diff --git a/src/PeriodicTable.jl b/src/PeriodicTable.jl
index a51a369..4fb9a32 100644
--- a/src/PeriodicTable.jl
+++ b/src/PeriodicTable.jl
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ e.g. `elements[:O]`.
 """
 module PeriodicTable
 export Element, elements
+export getlist
 
 import Unitful: u, g, cm, K, J, mol, Quantity
 
@@ -166,6 +167,12 @@ Base.get(e::Elements, i::Integer, default) = get(e.bynumber, i, default)
 Base.get(e::Elements, i::AbstractString, default) = get(e.byname, lowercase(i), default)
 Base.get(e::Elements, i::Symbol, default) = get(e.bysymbol, i, default)
 
+# Utility functions
+getlist(e::Elements, i::Symbol) = getfield.(e,i)
+getlist(e::Elements, i::AbstractString) = getfield.(e,Symbol(i))
+getlist(e::Vector{Element}, i) = getlist(Elements(e),i)
+
+
 # support iterating over elements
 Base.eltype(e::Elements) = Element
 Base.length(e::Elements) = length(e.data)
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index f56173a..6caf1fc 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -81,3 +81,9 @@ for z in eachindex(elements)
     @test haskey(elmdict, elements[z])
     @test elmdict[elements[z]] == z
 end
+
+# Test utility function
+@test length(getlist(elements,:symbol)) == length(elements)
+@test getlist(elements[1:2],:name) == ["Hydrogen","Helium"]
+@test getlist(elements[3:4],"symbol") == ["Li","Be"]
+@test getlist(elements[[6,74]],:density) == [1.821u"g*cm^-3",19.25u"g*cm^-3"]