Blommer Science Library - Resources

Collections

Most of the science collection, including 66,000 books and bound periodicals and more than 800 current journal subscriptions, is housed in the Blommer Science Library. Older science material, about 70,000 volumes, is housed in Lauinger Library, Riggs Library, and an off-campus storage facility. A new book list, available in the Library, provides a quarterly report of newly acquired science books.

Subject Guides

Use as a starting point for research. Guides recommend sources of background information, indexes to periodical articles, bibliographies, Internet sites, and other resources.

• Animal Behavior
• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Physics

For directories, handbooks, currency conversion tables, and many other general web resources visit the Electronic Reference Shelf.

Course specific guides:

• Introduction to Biology - Fall 2004
• CHEM 020 Environmental Chemistry - Spring 2007
• CHEM021 Energy Crisis - Fall 2005
• CHEM055 - General Chemistry - Fall 2006
• CHEM366 - Inorganic Chemistry - Spring 2005
  

GEORGE

GEORGE is the catalog for Lauinger Library, Blommer Science Library, the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, and Woodstock Theological Center Library. GEORGE includes books, periodicals, reserve materials, audio-visual materials, and many government documents. If you cannot find what you are looking for, ask a Librarian.

Catalogs other than GEORGE

Find additional Washington DC area and other library catalogs. Holdings of thousands of libraries throughout the world can be searched using the WorldCat database.

Science Databases

Indexes and Databases with a short description, coverage, format, availability, etc. Some databases have off-campus access for Georgetown University Library users. Databases retrieved by specific topic are ranked by relevancy.

Electronic Periodicals

Lauinger Library and Blommer Science Library subscribe to hundreds of electronic journals. Search Journal Finder to get links to the journals. Journal Finder includes print, electronic, and microform periodicals and journals from Georgetown University Main and Medical campus libraries. Access to electronic journals is available on campus, and off-campus to current Georgetown University faculty, students, and staff. Groups of electronic journals are also listed by major publishers under Electronic Periodical Collections on the Library Web site.