Currently on display in the Sanders Science Library is a selection of interesting books about the periodic table. Titles include:
- The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
- Seven Elements That Changed the World: An Adventure of Ingenuity and Discovery
- A Tale of 7 Elements
- The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
- Much Ado About (Practically) Nothing: A History of the Noble Gases
- Radium and the Secret of Life
- The Last Alchemist in Paris and Other Curious Tales from Chemistry
- The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction
- The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus