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Chemistry: Learning at Bath

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Library Lists
Library Lists helps you to find your recommended reading for each unit. It gives you easy access to e-books and links to the catalogue for print books. You can search by unit code or title. For example enter 'CH1' to find all year 1 units.
Managing Exam Stress Library List
Our Managing Exam Stress collection provides materials to help manage stress and anxiety as well as study skills tips to help you achieve success with your exams.

Access chemistry e-books

Chemistry e-books
Most of your recommended texts can be accessed via the Science Trove platform, including the Oxford Chemistry Primers.
Science Trove User Guide
This guide is designed to point you towards the key features on Science Trove and help get you started using the platform.

Popular e-books

Chemistry3 (4th ed) by Andrew Burrows; John Holman; Simon Lancaster; Tina Overton; Andrew Parsons; Gwen Pilling; Gareth Price
Call Number: 540 BUR
Organic Chemistry (2nd ed) by Jonathan Clayden; Nick Greeves; Stuart Warren
Call Number: 547 CLA
Inorganic Chemistry (7th ed) by Mark Weller; Tina Overton; Jonathan Rourke
Call Number: 546 WEL
Elements of Physical Chemistry (7th ed) by Peter Atkins; Julio de Paula
Call Number: 541 ATK
Atkins' Physical Chemistry (12th ed) by Peter Atkins; Julio de Paula; James Keeler
Call Number: 541 ATK
Introduction to Contextual Maths in Chemistry by Fiona Dickinson; Andrew McKinley
Call Number: 540.151 DIC

Past exam papers

Past exam papers
The Library provides you with access to Semester 1 and Semester 2 exam papers from the last 5 years, to help with revision. If you can't find the paper you are looking for it may be because:
• The unit code has changed
• It has been restricted by your Department
Please be aware that older papers might not be relevant to current course content.

Mobile Apps for Chemists

Mobile Apps for chemists and chemical engineers
A comprehensive list of mobile apps for chemists, compiled by Grace Baysinger at Stanford University. Many but not all are are free of charge.

Download ReactionFlash App

ReactionFlash

Preview of Molecules App for iPhone

3D Molecules

Preview Nomenclature App for iOS

Nomenclature

Download RSC periodic table App

Periodic Table

Develop your skills

LinkedIn Learning
An online skills platform offering an extensive library of over 21,000 high-quality video courses in business, technical, creative and personal development skills. Our guide gives detailed guidance on using the platform with suggested video courses for staff and students e.g. study skills, career development, employability, wellbeing, GenAI and many more.

O'Reilly Learning This link opens in a new window
O'Reilly Learning is a collection of technical books from a number of publishers including Pearson and O'Reilly Media. The titles include many computing topics and programming and software guides. It also has a range of business and management titles. In addition to books, O'Reilly includes a large range of online training courses, on-demand learning materials and video resources.

Mathematics Resources Centre (MASH)
MASH helps all students at the University with mathematics and statistics problems.
Research Software Learning Online
A guide to research software online courses from O'Reilly Learning. Courses cover Excel, Git and GitHub, LaTEX, MATLAB, Python, R and RS Studio, SAS, SPSS, Stata and SQL.

How to evaluate journal articles and websites
Advice on evaluating information that you find in journal articles and websites.
Information skills tutorial
How to find information from books and journals to use in your coursework (Moodle resource).
Web search guide
A guide to using internet search engines, Google databases and alternative tools.

Academic skills
Courses and one-to-one sessions for all students are provided by the Skills Centre.

Skills for Study This link opens in a new window
Interactive tutorials with activities and tests covering: academic study skills, reading and note-making, critical thinking skills and referencing and understanding plagiarism.

Writing for Scientists
Library list of e-books with information on how to write in various science subjects, including journal articles and lab reports.

Look up the meaning of a word

Oxford Reference Online
Collection of subject dictionaries, including chemistry.
Glossary of chemistry terms from Wikipedia

New resources

How to Succeed in Organic Chemistry

How to succeed in organic chemistry gives the reader a solid understanding of the principles of organic reaction mechanisms, such that they can draw structures, stereoisomers and reaction mechanisms with confidence.

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (e-EROS)

The online version of this encyclopedia has detailed information on more than 5,000 reagents and catalysts used in organic chemistry, and is regularly updated with new content.