Book Title Author ISBN Bar Code Shelf Tag Copyright

Date
McGraw-Hill 660678, 660679, R500 1960
Encyclopedia of Science 660680, 660681,
and Technology, 660682, 660683,
Volumes 2-15 (Volume 660684, 660685,
1 is missing) 660686, 660687,
660688, 660689,
660690, 660691
Understanding Science Ed. Philip 660566 R500 BRA 1963
Kogan
Encyclopedia of Science Ed. Wallace S. 7172-1500- 650067 R500 GRO 1969
Supplement Murray 8
The New Popular Ed. William B 650067 R500 SIL 1963
Science Encyclopedia of Sill
the Sciences
McGraw-Hill Dictionary Ed. Daniel N. 0070452571 650087 R503 McG 1976
of Scientific and Lapedes
Technical Terms
Van Nostrand’s 650088 R503 VAN 1958
Scientific Encyclopedia
Science Year: The 0716605783 650089 R505 Sci 1977
World Book Science
Annual
Science News Yearbook 656847 R505 Sci 1969
Compton’s Dictionary Ed. Charles A. 650081 R503 COM 1966
of the Natural Sciences Ford
Volumes 1 and 2
Modern Science Ed. A. 650085 R503 HEC 1959
Dictionary Hechtinger
Dictionary of Biological I.F. Henderson 650086 R503 Hen 1963
Terms
Experiment Central, E. John T. 0787628921 665553, 665554, R507.8 EXP 2000
Volumes 1-4 Tancredi 665555, 665556
The Grolier Library of 0717276260 650884 R509.22 1997
Science Biographies GRO
Vol. 1-10
The Facts on File Ed. John 0816039119 662291 REF530 1999
Dictionary of Physics Daintith FAC
Gravity is a Mystery Franklyn M. 0690350716 650262 531 BRA 1970
Branley
The Facts on File Ed. John 0816039097 662290 REF540.3 1999
Dictionary of Chemistry Daintith FAC
Elements, Vol. 16-18 Brian Knapp 0717256758 650819 R546 Kna 2002
(Vol. 1-15 are in-depth
on 32 elements. This is
overview of all
elements.)
The Earth Beneath Us Kirtley F. 650342 R550 MAT 1964
Mather
Crusty Problems 0382043979 656966 P550 CRU 1977
The Facts on File Ed. John O.E. 081604287X 665745 R550.3 CLA 2000
Dictionary of Earth Clark
Science
The Facts on File Ed. Barbara 0816042926 665744 R551.46 2001
Dictionary of Marine Charton CHA
Science
The Complete Weather Phillis 0810397889 665538, 665539, R551.5 Eng 1997
Resource, Vol. 1-4 Engelbert 665540, 665581
The Rock Book Carroll Lane 650384 R552 FEN 1940
Fenton
And Then Came Man Hartmut 661580 560B 1964
Bastian
Dictionary of Biological Isabella 665436 R570.3 1973
Terms Ferguson HEN
Henderson
Handbook of Nature Anna Botsford 650431, 650433, R574 COM 1967
Study Comstock 650432
Hammond’s Nature E.L. Jordan 650440 574 HAM MCMCVIII
Atlas: Domestic Species (2008)
The Golden Treasury of Bertha Morris 657014 574 Par 1952
Natural History Parker
Tree Identification George 650538 R582 Sym 1958
Wellington Dil
Symonds
The Illustrated Ed. Herbert 0717281000 660574, 660575, R590 1968
Encyclopedia of the Kondo 660576, 660577,
Animal Kingdom, Vol. 660578, 660579,
1-8 660580, 660581
Parade of the Animal Robert 657062 590 HEG 1935
Kingdom Williams
Hegner
The Encyclopedia of Ed. David 0816042683 665763 599.03 ENC 2001
Mammals, Vol. 1, MacDonald
Carnivores and Sea
Animals
The Butterfly Book W.J. Holland 650629 R595.78 1926
HOL
The Audubon Edgar M. 650645 598 REI 1968
Illustrated Handbook of Reilly Jr.
American Birds
A New Dictionary of Arthur 650665 R598.2 1964
Birds Landsborough THO
Thomson
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Weeded title.

Analysis
Many of these books are very much outdated. Science is a rapidly changing subject as new
discoveries are made and old hypotheses are disproven. Because of this, the collection needs to
be heavily weeded. I’m not sure the reason for this, but it seems that there were no science-
related reference materials purchased during the 1980s, or at least no recently published
volumes during that decade. This means that more than half of the collection is older than me
and much of it is older than most of the teachers in the building. I propose that we weed any
book published prior to the 1990s. I considered keeping W.J. Holland’s The Butterfly Book
because it was the oldest copy in the section and it had a long list of copyright dates extending
back to the beginning of the 20th Century, which suggests that at one time it may have been
considered important. However, my research didn’t show any major significance at this point.
Also, if there had been any classic science texts that were considered highly influential in the
history of science, I would have advocated keeping those, but from what I could tell, all of these
titles were more run-of-the-mill science publications from their time.