UQ ERA rating in 2010: 5

UQ ERA rating in 2012: 5

Preamble

The University of Queensland (UQ) Library is committed to supporting the University's research, and teaching and learning agenda. UQ librarians maintain subject assessments based on the Commonwealth Government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's Field of Research codes. The assessments reflect current trends at UQ, and respond to changes in direction through regular updating.

Purpose of the collection

UQ Library's collection in this area supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences. This school is part of the Faculty of Science. It also supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and the Institute for Molecular Biosciences (IMB).

Description of the collection

The Library's collection may be searched via the Web.

The Library holds print and electronic book titles in the area. Experienced librarians develop the collection, and welcome input from academic staff. Relevant print collections are grouped under this classification number QD. The following specialist book collections are available:

• ACS symposium series online
• Royal Society of Chemistry eBook collection
• Springer ebook collection

The Library subscribes to journals in this area. Many are available in electronic format. 88.28% of titles in the ERA journals list for chemistry are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ:

• Advanced Materials
• Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
• Chemical Reviews
• Chemistry of Materials
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Journal of Chemical Physics
• Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
• Langmuir
• Macromolecules
• Nature Chemistry
• Natural Product Reports
• Tetrahedron
• Tetrahedron Letters

Other titles:

• Analytical Chemistry
• Biomacromolecules
• Coordination Chemistry Reviews
• Journal of Chromatography A
• Nano Letters
• Nature Materials
• Nature Nanotechnology
• Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
• Progress in Polymer Science

UQ Library offers online databases in this subject area. These include:

• SciFinder
• Reaxys
• Web of Science
• Scopus

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

Primarily English language material is collected regardless of its country of origin.

2. Geographical areas collected or excluded

Not relevant to chemical sciences.

3. Chronological periods collected or excluded

Not relevant to chemical sciences.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

All formats, physical and electronic are collected with the exception of patents, preprints and laboratory manuals.

5. Publication dates

Collection focuses on current and recently available imprints. Retrospective purchase of selected items may occur to support new research programs.

6. Special considerations

None.

Updated: December 2012