Student Resources

exterior of the science complex


The Science Complex, located on York Road, houses the Jess & Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics, the departments of biological sciences, chemistry, and physics & geosciences. This modern structure contains up-to-date facilities for instruction and research.  Available instrumentation includes scanning and transmission electron microscopes, a laser spectroscopy system, ultra-centrifuges, a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer, visible UV and infrared spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, microcomputers and computer terminal access, photographic laboratories, physio-graphs and radioisotope utilization, and monitoring facilities.

The Albert S. Cook Library, adjacent to Smith Hall, offers 150,000 e-books, 1,200 print journal titles, 200 electronic databases, 50,000 electronic journals, and 7.5 million additional items in the University System of Maryland.