H. Bennett, Ed.
Concise Chemical and Technical Dictionary
540.3 B43c 1974 [ref.]
* In addition to being a dictionary of chemistry, it gives physical properties of chemicals.

David R. Lide, Ed.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
541.9 H1911 1996-97 [ref.]
* Gives physical properties of organic compounds, inorganic compounds, and elements. Gives thermodynamic properties and vapor pressures. Gives properties of amino acids, pH indicators, and aqueous solutions. Gives bond lengths and energies. Gives spectroscopic data and chemical safety information.

R.M.C. Dawson, D.C. Elliott, W.H. Elliott, and K.M. Jones
Data for Biochemical Research
574.192 D262 1986 [ref.]
* Gives structural formulas, physical properties, solubilities, pKa's, and other data on chemicals of interest to the biochemist.

John H. Montgomery and Linda M. Welkom
Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference
628.161 M766g [ref.]
* Gives structural formulas, CAS and DOT numbers, physical properties including solubility properties, flash points, and PELs in air.

Victor O. Sheftel
Handbook of Toxic Properties of Monomers and Additives.
615.951 Sh39h [ref.]
* Gives physical properties and toxicity data for monomers, plasticizers, solvents, and other chemicals that may be found in plastics and rubber.

Richard J. Lewis, Sr.
Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference
604.7 H3362 1997 [ref.]
* Gives physical properties, vapor pressures, and solubility data of chemicals. Gives CAS registry and DOT numbers. Gives flammability and toxicity information, including maximum levels allowed by OSHA. Has CAS registry, synonym, and DOT number indices.

Martin Grayson, Ed.
Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Q.660 En19 1985 [encycl.]
* Contains articles on chemicals and chemical processes used in industry. Also describes the chemical technology used to make various products, such as beer and paper.


Analytical Techniques

David R. Burgard and James T. Kuznicki
Chemometrics: Chemical and Sensory Data
543.0072 B91c [ref.]
* Discusses sample preparation, GC and HPLC. Discusses the chemical senses (smell and taste) and how one measures sensitivity of these senses to chemical stimuli.

Erich Heftmann, Ed.
Chromatography: A Laboratory Handbook of Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Methods
544.9208 H36c 1975 [ref.]
* Contains chapters on the theory and practice of column, paper, thin-layer, ion exchange, and gas chromatography, and electrophoresis. Also contains chapters about chromatographic techniques for various classes of chemicals

William S. Hancock
CRC Handbook of HPLC for the Separation of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
547.75 C859 [ref.]
* After articles on HPLC in general, includes articles on the use of HPLC to separate and analyze for amino acids, their derivatives, and peptides and proteins. Many articles show chromatograms with retention times under specified conditions.

M. Beroza, G. Schartzman, and K. Fominaya
Food Additives Analytical Manual
664.06 Un3f 1983 [ref.]
* Gives detailed analytical procedures for identifying selected food additives and impurities.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Manual of Chemical Methods for Pesticides and Devices
Q.668.65 Un3m 1992 [ref.]
* Gives detailed procedures for analysis (detection) of pesticides. Techniques are adapted to analysis of pesticide products rather than of food or soils.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Pesticide Analytical Manual, vol. I
632.95 P439 1994 [ref.]
* Gives procedures for the analysis of pesticide residues in foods.

A.D. Eaton, L.S. Clesceri, and A.E. Greenberg
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater
543.3 St2 1995 [ref.]
* Gives procedures for the analysis of water and wastewater, including analysis for metals and salts and for organic contaminants, and for algae, bacteria, and viruses.

Alan H. Gowenlock
Varley's Practical Clinical Biochemistry
612.01 V42p 1988 [ref.]
* Gives analytical methods for metabolic products, drugs, and poisons in body fluids.

Nutritional Analyses of Foods

M.L. Orr and B.K. Watt
Amino Acid Content of Foods
574.19245 OR7a [ref.]
* Gives protein content and amino acid content of various foods.

Karen J. Bellerson
The Complete & Up-to-date Fat Book
641.14 B416c [ref.]
* Gives calories, fat content, and % calories from fat for foods, including numerous brand-name products.

Donald F. Miller
Composition of Cereal Grains and Forages
635.1 N21co [ref.]
* Gives protein, fiber, mineral, and vitamin levels of animal-feed components.

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Composition of Foods [series]
641.1 W34c thru 641.665 C776c [ref.]
* Our copies are bound in blue notebooks. Gives water, calorie, protein, fat, fiber, mineral, vitamin, and amino acid content of foods.

