TEXTBOOKS

Forensics Textbooks in the Chemistry Library

  • Gerber, Samuel.  "More Chemistry and Crime."  Washington, DC : American Chemical Society,  1997.  Emory Chemistry library call number:  HV8073.M763 1997.
  • Gerber, Samuel.  "Chemistry and Crime." Washington, D.C.:  American Chemical Society, 1983. HV8073. C486. 1983.
  • Walls, H.J. "Forensic Science. " London : Sweet & Maxwell, 1974. HV8073. W34 1974B.


Drug Analysis

  • Liu, Ray.  "Handbook of Drug Analysis:  Applications in Forensic and Clinical Laboratories"  Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1997. RB56. L58 1997.
  • Jungreis, Ervin.  "Spot test analysis:  clinical, environmental, forensic,and geochemical applications".  
    New York : J. Wiley, 1997. 
    QD98. S6J86 1997.


Toxicology and Posions

  • Manahan, Stanley E. "Toxicological Chemistry". Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, 1992. 
    RA1219. 3M36 1992


 

Fibers/ Polymers

  • Cowie, J.M.G. "Polymers:  Chemistry and Physics of modern materials," 2nd ed. Glasgow : Blackie ; New York : Chapman and Hall, 1991.
    QD381.C68 1991.
  • Elias, Hans-Georg.  "An Introduction to Polymer Science"  Weinheim ; Cambridge : VCH, 1997.
    QD381. E44 1997.


General Chemistry

  • Umlund and Bellama. "Gneral Chemistry." 2nd edition.  New York : West Publishing, 1996.
  • Reger, Goode and Moore. "Chemistry: Principles and Practice." 2nd Edition. Orlando : Saunders College Publishing, 1997.


Analytical Chemistry

  • Skoog, Douglas A. and  Donald M. West.  "Analytical chemistry : an introduction. " 6th Edition. 
    Philadelphia : Saunders College Publishing, 1994.
    QD101.2 .S55 1994


Reference Books

  •  Watson, Colin A. "Official and standardized methods of analysis." 3rd Edition. 
    Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 1994.   
    QD75.2 .W38 1994

 

Websites

Local Sites

Analysis of glass fragment evidence

Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

Information on Infrared Spectrophotometryhttp://edie.cprost.sfu.ca/~rhlogan/ir.html#ir_freq

General Forensics Sciences
FBI - homepage:  http://www.fbi.gov/programs/lab/fsc/backissu/april1999/houckch6.htm.
GBI homepage:  http://www.ganet.org/gbi/fordiv.html.
Autopsies:  http://www.pathguy.com/autopsy.htm.

Toxicology
CDC - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/atsdrhome.html
Investigations of suspected poisoning: http://www.llcc.cc.il.us/justice/forensic/toxic.htm
Maryland Poison Center:    http://www.pharmacy.ab.umd.edu/~mpc/guidelin.htm
National Library of Medicine : Toxnet http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/servlets/simple-search