Guide to Shelfmarks
Useful Web Links

 Guide to Shelfmarks

The main collections of books can be found on Level 4 and Level 5 of the Library.

Books in heavy demand are placed in the Short Loan Collection on Level 1. The Short Loan Collection contains 1 day loan books; 7 day loan books are shelved with the ordinary loan books on the upper levels.

Use the Library catalogue or Summon to find the exact shelfmark and location for each book. If you are searching for books on a particular topic, use a keyword search.

The main collection of books for Chemical Sciences have shelfmarks beginning 54 and are shelved on Level 5. 

 Useful Web Links

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Chemdex is a well-developed directory of chemistry resources on the Web, containing over 7,200 links

Chemical Industries Association

Chemistry-dictionary.com a freely accessible online chemistry dictionary.

Chemistry central publishes a range of online open access journals

emolecules Provides a structure searchable database of over 7 million chemical structures and chemical data

Links for Chemists is an index of chemistry resources on the Web which contains over 8,400 links

Nature precedings free online service from NPG that enables researchers in the sciences to openly share preliminary findings

NIST chemistry webbook can be searched for chemical and physical data on specific compounds

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and The RSC's Chemical Science Network

RSC free Chemical information is a list of reputable, free, chemical information resources available on the Web, compiled by the chemical information specialists at the Royal Society of Chemistry

SCIRUS - scientific research tool

Scitopia - scientific search engine