Heimo Scherz and Friedrich Senser
Food Composition and Nutrition Tables
Q.641.1021 F739 1994 [ref.]
* Gives calories, water, protein, fat, carbohydrate, fiber, mineral, vitamin, amino acid, fruit acid, fatty acid, sterol, and purine content of foods. (Which nutrients are included in the analysis varies with the food being analyzed).

W.-T. W. Leung, R.R. Butrum, and F.H. Chang
Food Composition Table for Use in East Asia
Q.641.1 F738 [ref.]
* Gives calories, water, protein, fat, fiber, mineral, vitamin, and amino acid content for foods used in East Asia.

A.H. Ensminger, M.E. Ensminger, J.E. Konlade, and J.R.K Robson
Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia
Q.641.0321 F739 1994 [encycl.]
* Contains (pp. 802-989) nutritional analyses of foods and (pp. 1878-1886) analyses of the amino acid content of foods.

Food Additives

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
Compendium of Food Additive Specifications
Q.664.06 C738 [ref.]
* Gives structural formulas and analytical methods (sometimes in detail) for identifying food additives and for testing for impurities.

Thomas E. Furia, Ed.
CRC Handbook of Food Additives
664 C859 1972 [ref.]
* Narrative description of food additives arranged by class. Amount of detail varies from class to class. Includes (vol. I, pp. 475-511 and vol. II, pp. 256-306) tables of natural and synthetic flavorants which describe their flavors. Also the table in vol. I has chemical structures for synthetic flavors and the table in vol. II has the regulation numbers governing their use. Also includes (vol. I, pp. 784-966) a table of the regulation numbers governing use of additives and the limitations thereon.

Robert S. Igoe and Y.H. Hui
Dictionary of Food Ingredients
641.103 Ig6d 1996 [dict.]
* Contains brief descriptions of food additives, including their use in foods, and the maximum amounts allowed.

George A. Burdock
Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives
664.0603 B898e [encycl.]
* Gives descriptions, physical properties, functional use in food industry, and regulatory (including GRAS) status of food additives. Also gives CAS numbers when relevant.

George A. Burdock
Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients
664.5 F35h 1995 [ref.]
* Vol. II gives names, structural formula, physical properties, solubilities, odor, synthesis method, natural occurrence, foods used in, and regulatory status of synthetic flavorants.

Richard J. Lewis, Sr.
Food Additives Handbook
363.192 L588f [ref.]
* Gives name(s), CAS registry numbers, physical properties, regulated uses, and safety profile (including fire and toxicity data) of food additives.

Hazelton Laboratories, Inc. and Information for Industry, Inc.
Food and Color Additives Directory
614.31 F73 [ref.]
* Gives texts of FDA regulations and manufacturers' petitions filed for additives to foods, animal feeds, and food packaging. Regulations and petitions for each substance or class of substances are in chronological order. Color additives are listed separately.

Louis Rothschild, Jr., Ed.
The Food Chemical News Guide to the Current Status of Food Additives and Color Additives
614.31 F73g [ref.]
* Gives regulatory status for additives to foods, animal feeds, and food packaging.

National Research Council
Food Chemicals Codex
664 N214f 1981 [ref.]
* Gives structural formulas and analytic methods for food chemicals. Thes includes analytical methods for their identification and analytical methods to detect impurities in them. Has a table (pp. 353-419) of structural formulas, physical properties, odors, and analytical requirements for flavor chemicals. Section 9 contains infrared spectra, which are used as "fingerprints" of chemicals.

I.D. Morton and A.J. Macleod
Food Flavours
664 F7398 [ref.]
* Includes tables which list chemicals that contribute to the flavors of foods.

Michael and Irene Ash
Handbook of Food Additives
664.06 As31n [ref.]
* Gives CAS registry and EINECS numbers, synonyms, physical and solubility properties, LD50s, uses, and regulatory status of food additives.

Daniel M. Marmion
Handbook of U.S. Colorants
664.06 M345h 1991 [ref.]
* Gives lists of color additives allowed in food, drugs, and cosmetics. Gives chemical structures, manufacturing procedures, solubilities, spectra, and analytical tests for impurities for these color additives.

O.B.Wurzburg
Modified Starches: Properties and Uses
547.782 M721 [ref.]
* Gives production conditions, solubility, viscosity, and film properties of chemically modified starches.

Henry B. Heath
Source Book of Flavors
664.5H351s [ref.]
* The "Flavor Chemistry" chapter (4) gives chemical structure and sometimes natural sources of flavor chemicals. A table (pp. 334-403) gives physical and solubility properties of, FEMA numbers of, and regulations covering synthetic flavorants.

