+27 21 959 2946library@uwc.ac.za
The library collects books to support your studies. More recently we are purchasing mainly ebooks. This page presents three main categories of books: New Books, Reference Books and Textbooks.
You can find books in the library by using uKwazi. The video below will guide you on how to search for books and articles on uKwazi.
Online books can be accessed by clicking on the relevant link on uKwazi. Physical books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System and and Chemistry books are mainly located on Level 14 on the following subjects and DDC numbers:
| Chemistry & allied sciences | 540 |
| Physical & theoretical chemistry | 541 |
| Techniques, equipment, materials | 542 |
| Analytical chemistry | 543 |
| Qualitative analysis | 544 |
| Quantitative analysis | 545 |
| Inorganic chemistry | 546 |
| Organic chemistry | 547 |
| Crystallography | 548 |
| Mineralogy | 549 |
Springer eBook content includes an array of subjects such as architecture and design, biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, Environmental Sciences, life sciences, mathematics, physics, public health and more.
Offering comprehensive coverage of the full range of scientific disciplines, monograph and series books are now fully integrated with journals, book series, handbooks and reference works on SciVerse ScienceDirect.
Bookboon.com contains free eBooks and textbooks that can be downloaded as a pdf, no registration needed.
InTech publishes more than 2,300 open textbooks a variety of subjects that fall under the heading of science.
The AAPT ComPADRE Digital Library is a network of free online resource collections supporting faculty, students, and teachers in Physics and Astronomy Education.
OpenStax Math Textbooks is a platform for Open textbooks for introductory statistics, calculus, anatomy, chemistry, and physics. Open textbooks by Rice University. Faculty can download supplementary materials.
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