Online
* Chemical Register
* ChemIndustry.com: Chemical Industry Search Engine Chemicals Technology
* ChemNavigator
* ChemNet
* ChinaChemNet
* eMolecules
* Fisher Scientific
* Hoover's Online
* ICIS Search
* Links for Chemists (U of Liverpool)
* Mineral Industry Surveys (USGS)
* Minerals Yearbook
* plastics.com
* R&D Chemicals
* SciQuest
* SelectScience Independent Information Services for Laboratory Scientists
* Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Company
* ThomasNet (Thomas Register)
* TimTec

#### Directories of Chemistry Software

* Macs in Chemistry: Mobile Science
* Alchem.org
* NetSci's List of Computational Chemistry Software
* SHAREWARE.com
* Resources for Chemistry Educators
* Scitechint.com
* Chemistry Software
* ChemSW: Chemistry Software for Windows (formerly, WindowChem Software)
* www.chemistry-software.com Software on the Web(Infochem)
* Genamics SoftwareSeek – a respository and database of freely-distributable and commercial tools for use in molecular biology and biochemistry.
* Linux4Chemistry
* SINCRIS Sofftware – Computer Programmes for Crystallography
* CCL.NET (Computational Chemistry List)
* CSIR, Chemistry Software and Information Resources
* National HPCC Software Exchange (NHSE)
* BioCatalogue (The Life Science Web Services Registry European Bioinformatics Institute) (Search "software" in AllText)