Other Food Chemistry

P.F. Fox, Ed.
Cheese: Chemistry, Physics, and Microbiology
637.3 C415 [ref.]
* Discusses the chemistry of cheese-making.

Owen R. Fennema
Food Chemistry, 3rd Ed.
543.1 F36f 1996 [ref.]
* A textbook of food chemistry. Covers water, dispersions, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proteins, vitamins and minerals, colorants, flavors, food additives, toxic substances in food, and characteristics of milk, meat, and edible plant tissues.

Charles Zapsalis and R. Anderle Beck
Food Chemistry and Nutritional Biochemistry
641 ZA18f [ref.]
* A textbook of food chemistry. Covers water, proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, lipids, colloids, natural pigments, flavors, and metabolism.

J.R. Mitchell and D.A. Ledward
Functional Properties of Food Macromolecules
644.0154775 F962 [ref.]
* Describes the viscosity, colloidal, and emulsification properties of proteins and complex carbohydrates.

F.D. Gunstone, J.L. Harwood, and F.B. Padley
The Lipid Handbook
574.19247 L6642 1994 [ref.]
* Gives chemical structures of fatty acids and lipids. Gives analyses of vegetable oils, fruits and vegetables, and animal and milk fats. Describes the chemistry and metabolism of lipids. A final section gives physical properties, structural formulas, and biological sources of lipids.

P.J. Barnes, Ed.
Lipids in Cereal Technology
633.1 L663 [ref.]
* Narrative description of lipids in cereal grains and cereal products.

Conor Reilly
Metal Contamination of Food
363.192 R273c 1991 [ref.]
* Describes how metals get into foods and how foods are analyzed for metals. Then describes the chemical, physical, and biological properties of individual metals.

Owen R. Fennema
Principles of Food Science
664 P935 [ref.]
* Covers water, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proteins, vitamins, minerals, pigments, flavors, and other components of food. Then covers the characteristics of meat, milk, eggs, and edible plant tissues.

Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Ruth Winter
A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients
668.55 W73c 1976 [dict.]
* Briefly describes chemicals that are used in cosmetics, including how they are used and which ones are known to be toxic.

Susan C. Smolinske
CRC Handbook of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Excipients
615.9 Sm78h [ref.]
* Discusses use and toxicity of 77 "inert" ingredients of drugs and cosmetics.

Ivan H. Stockley
Drug Interactions
615.704 St62d 1994 [ref.]
* Reports adverse reactions to combinations of prescription drugs, or to combination of prescription drugs with alcohol.

Susan Budavari, Ed.
The Merck Index
615.1 M537 1996 [ref.]
* Gives chemical structures, physical properties, and LD50s for drugs and other important chemicals. Also gives literature references to syntheses and toxicity studies. Has name/synonym, CAS registry numbers, and pharmacological activity indices.

R.T. Malseed, F.J. Goldstein, and N. Balkon
Pharmacology: Drug Therapy and Nursing Considerations
615.5802461 m298P 1995 [ref.]
* Gives uses, mechanism of action, side effects and adverse reactions, contraindications, and drug interactions of prescription drugs.

Edward R. Barnhart
Physicians' Desk Reference
615 P5691 1991 [ref.]
* Gives pharmacology, indications and contraindications, and side effects for prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

Pesticides

Agro-Research Enterprises, Ltd.
Agrichemical Directory and Hazard Response Handbook
631.8 Aq86 1992 [ref.]
* Gives Hazchem and NFPA ratings, minimum evacuation distances in case of fire or spill, and first aid procedures for agrichemicals. Gives LD50s for some of the chemicals.

W.T. Thomson
Agricultural Chemicals
632.4 T38ai 1992 [ref.]
* Gives chemical structures, manufacturers, LD50s, crops used on, pests controlled, application rates, and precautions for pesticides. The name indexes are in the front of each volume.

Agro-Research Enterprises, Ltd.
Agricultural Chemicals Hazard Response Handbook
628.746 Ag83 [ref.]
* Gives NFPA and HazChem ratings for agricultural chemicals. Also gives LD50, TLV, and first aid procedures.

John H. Montgomery
Agrochemicals Desk Reference: Environmental Data
628.1684 M766a [ref.]
* Gives structural formulas, CAS registry numbers, physical and solubility properties, transformation products, and toxicity data for pesticides.

Royal Society of Chemistry
The Agrochemicals Handbook
632.950202 Ag86 1991 [ref.]
* Gives names, CAS registry numbers, physical properties, solubility, chemical stability, analytical procedures (literature references), toxicity to various species, and environmental/metabolic breakdown routes of pesticides.

