The Claire T. Carney Library has an excellent collection of books on the sciences on the 5th floor.
You're welcome (and encouraged) to browse the books in person, but you also can plan ahead and see what our library and other libraries have from wherever you are. This page will help you with both approaches to finding books.
If there's a book you're interested in that we don't have, see the Interlibrary Loan tab for information on how to get it!
Here's a quick guide on how to read call numbers in our library (and most other academic libraries).
The first line is read in alphabetical order.
Read the second line in numerical order.
The third line is tricky. Read the letter in alphabetical order then the number as a decimal.
Sometimes the fourth line will look like this and you read it exactly like the other line.
When you see a line near the bottom that looks like a year, it is a year! This goes in numerical order.
You could think of a call number like a detailed address in reverse: planet, country, state, city, street, street number. Each line helps you narrow down the book's exact location!
Use the search box below to run a quick search for books, or use the advanced search page to limit your material type to books prior to searching.
Our library uses the Library of Congress Call Number Classification System to organize our books. If you know a little bit about what the call numbers stand for, you can browse the stacks more efficiently.
All of the science books are on the 5th floor and have a call number that starts with Q. Here are the ranges that will likely be most useful to those interested in chemistry:
QD - Chemistry
QD 1-65 - General, including alchemy
QD 71-142 - Analytical chemistry
QD 146-197 - Inorganic chemistry
QD 241-441 - Organic chemistry
QD 450-801 - Physical and theoretical chemistry
QD 901-999 - Crystallography