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GENERAL WORKS

T-EE1  Chemical alert!: a community action handbook.  Marvin S. Legator, Sabrina F. Strawn, ed.  Rev. ed.  Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., Feb. 1993.  254 p.  ill., figures, tables.  $35 ISBN 0-292-74675-X (cloth); $14.95 ISBN 0-292-74676-8 (paper)
    Revision and update of Health detective's handbook (Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., 1985)
    Step-by-step guide for use by any lay person or citizens' group to determine whether a health risk exists in their area. Instructs on the organizing and investigative techniques that will produce a valid, scientific case study. Discusses techniques of organizing a community to conduct a scientific health survey. A large portion devoted to methods of data gathering and sample questionnaires, as well as instructions on how to interpret the collected data. Resource guide (p. 183-204) includes bibliographical references and directory information (some information may now be out of date). Append. rates of cancer and birth defects (p. 205-218) includes 13 tables dating from 1980 to 1990. Bibliography of references cited in the text and additional suggested reading (p. 219-225). Index (p. 227-238).

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ASSOCIATIONS

T-EE2  Associated Chemistry Teachers of Texas.  URL: http://www.statweb.org/ACT2/
    Statewide non-profit organization of elementary through college teachers and supervisors. Affiliate of the Science Teachers Assoc. of Texas. Includes information about the organization and its award winners. Links to teacher resources, TEKS resources, job postings, UT Homework Service, history of chemistry, and professional associations.

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DIRECTORIES

T-EE3  Academic chemistry departments in the United States: Texas.  URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/docs/chemuntx.html
    Infosurf links to web pages of Texas university chemistry departments.

T-EE3a  Chemistry graduate programs in Texas.  URL: http://programs.gradschools.com/texas/chemistry.html
    Provides information on programs at various Texas insititutions and offers links to their web sites.

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HISTORY

T-EE4  Chemical engineering at the University of Texas, 1910-1990.  Howard F. Rase, William A. Cunningham, Cheryl M. Rawlings.  Austin: Univ. of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Nov. 1990.  xiii, 282 p.  ill.  $40 ISBN 0-9627614-0-0

T-EE5  A unit operation: a history of chemical engineering at Texas A&M Univ.  Henry C. Dethloff.  College Station: Intaglio Pr., Dec. 1998.  vii, 168 p.  ill.  $24.95 ISBN 0-944091-07-5
    Includes alphabetical list of graduates, 1911-1998, with year of graduation and degree (p. 154-168). No index.

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Updated: 9 October 2005
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