Shirley A. Briggs and Rachel Carson Council
Basic Guide to Pesticides: Their Characteristics and Hazards
Q.363.1792 B768b [ref.]
* Gives use, persistence and toxicity data, and physical properties of pesticides. Includes an alternate-name and CAS registry number index. In some cases gives data on contaminants and transformation products of pesticides.

Anand Prakash and Jagadiswari Rao
Botanical Pesticides in Agriculture
632.95 P884b [ref.]
* Describes natural insecticides and nematicides found in plants, including what species they're effective against. Sometimes gives chemical structures.

L.L. Larson, E.E. Kenaga, and R.W. Morgan
Commercial and Experimental Organic Insecticides
632.951 C73 1985 [ref.]
* Gives names, chemical structures, manufacturers, and LD50s of insecticides.

David Pimentel
CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture
632 C859 1991 [ref.]
* Vol. 2 gives descriptions of pesticides, often including species effective against and mechanism of action.

C&P Press
Crop Protection Reference
632.95 C88321 1998 [ref.]
* Gives uses and precautions for pesticides. Also gives dosage rates (amounts to use) for various applications. Arranged by manufacturer; there are a common name index, crop use index, and a pest use index in the front of the book.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Drinking Water Health Advisory: Pesticides
363.17922 D832 [ref.]
* Gives name(s), CAS registry numbers, uses, physical properties, environmental fate, pharmacokinetics, acute and chronic health effects, and analytical techniques for pesticides.

Meister Pro
Farm Chemicals Handbook
668.6 Am3 [ref.]
* Includes (section C) a "pesticide dictionary" giving names, structural formulas, uses, formulation, safety guidelines, firefighting information, and first aid procedures for pesticides.

Wayland J. Hayes, Jr., and Edward R. Laws, Jr.
Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology
Q.615.902 H191 [ref.]
* Vols. 2 and 3 give physical properties of and discuss in detail the toxic effects of pesticides. The index, which one needs to look up specific pesticides, is in Vol. 3.

Weed Science Society of America
Herbicide Handbook
632.7 W41n 1989 [ref.]
* Gives names, structural formulas, physical properties including vapor pressures and solubilities in a variety of solvents, uses, LD50 or LC50 for various species, symptoms of poisoning, and first aid for herbicides.

J.H. Miller and R.J. Mitchell
A Manual on Ground Applications of Forestry Herbicides
634.96954 M319 1990 [ref.]
* Includes MSDS (material safety data sheets) for herbicides used in forestry. These include ingredients, physical properties, flash points, fire fighting procedures, reactivity, spill control, health hazards, and handling precautions.

C&P Press, Inc.
MSDS Reference for Crop Protection Products
Q.632.95042 M879 9 1997 [ref.]
* Gives hazardous ingredients, CAS registry numbers, threshold reporting quantities (TRQs), and hazard categories of pesticide products. Another table gives proper shipping labels for these products. Gives MSDS (material safety data sheets), which include physical properties, flash points, firefighting and spill control procedures, first aid procedures, LD50s, NFPA ratings, and recommended protective equipment for pesticide products.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide Fact Handbook
632.950212 P439 [ref.]
* Gives names, uses, and toxicity findings (including carcinogenic and mutagenic status if measured) for pesticides.

L.G. Copping, H. Kidd, and C.D.S. Tomlin, Eds.
The Pesticide Index
668.65 P4395 1995 [ref.]
* Gives active ingredients in pesticide formulations. For use with The Pesticide Manual.

Clive Tomlin, Ed.
The Pesticide Manual
632.402 B77p 1994 [ref.]
* Gives names, structural formulas, CAS registry numbers, physical properties, solubility properties, flash points, uses, and LD50 or LC50 for various mammal and non-mammal species of pesticides.

Marshall Sittig, Ed.
Pesticide Manufacturing and Toxic Materials Control Encyclopedia
668.65 Si88p [encycl.]
* Gives structural formulas, trade names, manufacturing process (including waste handling), toxicity data, and use of pesticides.

Andrew Watterson
Pesticide Users Health and Safety Handbook
363.1792 W345p [ref.]
* Gives name(s), CAS registry numbers, uses, and toxicity data for pesticides. For some pesticides gives symptoms of poisoning by that chemical.

W.T. Thomson
Tree, Turf, and Ornamental Pesticide Guide
632.95 T844t 1987 [ref.]
* Tells which pesticides are appropriate for which plants, and against which pests.

