Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning ACOL

W O George and P S McIntyre, Infrared Spectroscopy — Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning, ACOL, Thames Polytechnic/Wiley, Chichester, 1987, p 238... 

More in-depth treatments include Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy (second edition) by Michael Thomas, Wiley, Chichester, 1997. This book was written as part of a distance-learning course within the Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning (ACOL) series, so it contains a good number of examples and sample questions. Its typical ACOL format will probably annoy some readers. 

Riley, T. and Tomlinson, C., Principles of Electroanalytical Methods, ACOL Series, Wiley, Chichester, 1987. This is the first of the three Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning (ACOL) texts on electroanalysis (all of which are now out of print), and the lesser of the three in terms of quality, so few of today s readers will bother to search its pages now. It is nevertheless quite a good introduction to the field, although its age is showing quite badly. The lack of an index, together with other period features, detract from an otherwise readable book. 

ACOL (Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning) is a well established series which comprises 29 open learning books and 9 computer based training packages. This open learning material covers all of the important techniques and fundamental principles of analytic chemistry. 

Following upon the success of the ACOL series, which by its very name is predominately concerned with Analytical Chemistry, the Analytical Techniques in the Sciences (AnTs) series of open learning texts has now been introduced with the aim of providing a broader coverage of the many areas of science in which analytical techniques and methods are now increasingly applied. With this in mind, the AnTs series of texts seeks to provide a range of books which will cover not only the actual techniques themselves, but also those scientific disciplines which have a necessary requirement for analytical characterization methods. 

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