The chemists found that sprinting from the laboratory to the library in University Hall to check a reference gave time for almost any reaction to spoil. In addition, the library closed at 5 p.m. and the chemists often worked all night in the laboratory. It occupied several locations in Noyes until it was moved to room 257 in 1919. Since that time, the library has taken over additional space on either side of room 257 and the floor directly below. The Library has always served off-campus industries, agencies and individuals from all over the country and is among the five leading chemistry collections in academic libraries in the country.
Strengths are in foreign journals, and long and complete journal runs.
There is also chemical literature in the Agriculture, Biology, Engineering, Geology, Home Economics, Physics, and Veterinary Medicine Libraries. Haworth Press, 1982. Haworth Press, 1982. English is the dominant language of the collection. Materials in Western Europe languages are also collected in varying degrees of intensity.