Chemistry Collection
Description
The Chemistry portion of the Chemistry-Biology Library is a research-level collection with strengths in general chemistry, organic chemistry, and the history of chemistry. The main chemistry collection covers works from 1800 - the present, most in English, French, or German. Other libraries with collections related to this subject area are:
History
The Chemistry portion of the Chemistry-Biology collection was drawn from the old Chemistry Library, which included Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, and Nuclear Engineering. The latter were transferred to the CEAS Library. Integration of the Chemistry collection with that of the Biological Sciences occurred in 1970 at the time of their move to the current location.
Subject Coverage
The Chemistry collection mainly covers the following classifications:Smaller amounts of materials appear in the following classifications:
- QC - Physics
- QD - Chemistry
- QH - Natural History, Biology
- QK - Botany
- QL - Zoology
- QM - Human Anatomy
- QP - Physiology
- QR - Microbiology and Immunology
- R - Medicine
- S - Agriculture
- Z - Bibliography and Library Science
- A-H - General Works; Philosophy,Religion; History; Geography, Anthropology; Social Sciences
- L - Education
- N - Fine Arts
- P - Language and Literature
- QA - Mathematics, Computer Science
- QB - Astronomy
- QE - Geology
- T - Technology
- U - Military Science
e-Resources
Chemistry Databases