R. Whitehead, Ed.
The UK Pesticide Guide
668.65 UK2 1997 [ref.]
* Gives uses, tips for maximum effectiveness, and precautions for pesticides. Includes a crop/pest index (pp. 69-159).

W.T. Thomson
The User's Reference Guide to Pesticides
668.65 T387u [ref.]
* Gives trade names and manufacturers, and recommended uses, of pesticides.

R. Foster, E. Knake, R.H. McCarty, and J.J. Mortvedt
Weed Control Manual
632.954 W417 [ref.]
* Gives weeds controlled, rates (amounts to use), and precautions for herbicides. Arranged by crop to use on.

Soil Chemistry

Rhodes W. Fairbridge and Charles W. Finkl, Jr.
The Encyclopedia of Soil Science
631 En19 [dict.]
* Includes articles on soil chemistry and fertilizers.

T.P. Hignett, Ed.
Fertilizer Manual
631.8 Un38f 1985 [ref.]
* Gives physical properties, uses, and manufacturing processes for fertilizers, mostly nitrogen and phosphorous sources.

Soil and Plant Analysis Council
Handbook on Reference Methods for Soil Analysis
631.40287 C832h 1992 [ref.]
* Gives details of analysis for soil pH and for elements in soils.

F. J. Stevenson
Humus Chemistry: Genesis, Composition, Reactions
631.417 St48h 1994 [ref.]
* Describes the organic chemicals found naturally in soils, and the reactions involving them.

S.L. Tisdale, W.L. Nelson, J.D. Beaton, and J.L. Havlin
Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
631.8 T52s 1993 [ref.]
* Discusses fertilizers and inorganic chemistry of soils, including the chemical/mineral forms that plant nutrients can take.

Dyes and Textile Chemistry

H. Mark, Norman S. Wooding, and Sheldon M. Atlas
Chemical Aftertreatment of Textiles
677.0282 N34c [ref.]
* Discusses chemical treatments of fabrics.

Society of Dyers and Colourists
Colour Index
667.2 sO1C 1971 [ref.]
* Gives chemical class, color, and fastness properties for textile dyes. Arrangement is by C.I. number. Vol IV gives chemical structures. Vol IX has an alphabetic index.

E.R. Trotman
Dyeing and Chemical Technology of Textile Fibers
667.2 T75d 1984 [ref.]
* After describing the chemistry of textile fibers, describes the chemistry of water treatment, bleaching, and dyeing (including what properties give a substance color). Then describes classes of dyes and how the dyeing process works chemically.

Menachem Lewin and Stephen B. Sello
Handbook of Fiber Science and Technology
677.02825 H191 [ref.]
* Describes chemistry of fiber and fabric treatments including alkali processing, bleaching, cross-linking, fire retardants, and stain repellents.

Edward Gurr
Synthetic Dyes in Biology, Medicine, and Chemistry
547.86 G965 [ref.]
* Gives chemical structures, visible absorption spectra, and solubility properties of dyes.

R.H. Peters
Textile Chemistry III
547.8 P44t [ref.]
* Describes the chemistry (mostly physical chemistry) of dyeing.

Miscellaneous

Andrew Dravnieks
Atlas of Odor Character Profiles
Q.152.166 d797a [ref.]
* Survey data for 160 chemicals and essential oils, in which subjects are asked what each substance smells like.

Norman Stark
The Formula Book
602 St2f [ref.]
* Gives "recipes" for various cleaners and other household products. Includes (Appendix E) a list of sources for the ingredients.

R.H. Thomson
Naturally Occurring Quinones III: Recent Advances
547.6 T38n 1987 [ref.]
* Gives occurrence in nature, structural formulas, physical properties, and spectroscopic data for quinones. There is a botanical and a zoological index of source species as well as a subject index which includes the chemical names alphabetically.

J. Falbe, Ed.
Surfactants in Consumer Products
668.1 Su774 [ref.]
* Covers the synthesis, physical chemistry, and uses of surfactants. Also discusses the formulation of soaps, detergents, cleaners, and cosmetics. Then discusses environmental impact and toxicity of surfactants.

F. van der Leeden, F.L. Troise, and D.K. Todd
The Water Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed.
551.4802 T56w 1990 [ref.]
* Gives (pp. 422-423) sources and effects on usability of mineral constituents of water. Gives (pp. 433-444) standards for drinking water in the U.S. and Canada. Gives (pp. 467-474) toxicity data of chemicals to aquatic wildlife. Gives (pp. 521-523) levels of contaminants in U.S. estuaries. Gives (pp. 625-627) toxic effects of water contaminants.

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