Research Guides: Chemistry: Selected Websites

Why Evaluate Websites?

Because anyone can put information online, it is important to be able to evaluate whether information as reliable or appropriate to scholarship. Determining reliability requires practice and critical thinking.

See our Evaluating Websites Research Guide for detailed evaluation criteria:

Evaluating Websites
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If in doubt about the merits of a website for research purposes, please discuss it with your instructor or a librarian.

Selected Websites

ACS: American Chemical Society
Offers latest news and career information.

Periodic Tables

Interactive Periodic Table
Explore elements, their properties, history, data trends, podcasts, and videos. From the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dynamic Periodic Table
Explore elements and their properties, orbitals, isotopes, and compounds.
Chemicool Periodic Table of Elements
Search the Table or click on the image to obtain information on states, energies, oxidation, reactions and more.
Periodic Videos
Watch short video lessons on each element, from TED-Ed.
Periodic Table of the Elements
Find brief summaries of each element, including properties, history, uses, compounds, and sources. From Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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