Chemical Process Control: Reference Resources

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY  

The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present, and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world. It also offers etymological analysis and listings of variant spellings.

AlphaDictionry.com  Search over 1065 online English dictionaries at once.

Cambridge English Dictionaries  Online access to Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary and some other dictionaries published by Cambridge University Press. 

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary is based on the print version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. 

Wordsmyth An online dictionary and thesaurus.

ION: Index to Organism Names 

This is another online and free resource brought to us by Thomson Reuters who are responsible for Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, and Zoological Record databases.  This index provides information about species taxonomy and name variation. 

How to Learn the Periodic Table

For most people, memorizing large chunks of information is not easy. It requires the right strategies to help our brain process and remember them effectively. If you’re a chemistry student, you need to work with the periodic table often, and learning all the elements in order can be a challenge.