Book excerpt: For students and vibrational spectroscopists working in molecular spectroscopy labs and dealing daily with spectral interpretation and data processing of organic spectra, polymers, and surfactants. This three-volume compendium contains detailed descriptions and reviews of ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, Raman, and dielectric measurement techniques, as well as interpretive techniques, and information on all spectra, which are presented in terms of wavenumber and transmittance. Ultraviolet, visible, 4th-overtone NIR, 3rd-overtone NIR, and NIR spectra are also presented in terms of nanometers and absorbance space; and horizontal ATR spectra are presented in terms of wavenumber and absorbance space. The spectra found here are useful for identification purposes as well as for instruction in the various interpretive and data-processing techniques discussed. Editor Workman is employed at Kimberly-Clark Corporation. c. Book News Inc.