The University Libraries' collection of materials in chemistry is intended to support the teaching and research of the Department of Chemistry to the Ph.D. level, as well as the efforts of the Institute of Biomolecular Stereodynamics, the Center for Biochemistry and Biophysics, and the Institute of Hemoproteins. Materials in German, French, Russian, and Japanese are acquired very selectively. Materials in other languages are rarely acquired. This is not a consideration for chemistry.
Priority is given to materials published within the most recent ten years.
Advanced laboratory manuals, in support of analytical areas, are acquired selectively. Government documents, dissertations, and technical reports are acquired very selectively. Undergraduate textbooks and laboratory manuals are not usually acquired, except for course reserve purposes. Graduate-level textbooks are acquired selectively. A relationship between chemistry and biology exists in the study of biological macromolecules and other biological substances.