Links for Web Research Questions
http://www.chemfinder.com
At this site you can enter the name of a chemical
compound
and be given its structure and physical properties as well as links to
further information about the compound.
http://siri.org/msds/
This is an excellent site from the University of
Vermont
with links to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for many chemical
substances.
Along with physical properties, the MSDS for a compound will give
hazard
and toxicity information. They tend to be long and hard to read
but
the information is usually there.
http://my.webmd.com/
Try under Fresh Picks, Look Up an Over-the-Counter
Drug,
Aspirin
Also try Drugs and Herbs on the left of the page under
the Medical Info heading. Click on Herbs to get to a page to look
up Wintergreen
You can also just search, typing in either aspirin or
methyl salicylate to get other information.
http://www.bartleby.com/
This is a site that has links to free online books and
references. This site should be useful for all kinds of
information
that you might want to pursue for courses or personal interest.
The
Columbia Encyclopedia has articles on aspirin, methyl salicylate,
methanol
and salicylic acid.
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/
This is an interesting personal web site on
herbs.
There is a scanned version of an 1898 book called King's American
Dispensatory
that has an article on methyl salicylate. You can find it by
performing
a search on the web site. Be careful of sites like these.
They
often have a personal bias and may or may not be reliable.
http://www.rx.com/
This is a commercial site that sells pharmaceuticals,
however their reference desk has useful information that appears well
documented.
Willow bark and wintergreen as well as meadowsweet are listed under
Natural
Medicines. Aspirin is listed under Drug Fact Sheets.
http://www.execpc.com/~goodscnt/
This is a company that specializes in fragrances.
They have a lot of information on various natural oils, including
wintergreen.
Methyl salicylate is listed under their Perfumery Raw Materials.
Included
is the MSDS for this compound. You might want to read their
Safety
page also.
http://www.probert-encyclopaedia.com/
As the name suggests, this is an encyclopedia.
You can search by name or in the index. The index pages load
somewhat
slowly. Aspirin, wintergreen and methyl salicylate are listed.
http://www.acs.org/
This is the home page of the American Chemical Society
with a wealth of information available. Try going to Educational
Resources and then under High School try VC2- Your Virtual Chemistry
Club.
There is a nice article on aspirin there under Product Reports.
The
other links in VC2 also look interesting although not directly related
to our experiment.
http://www.poison.org/
Look under Poison Pearls and then Salicylates to get
some case studies on toxicity of aspirin and methyl salicylate.
http://www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pharmweb0.html
This is a pharmacy website with a variety of
information
available.
Email me at koster.sand@uwlax.edu
Last Modified 1/11/01