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Chemistry: Books

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Univeristy of Malaya Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to classify materials. The main Chemistry literature can be found in the class QD (Chemistry). However, it is important to remember that Chemistry related materials can also be found in other classes such as class Q (Science General), class QC (Physics), class T (Technology-General) and class TP (Chemical Technology). The following are subdivisions of the class QD and the locations of various types of materials.

Subclass QD

QD1-999                Chemistry

QD1-65                  General

QD71-142               Analytical chemistry

QD146-197             Inorganic chemistry

QD241-441             Organic chemistry

QD415-436             Biochemistry

QD450-801             Physical and theoretical chemistry

QD625-655             Radiation chemistry

QD701-731             Photochemistry

QD901-999             Crystallography

See more Library of Congress call numbers here.