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Polymer Chemistry

Call Numbers for Browsing the Stacks and Subject Headings for Searching in the Catalog

Call Number Ranges | Library of Congress Subject Headings

Call Number Ranges for Browsing in the Stacks

Subject Heading	Call Numbers
Polymers (Inorganic)	QD 196
Polymers (Organic)	QD 380–388
Polymers (Engineering Materials)	TA 455.P58
Macromolecules	QD 380–388
Colloids	QD 549

Library of Congress Subject Headings for Searching in the Library Catalog

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• Put term of interest (e.g. polymers) in the “Enter term(s)” box and press the “Subject” button.
• When results are displayed, press the “Cross Reference” button in the second red menu bar near the top of the page.
• From list of hypertext links, choose a subject to see books, journals, conference proceedings, and dissertations that are available in the Stanford Libraries.

Narrow Subject Terms for Polymers

• Acetal resins
• Biomimetic polymers
• Biopolymers
• Block copolymers
• Conducting polymers
• Crosslinked polymers
• Crystalline polymers
• Elastomers
• Electric insulators and insulation--polymers
• Ficoll
• Fire resistant polymers
• Glutamic acid polymers
• Inorganic polymers
• Ionomers
• Latex, synthetic
• Oligomers
• Organoboron polymers
• Organometallic polymers
• Photopolymers
• Plastics
• Polyacetylenes
• Polyacrylamide
• Polyamides
• Polyelectrolytes
• Polyimides
• Polyketides
• Polymer colloids
• Polymer liquid crystals
• Polymer solutions
• Polyolefins
• Polyurethanes
• Silicon polymers
• Telechelic polymers
• Water-soluble polymers

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