How to design a lab: Part 3 of a series of posts

“All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.” -- Tennessee Williams (American playwright. 1911-1983)

There are a number of factors that can help you decide whether to purchase a book.  Our last post suggested reading the full text of selections from any given title.

Another fact you can use to help decide on which laboratory design books to purchase, is the number of times each title has been cited.

TIP: Search book titles + author names in Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) and note the number of times each title has been cited.

Searching Google Scholar for the book titles in the first post of this series (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/2015/04/how-to-design-lab-part-1-of-series-of.html), we find the following …

GOOGLE SCHOLAR SEARCH STRINGS WITH NO. OF CITES

No. of Times Cited	Google Scholar Search String
15	Laboratory Design Guide Griffin
5	Laboratories: A Guide to Master Planning, Programming, Procurement, and Design Dahan
0	Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations DiBerardinis
0	Sustainable Laboratory Handbook: Design, Equipment, Operation Dittrich
2	Sustainable Design of Research Laboratories: Planning, Design, and Operation Stubbins
2	Laboratory Design, Construction, and Renovation: Participants, Process, and Product Comm. on Design, Construction and Renov. and Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology
9	Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories Watch
13	Laboratory Design Handbook Cooper
0	Laboratory Design: Establishing the Facility and Management Structure Sutton

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