You can also browse for books about the Physical Sciences in the Reference Section of the library (second floor) by looking for call numbers which begin with the following:

• QB:  Astronomy
• QC:  Physics, including meteorology and climatology
• QD:  Chemistry
• TP:  Chemical technology

Selected reference works in the Physical Sciences:

Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry / editors, William J. Lennarz, M. Daniel Lane; Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004.  Ref QD415.A25 E53 2004x (4 volumes)

Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary / New York : J. Wiley, c1997.  Ref QD5.C5 1997

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology / New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997.  Ref Q121.M3 1997 (20 volumes)

Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology / edited by A.D. Smith... [et al.]; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.  Ref QP512.O94 2000

The Penguin Dictionary of Physics / London ; New York : Penguin, c2000.  Ref QC5.P46 2000 

Practical Handbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology / edited by Gerald D. Fasman; Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c1989.  Ref QP514.2.P73 1989

Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry / Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2005.  Ref QD4.V36 2005