About Instant Reference Sources, Inc.

 Instant Reference Sources, Inc., a company chartered in the State of Texas. Instant Reference Sources, Inc. has produced electronic publications continuously since 1986. These are referenced on our Publications List Page.

Instant Reference Sources is a small woman-owned business and it is also one of the oldest electronic book publishers in existance. In 1985 Dr. