Polymer Science & Engineering 

Find Library Materials by Call Number

The Library Catalog provides a call number and location for each item. The call number consists of an alphanumeric string based on the Library of Congress classification system. View an example of how to read a call number. Materials on Chemistry reside primarily in the QD call number area. Specific topics follow.

QD 1-999 Chemistry
QD 1-65 General
QD 71-142 Analytical
QD 146-197 Inorganic
QD 241-441 Organic
QD 415-436 Biochemistry
QD 450-801 Physical and Theoretical
QD 901-999 Crystallography

Related call number areas:

TP 1-1185 Chemical Technology
TP 155-945 Chemical Engineering, Manufacture, and Industries
TP 1080-1185 Polymers and Polymer Manufacture

To gather background information about a topic try a dictionary, encyclopedia or general database to get articles about a subject.

Dictionaries:

• The IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology  Also known as the "God Book" this is a collection of nearly 7,000 terms. with authoritative definitions, spanning the whole range of chemistry.

Encyclopedias:

• Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology  Comprehensive articles on topics in chemistry and chemical engineering, with bibliographies. Current.
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online  The classic general encyclopedia, a good starting point for all kinds of research. Includes a thesaurus and links to BBC and NYT for current news.

General Databases:

• Academic Search Premier  A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
• Expanded Academic ASAP  Articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences, 1980-present.

Handbooks:

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics  Online version of the 88th edition of this indispensable reference for chemical and physical data. Current

Springer eBooks - Full text books and journal articles from science publisher Springer, mainly in English, 2005-8.  Some soft cover editions of books are available through MyCopy service for $24.95 (including shipping and handling).