Use Quest to find all print and electronic materials in the Boston Libraries Collection.  Materials not owned by Boston College can be located at other libraries using the WorldCat database.  Order these through the Interlibrary Loan Service ("My Accounts" on the Library homepage).

Locating Books or Journals in Quest

Searching by Subject
On the Basic Search screen, choose "Subject heading beginning with ...", then type in the Browse box: chemistry
(or, more specialized terms, such as: chemical kinetics; metathesis; organic compounds; porphyrins).

Alternatively, if you are looking for materials on a more specific topic in chemistry, use the Keyword search box:
To find material on metals and enzymes, type: metal* and enzym*
(The "*" is a truncation symbol that will retrieve various forms of each word: metal, metals, metallic, enzyme, enzymes, enzymatic)

By Title or Author
On the Basic Search screen, choose "Title beginning with ..." to locate a specific work or, choose "Author beginning with ..." to find books written by a particular chemist.

Electronic Journals
Electronic journals can also be found listed on the Electronic Journals page, by title and subject.

All printed books and journals are classified by Library of Congress call number; materials in Chemistry are located on the third floor of O'Neill Library. Journals in microform can be found on the first floor.