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What is Grey Literature?
(New York Academy of Medicine)
Document Types in Grey Literature
(GrayNet International)
FLICC: Federal Library & Information Center Committee
(Library of Congress)
GreyNet International
Dedicated to Research, Publication, Open Access, Education,
and Public Awareness to Grey Literature
IL Toolkit - Finding Information: Gray Literature
OpenDOAR: The Directory of Open Access Repositories
OpenDOAR is an an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories and lets you search for repositories or search repository contents.
OpenGrey: Grey Literature in Europe
provides open access to 700.000 bibliographical references of grey literature (paper) produced in Europe and allows you to export records and locate the documents.
OSTI.org: Office of Scientific & Technical Information
global access to DOE research results and brings the world’s research to DOE.
Scientific Grey Literature in a Digital Age [PDF]
By Gregory R.G. Hutton, School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

arXiv.org
"an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics"
Data.gov
"The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government."
NIST Virtual Library
"the public home page of the NIST Virtual Library (NVL), the portal to the services of the NIST Information Services Office (ISO)" including links that "provide access to publications and information services available to the public"
NSDL: The National Science Digital Library
"provides high quality online educational resources for teaching and learning, with current emphasis on the sciences"
Open Culture
The best free cultural & educational media on the web. 1,100 free online courses, 700 free movies, 550 free audio books, 700 free eBooks, 1,000 free MOOCs, free educational material for 46 languages, and 200 free educational resources for kids.
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Founded in 2006 by Stanford University's Dan Coleman, the site also contains great lectures by Toni Morrison and Bertrand Russell (among others) and great readings by notables such as T.S. Eliot and Anne Sexton. If readers are looking for art and images, the Met, the Getty, the British Library, and other museums and galleries are featured here. In essence, Open Culture gathers together all of the wonderful, disparate content from around the web, curates it, and presents it in an easily navigable and enchanting format.
ResearchGate
Founded in 2008 by physicians Dr. Ijad Madisch and Dr. Sören Hofmayer, and computer scientist Horst Fickenscher, ResearchGate today has more than 14+ million members. We strive to help them make progress happen faster.
Science.gov
"a gateway to government science information and research results"
ScienceResearch.com
"provides the most relevant results from over 300 authoritative science and technology collections"
WorldWideScience.org
"a global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals"

CHEM: Periodic Table of Videos
Chem Tubd 3D
Interactive 3D Organic Reaction Mechanisms. Contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions covered during an undergraduate chemistry degree with supporting information on reactivity and spectroscopy. Explore the various sections to find the reaction(s) of interest to you.
Chemistry & Materials Classroom Resources: NSF
NSF offers a diverse collection of lessons and web resources for classroom teachers, their students, and students' families. Materials are arranged by subject area to help you quickly find resources in your interest area, and then use them to create lesson plans or at-home activities.
CHEM: RSC's Interactive Teaching Units
"provides series of Green Chemistry teaching exercises known as Interactive Teaching Units (ITUs) have been developed at the University of Glasgow"
Interactive Teaching Units
Developed at the University of Glasgow, the ITUs use the concept of problem based learning to introduce Green Chemistry and sustainability in an industrial context. These teaching packages can be used to support undergraduate teaching and they provide an opportunity for students to develop their team working and communication skills.
NSF Science Now: Science 360 Video
Hosted by the NSF’s Dena Headlee, NSF Science Now is a weekly newscast covering some of the latest in NSF-funded innovation and advances across all areas and disciplines, from astronomy to zoology. This fast paced, news round-up reports many of the week's top stories.
Science @ a Distance E-learning Modules
"in order to see this short video presentation you must have a modern web browser and the QuickTime plug-in from Apple Computer"
Science In The Classroom
A collection of annotated research papers and accompanying teaching materials.
Virtual Training Suite: Chemistry
a free online tutorial to help university students develop their Internet research skills.
Visual Elements: Periodic Table
Visual Elements is a visual interpretation of the Table of Elements. It provides both HTML & flash version of Periodic Table, Background
Chemical Formula
Chemical Formula
Basic chemistry - Writing chemical formula to balancing chemical equations
ChemPod : Podcasts ChemPod is a free audio show published by Nature Journals specifically for the chemistry community, from interviews with Nobel Prize winners, to discussions on nanotechnology research and much more...To receive updates on the ChemPod,
sign up for the Chemistry email alert.
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Virtual Library: (Chemistry) Listing of links for NIST's Chemistry areas of research including Databases, Books, Labs at NIST, Associations/Institutions/Societies, Material Safety Data Sheets, Periodic and Nuclide Tables, Other Web Resources, RSS Feeds (Use with news readers)
SRD: Standard Reference Data
SRM: Standard Reference Materials
USPTO: United States Patent and Trademark Office
USPTO is the Federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. The site provides all the information in regards to Patents, Trademarks, IP Law & Policies, and Products & Services with its process, statistics, various forms, news & notices, training, education, and conferences.
WebElements, the Periodic Table on the WWW
The periodic table is an arrangement of the chemical elements ordered by atomic number so that periodic properties of the elements (chemical periodicity) are made clear.
Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
Organic Chemistry Research Directory
Chemical Information Instructional Materials

The American Chemical Society
The world's largest scientific society. News and resources for professionals, educators, students and other chemistry enthusiasts, also find information about ACS and ACS membership.
Chemical Formula
Basic chemistry - Writing chemical formula to balancing chemical equations
Chemical Information Instructional Materials
ChemPod : Podcasts ChemPod is a free audio show published by Nature Journals specifically for the chemistry community, from interviews with Nobel Prize winners, to discussions on nanotechnology research and much more...To receive updates on the ChemPod,
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List of Chemistry Societies (Wikipedia)
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Virtual Library: (Chemistry) Listing of links for NIST's Chemistry areas of research including Databases, Books, Labs at NIST, Associations/Institutions/Societies, Material Safety Data Sheets, Periodic and Nuclide Tables, Other Web Resources, RSS Feeds (Use with news readers)
Organic Chemistry Research Directory
Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
Royal Society of Chemistry
provides information on Europe’s foremost Chemical knowledge source including its publishing, members, education, policy & awards in Science and Technology, RSC library, conferences and events, and issues & news.
SRD: Standard Reference Data
SRM: Standard Reference Materials
USPTO: United States Patent and Trademark Office
USPTO is the Federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. The site provides all the information in regards to Patents, Trademarks, IP Law & Policies, and Products & Services with its process, statistics, various forms, news & notices, training, education, and conferences.
WebElements, the Periodic Table on the WWW
The periodic table is an arrangement of the chemical elements ordered by atomic number so that periodic properties of the elements (chemical periodicity) are made clear.