Biochemistry, 2e

Reginald Garrett and Charles Grisham

The complete second edition of a popular major-label print textbook, in a somewhat unwieldy format.

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ChemistryGuide.org

Sergey Berezin, webmaster

This collection of links is not a textbook or a replacement for one, but it’s such an invaluable reference that we’re including it anyway. Over 200 vetted and reviewed links are listed in a variety of categories. If you’re struggling through chemistry and need homework help, start here!

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ElementList.com

Links to top science news sites, research labs, educational resources, scientific data, freeware for data analysis, research funding and job opportunities.

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Education Improvement Internet Library

Walter Antoniotti

The Education Improvement Internet Library has free material to help students learn, teachers teach, and everyone improve our educational system.

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A New Kind of Science

Stephen Wolfram

A far-ranging and far-sighted book by well-known author Stephen Wolfram, who puts forward a new theory on how things work.

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Kerala Chemistry

A high-school chemistry book from the Government of Kerala, India.

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Organic Chemistry Practice Problems at Michigan State University

William Reusch

A huge set of very well-organized practice problems that will help any O-Chem student.

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Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry

William Reusch

An excellent and very popular online-only o-chem book.

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WebElements

Dr. Mark Winter, Sheffield University

Not a textbook at all, but rather an interactive periodic table.

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Organic Chemistry Online Learning Center

Francis Carey

Excellent companion site for any O-Chem textbook.

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Virtual Chembook

Charles E. Ophardt, Elmhurst College

An online-only book that’s used by the author for three 100-level classes: Organic and Biochemistry, Environmental Issues, and Demo Labs.

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Water Structure and Behavior

Martin Chaplin

A comprehensive online-only book on all things water—useful for environmental scientists, chemists, phyisicists, biologists, and other -ists.

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Understanding Chemistry

Jim Clark

An online-only guide to Chemistry that’s apparently intended to supplement any printed textbook.

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Organic Chemistry

Richard and Sally Daley

A very popular free version of a print O-Chem book.

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ScienceWorld

Eric Weisstein

Science World is a top-notch website that will serve any science and/or math student very well. The site has individual sections for Chemistry, Math, Physics, Astronomy, and Science Biographies.

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Math World

Eric Weisstein

Science World is a top-notch website that will serve any science and/or math student very well. The site has individual sections for Chemistry, Math, Physics, Astronomy, and Science Biographies.

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MERLOT

An absolutely insane collection of links to every subject. 133 links for geology alone! No matter what you’re studying, chances are there’s something here for you.

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iLumina

iLumina is a digital library of sharable undergraduate teaching materials for chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science.

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Chemistry, 1st Ed.

A part of the South African Free High School Science Textbook Project for students in Grades 10-12

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