Displays in the Chemistry Library
At the Chemistry Library we like to create displays which showcase our collection while celebrating special occasions or foregrounding important issues. On this page, you can find photos of some of our previous displays and links to the books featured in them. If you have an idea for a display you would like to see in the library, let us know!
On this page
Neurodiversity Celebration Week (March 17th-23rd 2025)
All About Ebooks (February 2025)
International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11th 2025)
Wellbeing in Chemistry Week (October 7th-13th 2024)
Celebrating Rosalind Franklin (July-August 2024)
University Mental Health Day 2024
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024
Neurodiversity Celebration Week (March 17th-23rd 2025)
Featured books
How to Succeed in College and University with Specific Learning Difficulties – Amanda Kirby (2013)
Studying with Dyslexia – Janet Godwin (2022) Also available as an ebook.
Dyslexia in Higher Education: Anxiety and Coping Skills – Amanda T. Abbott-Jones (2022) Also available as an ebook.
Cognitive and Emotional Study Strategies for Students with Dyslexia in Higher Education – Amanda T. Abbott-Jones (2023) Also available as an ebook.
Featured ebooks
Autistics in Academia – Sandra Thom-Jones (2025)
A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD – Sari Solden, Michelle Frank, Ellen Littman (2019)
Autism is not a Disease: the Politics of Neurodiversity – Jodie Hare (2024)
Neurodiversity in the Workplace – Susanne M. Bruyere, Adrienne Colella (eds. 2023)
Top Tips for Asperger Students: How to Get the Most out of University and College – Rosemary Martin, Leslie Ilic, Tas Cooper, Caitlin Cooper (2011)
That’s the Way I Think: Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Dyscalculia Explained – David Grant (2017)
Featured articles
The Empowering History of Cambridge’s Neurodiversity – Jack Marley, Varsity (2024)
Neurodiverse Scientists in the Workplace – Jane Essex, Nat Rev Chem 7, 821–822 (2023)
Neurodiversity and STEM Careers – Hire STEM Women
The Challenge of Being Neurodivergent in STEM - Krystal Vasquez, Chemistry and Engineering News 102.39, 16-18 (2024)
How to Think About Neurodiversity - Grace Wade, New Scientist 262.3492, 39-40 (2024)
Featured audiobook
Introduction to Neurodiversity in the Workplace – Assemble You (2023)
Featured websites
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
University of Cambridge Student Support
The Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre
The Libraries Accessibility Service
The Accessibility and Disability LibGuide
The Chemistry Library Assistive Resources
Royal Society of Chemistry: Neurodiversity in the Chemical Sciences
All About Ebooks (February 2025)
Featured Ebooks
ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication
Concepts in Physical Chemistry, 2nd ed. - Peter Atkins (2024)
Mathematics for Physical Chemistry - Robert Mortimer and S.M. Blinder (2024)
Green Chemistry Approaches to Environmental Sustainability - Vinod Kumar Garg et al, eds. (2024)
Residual Dipolar Couplings - Lishan Yao and Beat Vogeli, eds. (2024)
Cultures of Prediction: How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools - Ann Johnson and Johannes Lenhard (2024)
Green Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis - Junbo Hao and Min Yang, eds. (2024)
Organic Chemistry: Structure, Function, Practice - William B. Tucker (2024)
Uses of Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education - Xiaoming Zhai and Joseph Krajcik, eds. (2024)
Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Methods in Chemistry from Multivariate and Data Driven Modelling - Jahan B. Ghasemi, ed. (2023)
Rechargeable Battery Electrolytes - Jianmin Ma, Zhouguang Lu and Yurong Ren (2024)
Structural Dynamics with X-ray and Electron Scattering - Kasra Amini, Arnaud Rouzee and Marc Vrakking, eds. (2024)
Methods and Strategies for C–N Bond Formation Reactions - Zahra Taherinia, Maryam Hajjami, Arash Ghorbani-Choghamarani (2024)
Fundamentals of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymer Science - Christian Agatemor (2024)
Green Sample Preparation Techniques - Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain and Javier Hernandez-Borges, eds. (2023)
Handbook of Medicinal Chemistry, 2nd ed. - Simon E. Ward and Andrew M. Davis, eds. (2023)
Nucleic Acids in Chemistry and Biology - G. Michael Blackburn, ed. (2022)
Chemical Valorisation of Carbon Dioxide - Georgios Stefanidis and Andrzej Stankiewicz, eds. (2023)
Origin of chirality in the molecules of life - Albert Guijarro (2022)
Sustainable Organic Synthesis – Stefano Protti and Alessandro Palmieri, eds. (2022)
Featured Websites
Libraries Accessibility Service: Wellbeing Reading List
Oxford Chemistry Primers via Science Trove
Directory of Open Access Books
International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11th 2025)
Featured Books
Not just for the boys: why we need more women in science – Athene Donald (2023)
Equity for women in science: dismantling systemic barriers to advancement - Cassidy Sugimento and Vincent Lariviere (2023)
Women in science now: stories and strategies for achieving equity - Lisa Munoz (2023)
Science by women: stories from careers in STEM - Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi, ed. (2022)
Featured Ebooks
