Books, indexing

Home page for the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Use this site to find additional information about many ofthe people referred to in this chapter. To search by name, follow the links rowww.invent.org/book/index.html. 

Ophardt, C. (2003) Virtual Chembook. http //www.elmhurst.edu/ chm/vchem-book/index.html (accessed November 16,2004). 

Anderson, M. D. (1971). Book Indexing. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 

The book indexes all ASTM, ISO and DIN standards mentioned in the text. It also lists trade names and references them to the text. 

Cumulative Book Index, H. W. Wilson Co., New York, monthly, 1928-. Cumulative volumes... 

WWW.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Chemistry Lab Guide book/index. asp accessed 1/04/10). 

Kazakevich Y, McNair H (1996), Basic Liquid Chromatography [available at http //hplc.chem.shu.edu/NEW/HPLC Book/index.html]. 

Kooijman, H.A., Taylor, R. (2006) The ChemSep Book, 2nd edition. Available fiom http //www.chemsep.org/book/index.html (accessed March 4, 2013). 

This Index relates to the chemicals listed by manufacturers in the main portion of the book. Indexing in a book of this nature is complicated by the fact that different nomenclature is used by different firms for the same chemical. For example, most of the tin chemicals are listed under stannic or stannous however, there are also headings for tin chemicals and tin salts. As another example, the reader will find information regarding HCI listed under Hydrochloric acid. Muriatic acid and Hydrogen chloride. The user of this Index should utilize as many synonyms and group designations as possible for the particular substance in which he is interested, in order to obtain as much pertinent information as possible. 

The Cumulative Book Index is published monthly in New York by the H. W. Wilson Co., with cumulations every three, six and twelve months. It is a world list of books in the English language giving a complete bibliography for the period covered of all works in English in one alphabetical sequence of authors, titles and subjects. The usual details are given of author, title, publisher and price under each entry. 

In the United States there are countless specialized societies that publish membership directories, many of which are of interest to those seeking information about chemists. Many of these can be found under the heading Directories in the Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin which is a handy source for the location of directories of non-American scientists. The subject catalogue of the Library of Congress also lists many of these, while the Handbook of Scientific and Technical Societies and Institutions in the United States and Canada often indicates the publication of membership lists. Many are also listed in the Cumulative Book Index. 

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