Required Reading
Students will need the following books to complete the course
Essential Reading
The following materials will provide essential understanding of the subjects covered in the course.
Recommended Resources
Further reading to help you advance your understanding of the concepts in the course and to satisfy your curiosity.
Finding Other Useful Books
Books beyond course textbooks are arranged using the Dewey Decimal Classification system, using numbers to arrange books by subject. Below is a list of useful number classes for this subject.
304.2 - Human Ecology
500 - Science
540 - Chemistry
541 - Physical Chemistry
543 - Analytical Chemistry
572 - Biochemistry
615 - Pharmacology
620.11 - Materials
641.3 - Food Science
Other Resources
eBooks
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics
Gale Encyclopedia of Science - 3rd ed.
Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
Science of Everyday Things
Magazines & Journals
There are physical copies of the following magazines available in the library and LRCs.
BBC Science Focus - Popular monthly BBC magazine covering scientific and technological developments with their social impacts
Scientific American - Scientific American Magazine is abuzz with what science can promise and prove today and in the future. Review the vital role science discovery has in medicine, energy, technology, the environment and business.
We also subscribe to the following digital magazines that can be accessed online.
American Chemical Society’s Journal Legacy Archive - NB: Full-text access is limited to the 22 publications of the Legacy Archive only - click here for full list. The American Chemical Society is a leading publisher of peer-reviewed research in the chemical sciences.
NB: Users only have full-text article access to ACS Web Editions issues published prior to 1996
The Scientific World Journal - you can access the articles in this scientific journal by clicking "Table of Contents" in the sidebar. Alternatively, you can search for one with the search bar at the top of the page.
Podcasts
Elements - Available on BBC World Service and BBC Sounds
Inside Science- Available on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
@compoundchem - Explores everyday chemistry and beyond
@RoySocChem - Royal Society supports, resources and connections they need to shape chemistry’s future.
@compoundchem - Explores everyday chemistry and beyond
@RoySocChem - Royal Society supports, resources and connections they need to shape chemistry’s future.
Websites
BBC Bitesize Chemistry - GCSE Chemistry
BBC Science - Factual information on Science & Nature
BBC Nature - BBC 2 The Animal's Guide to Britain
Channel 4 Science - Variety of Channel 4 programmes
Chemguide- Helping you to understand chemistry, by Jim Clark.
Compound Interest - Explorations of everyday chemical compounds.
Creative Chemistry- Fun activities, work, games and revision quizzes.
Khan Academy - Online collection of over 3400 micro lectures via video tutorial. Sections include Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
Knockhardy - A level Chemistry content & beyond
Librarians' Index of the Internet: Chemistry - Some useful sites (mostly US).
Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide- A resource guide for synthetic organic chemists.
Periodic Table- comic book!
Royal Society - The Royal Society provides access to a large number of papers on chemistry.
Royal Society of Chemistry- for those serious about the subject.
School Science - Provides a comprehensive directory of resources specifically for all Sciences.
Science Museum - Information about the Science Museum
STEM - Thousands of curriculum-linked, quality-assured STEM teaching resources alongside materials produced by the STEM teaching community themselves.