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References

References

Insect Pests found in Historic Houses and Museums

A very informative poster available from

Resource
16 Queen Anne's Gate
London
SW1H 9AA

Child, R. E., and D. Pinniger.
Insect Trapping in Museums and Historic Houses’
Preventive Conservation – Practice, Theory and Research
Preprints of the Contributions to the Ottawa Congress, 12–16 September 1994.

The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.
London, 1994.

Florian, Mary-Lou E.
Heritage Eaters: insects and fungi in heritage collections
James and James, London 1997.

Harmon, James D.
Integrated Pest Management in Museum, Library and Archival Facilities: A Step by Step Approach for the Design, Development, Implementation and Maintenance of an Integrated Pest Management Program.
Harmon Preservation Pest Management. Indianapolis, 1993.

Jessup, Wendy
Integrated Pest Management: a selected bibliography for collections care
An archived web page.

Mourier, H & Winding, O. Sunessen, E.
Collins Guide to Wildlife in House and Home
Collins, 1975

Pinniger, D. B.
Insect Pests in Museums
Archetype. London, 1994.

Pinniger, D. B.
Insect control with the thermo lignum treatment
Conservation News Number 59, March 1996
An archived web page.

Wellheiser, J. G.
Non-chemical Treatment Processes for Disinfestation of Insects and Fungi in Library Collections
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. The Hague, 1992.


Websites
Pest Management Resource Centre
http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/

Pest CABweb
http://pest.cabweb.org/
Covering entomology, nematology, weed science, biological control, plant pathology and many other aspects of pest management: PEST CABWeb® demonstrates a unique combination of scientific expertise and authoritative information resources

Insect anatomy
http://www.meos.ch/terra-typica/insecta/ins_akad_e.htm
Very comprehensive

The Insect Homepage
http://www.earthlife.net/insects/six01.html

A Virtual Exhibition of the Ravages of Dust, Water, Moulds, Fungi, Bookworms and other Pests
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/expo/contents.htm

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