Library

 The Chemistry Department Library is located on the first floor of the Unilever Centre.

It holds the main subject collection for chemistry for the Cambridge University Library.

Within the library there is a number of PC's attached to the University Personal Workstation Facility (PWF), and facilities for PWF printing and scanning.  Further details regarding PWF and other computer accounts are available from the Chemistry Computer Officers' web pages together with specific details of local PWF facilities.

 
The 'Tree of Knowledge' extends from the library floor to the roof of the UCC. It is named for Yggdrasil, the 'World Ash Tree' in Norse mythology, which encompasses the whole of the earth and the heavens. The tree has three roots, each of which extends into a well. The first root is in Vanaheim and ends at the Well of Wyrd, thus keeping the Tree replenished. Another root extends to Jotunheim (the land of the frost giants) and ends at the well of Mimir, containing the waters that are the source of all wisdom. Odin sacrificed an eye for one drink from this well, in order to foresee the future. The third root stretches into the Well of Hvergelmir in the realm of Niflheim, where the dragon Nidhogg constantly eats away at the roots of the tree.