Industrial Applications of Nanoparticles: A Prospective Overview – Marta Irene Litter and Arslan Ahmad, eds. (2023)
Women in Supramolecular Chemistry: Collectively Crafting the Rhythms of Our Work and Lives in STEM – Jennifer Leigh (2022)
Women’s Contribution to f-element Science Part 1 – Jean-Claude Bunzli and Susan Kauzlarich (2024)
Women’s Contribution to f-element Science Part 2 – Jean-Claude Bunzli and Susan Kauzlarich (2024)
Equity in Science: Representation, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change in Graduate Education - Julie R. Posselt (2020)
Empowering Women in STEM: Working Together to Inspire the Future - Sanya Mathura (2024)
Featured Articles
Stemettes: Meet Asima Chatterjee
Varsity: Cambridge’s Unsung Heroes of Science
Stemettes: All These Women Won Science Nobel Prizes
Featured Websites and Articles
Women in Science podcasts on FeedSpot
Podcasts by women in STEM on Stemettes
Women in Chemistry at Cambridge
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Featured Videos
Big Dream: Young Women Entering STEM Fields
Women in Science: Ideas Roadshow Compilation
The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn
Women Make Science (registration required) (learningonline, BOB)
Wellbeing in Chemistry Week (October 7th-13th 2024)
Featured Books
Student Mental Health & Wellbeing in Higher Education: A Practical Guide - Nicola Barden and Ruth Caleb, eds. (2019)
The Flourishing Student: A Practical Guide to Promote Mental Fitness, Well-being and Resilience in Higher Education - Fabienne Vailes (2022)
Depression at University - Dominique Thompson (2019)
Anxiety at University - Dominique Thompson (2019)
Managing Stress - Kate Joseph and Chris Irons (2018)
Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide - Zoë Ayers (2022)
Websites
Cambridge Libraries Accessibility Service's Wellbeing Reading List Online
Mental Health in Academia (Zoë Ayres)
Celebrating Rosalind Franklin (July 2024)
Featured Books and Articles
"Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate" - Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling (Nature 171, 1953)
"Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids" - James Watson and Francis Crick (Nature 171, 1953)
"The Structure of Sodium Thymonucleate Fibres. I. The Influence of Water Content" - Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling (Acta Crystallographica 6, 1953)
"What Rosalind Franklin Truly Contributed to the Discovery of DNA's Structure" - Matthew Cobb and Nathaniel Comfort (Nature 616, 2023)
Equity for women in science: dismantling systemic barriers to advancement - Cassidy Sugimento and Vincent Lariviere (2023)
Women in science now: stories and strategies for achieving equity - Lisa Munoz (2023)
Websites
Wellcome Collection: The Papers of Rosalind Franklin
Women in Chemistry at Cambridge
University Mental Health Day 2024
Featured Books
Student Mental Health & Wellbeing in Higher Education: A Practical Guide - Nicola Barden and Ruth Caleb, eds. (2019)
The Flourishing Student: A Practical Guide to Promote Mental Fitness, Well-being and Resilience in Higher Education - Fabienne Vailes (2022)
Yes! You Are Good Enough - Trish Taylor (2020)
Depression at University - Dominique Thompson (2019)
Anxiety at University - Dominique Thompson (2019)
Stay Balanced While You Study: Make the Most of Your Student Experience - Dominique Thompson (2020)
Managing Stress - Kate Joseph and Chris Irons (2018)
Featured eBooks
Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD: A Survival Guide - Zoë Ayers (2022)
Mindfulness for Students - Stella Cottrell (2018)
Websites
University of Cambridge Student Support
Mental Health in Academia (Zoë Ayres)
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024
Featured Books
Equity for women in science: dismantling systemic barriers to advancement - Cassidy Sugimento and Vincent Lariviere (2023)
Women in science now: stories and strategies for achieving equity - Lisa Munoz (2023)
Chemistry was their life: pioneer British women chemists, 1880-1949 - Marlene Rayner-Canham (2008)
Not just for the boys: why we need more women in science - Athene Donald (2023)
Science by women: stories from careers in STEM - Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi, ed. (2022)
Women in science: career processes and outcomes - Yu Xie and Kimberlee Shauman (2003)
Featured eBooks
Empowering women in STEM: personal stories and career journeys from around the world - Sanya Mathura (2023)
The Palgrave handbook of women and science since 1660 - Claire Jones, Alison Martin and Alexis Wolf, eds. (2022)
Women of color in STEM: navigating the double bind in higher education - Beverly Irby, Nahed Abdelrahman, Barbara Polnick and Julia Ballenger, eds. (2021)
Women in nanotechnology: contributions from the atomic level and up - Pamela Norris and Lisa Friedersdorf, eds. (2020)
Meeting the challenge: top women in science - Magdolna Hargittai (2023)
Websites
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Women in Chemistry at Cambridge
Cambridge Green Week 2023
Featured books
Recoverable and recyclable catalysts - Maurizio Benaglia, ed. (2009)
Fundamentals of materials for energy and environmental sustainability - David Ginley and David Cahen, eds. (2012)
Chemistry and the environment - Sven Harnung and Matthew Johnson (2012)
Sustainable energy -- without the hot air - David MacKay (2009)
Air pollution and global warming: history, science, and solutions - Mark Jacobson (2012)