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

Cambridge Green Week 2023

 

Neurodiversity Celebration Week (March 17th-23rd 2025)

A whiteboard in a library with posters relating to Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025A tabletop display of books, journal issues and ebooks relating to Neurodiversity Celebration Week 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

Cambridge Libguide: Ebooks

BorrowBox audiobooks

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

RSC: Women in Chemistry

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

International Science Council

Podcasts by women in STEM on Stemettes

PERIODically

Women in STEM at Cambridge

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

World Mental Health Day (WHO)

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

Churchill Archive Centre

Women in STEM at Cambridge

Women in Chemistry at Cambridge

 

University Mental Health Day 2024

Book display in the library of titles and posters relating to mental health.

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 Mental Health Day

University of Cambridge Student Support

WellChem

Student Minds

Student Space

UMHAN

Mental Health in Academia (Zoë Ayres)

 

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024

Display in the library with books and posters pertaining to women in science.

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 STEM at Cambridge

Women in Chemistry at Cambridge

 

Cambridge Green Week 2023

Display in the library with books pertaining to the environment and clean energy.

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)