The volumes of each title are arranged chronologically. The most recent issues are kept on the 1st Floor . If you know the titles of some useful periodicals covering your subject area you can quickly find articles on other topics by looking at the subject index in each volume. This index is available in the back of most complete, bound volumes of each periodical shelved on the subject floors. It is not possible to find details of individual articles on Unicorn .
Some databases giving details of articles published on specific topics are available electronically.
These sources will contain details of material not available in Reading University Library which can usually be obtained from other Libraries by the Inter-Library Loans Service . The Library and Information Centre of the Royal Society of Chemistry has over 2,000 journals and 20,000 books as well as CD-ROMs and access to online services. Non-members who are students may visit the Library as long as they have a letter of introduction from a Society Member or their Chemistry head of department. Student membership is inexpensive and allows free access to the Library and most of its services as well as regular newsletters and a monthly news magazine, Chemistry in Britain . Back to the chemistry information index .