We are located on the third floor of Marian Hall. We have three teaching laboratories: MH 351, used for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, MH 353, used primarily for General Chemistry, and the computer-equipped MH 356, used mainly for Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry. The computer lab contains 10 Compaq PCs interfaced to benchtop experiments (such as colorimetry, pH, temperature, and pressure measurements) through Vernier ULI devices. All three laboratories were recently renovated.

We have a variety of pieces of analytical equipment including a Varian EM 360 NMR, a Finnigan/MAT 5100 Series GC/MS, a Perkin-Elmer 3920B GC, a Waters LC, a Perkin-Elmer 403 AA spectrophotometer, two Perkin-Elmer Lambda series UV spectrophotometers, a Perkin-Elmer LS-2 fluorimeter, a Perkin-Elmer 1600 Series FT-IR, and a Parr bomb calorimeter.

Recent acquisitions include a Cary 50 Bio UV-Vis spectrophotometer, an Ocean Optics HR 4000 fiber-optic based spectrophotometer with which we are slowly building a capacity for modular spectroscopy, three GOW-MAC GCs, and a Toshiba HPLC. Also, our computer-equipped laboratory has been upgraded (August 03) with state-of-the-art machines (Compaq Evo D530C model) running LoggerPro, Graphical Analysis, Mathcad, Chime, and other software, and we also have a Macintosh G4 computer dedicated to computational chemistry using Gaussian 03, GAMESS, and other codes. Students access this machine using the WebMO interface. Last year, thanks to a gift from the Sisters of St. Francis, we have obtained a Shimadzu FTIR-8400S Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer. Most recently of all, we were fortunate indeed this summer to receive a Hewlett Packard 5890 Series II gas chromatograph coupled to an autosampler and HP 5972 mass sensitive detector as a generous gift from Earlham College.

• Links page for CHE 330.
• Web page for CHE 105.
• McGraw-Hill page for Chemistry in Context.
• Companion web site for Gilbert et al. (CHE 151/152)
• Companion web site for Harris. (CHE 300)
• MyCourse web site access. - students in CHE 420 should obtain 5-digit class ID numbers from their instructor and enrol in the course web sites.
• American Chemical Society - your source for all things chemical.
• Chemistry content in free online encyclopedia.
• Marian College Library - electronic databases. (ACS journals and more.)
• Online Periodic Table.
• Table of Periodic Tables.
• NIST Chemistry WebBook.
• NIST WebBook - Search by formula.
• ChemIDplus - search for molecules by melting point, FW, or in a variety of other ways.
• ACS Journals online.
• Chemdex - a list of chemistry resources and databases.
• Planning for Graduate Work in Chemistry - a guide from the ACS.
• Directory of Graduate Research.
• ACS - chemistry careers in brief.
• Classic papers in the history of chemistry.

• ACS Directory of Experience Opportunities online - a very useful resource for finding internships in the chemical sciences.
• NSF-REU - Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF program) - list of participating institutions.
• ACS - tips for students seeking internships.
• Marian College Internships Site.

	In recent years several of our students have had internships at Indiana State Board of Health. Others have worked in a transformer oil testing laboratory, in a flavor chemistry laboratory, and elsewhere. In the summer of 2004 Brian Eliason (pictured left), participated in research in analytical chemistry at Miami University, Oxford, OH, through the NSF-REU program.

	In the summer of 2005 Ryan Bernhardt (left) held an internship at Indiana University School of Medicine, where he worked on DNA sequencing. If you're interested in finding out what this involved, you can download a PDF of his presentation on our Symposium page. (This summer Ryan had another internship at Dow Agrosciences - watch this space for more information.)

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