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Chemistry Subject Guide: Books
When doing your research, sometimes books are exactly what you need.
  • Books provide you with comprehensive information about your topic, providing you with an overview, background, and major theories in depth.

  • Finding books by different authors will often allow you to have many different points of view about the same subject.


  • Search for books here at Millikin's library in the online catalog Millinet.

    General books on Chemistry:

    • Browse the following areas of the library's stacks (third floor) in the following call number ranges:
      QD 1 - 65 (Chemistry [General])
      QD 71 - 142 (Analytical Chemistry)
      QD 146 - 197 (Inorganic Chemistry)
      QD 241 - 441 (Organic Chemistry)
      QD 415 - 436 (Biochemistry)
      QD 450 - 801 (Physical and Theoretical Chemistry)
      QD 625 - 655 (Radiation Chemistry)
      QD 701 - 731 (Photochemistry)
      QD 901 - 999 (Crystallography)

    Browse by subject in the online catalog:

    Sometimes one of the best ways to find books on your topic is to do some subject browsing in the Online catalog.

    There are two ways to do this easily:

    Number 1
  • Do a regular search (either Quick or Advanced) for your topic and find a book that is good for your research.
  • In the result list from the search, click on the title of the book so that you can the full record of information about it.
  • After the publication information, there is a section called "Subject LCSH".
  • This list of the subjects describes the content of the book. If one of these subject headings looks useful for your topic, click on it.
  • That will bring you to an alphabetical listing of the subject headings for the online catalog. This listing shows you how many books the library owns which fall into each category.
  • Find the category you want and click on it. This brings up the list off books categorized for that subject.


  • Number 2
  • In either the Advanced or Quick search, type in the term for your search.
  • Set the Search By box to Subject or Subject Words.
  • Click search, this brings up the alphabetical listing of the subject headings for the online catalog.
  • This listing shows you how many books the library owns which fall into each category.
  • Find the category you want and click on it. This brings up the list off books categorized for that subject.


  • Possible Subject Headings to use as search terms:

    Absorption Spectra
    Acids
    Chelating Agents
    Chemical Bonds
    Chemical Engineering
    Chemical Reactions
    Chemists
    Chemistry, Analytic
    Chemistry, Clinical
    Chemistry, Experiments
    Chemistry, Forensic
    Chemistry, History
    Chemistry, Inorganic
    Chemistry, Organic
    Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals
    Chemistry, Physical
    Chemistry, Technical
    Environmental Chemistry
    Microbiological Chemistry
    Molecular Orbitals
    Nuclear Chemistry
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
    Quantum Chemistry
    Soil Chemistry
    Solid State Chemistry
    Spectrum Analysis
    Surface Active Agents
    Surface Chemistry
    Valence

     

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