Overview

This guide will help you find high-quality resources for research in chemistry and biochemistry, including scholarly articles, books, reference tools, and professional organizations.

Key Chemistry Resources

First floor: Reference

Second floor: Stacks (books) and Journals and Periodicals

Find print reference materials, books, and journals in the library in these call number ranges:

QD1–QD999: Chemistry

  • QD1–QD65: General Chemistry (introductory texts, history, philosophy of chemistry)
  • QD71–QD142: Analytical Chemistry (techniques like spectroscopy, chromatography, titration)
  • QD146–QD197: Inorganic Chemistry (non-carbon compounds, metals, minerals)
  • QD241–QD441: Organic Chemistry (carbon-based compounds, reactions, synthesis)
  • QD415–QD436: Biochemistry (proteins, enzymes, metabolism, molecular biology)
  • QD450–QD801: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, kinetics)
  • QD625–QD655: Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry
  • TP155–TP248: Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry (materials, process design, biotech)

QH345–QH426: Molecular Biology (related to biochemistry)

TP155–1185: Chemical Technology

TX545–TX560: Food Chemistry

RS400–RS431: Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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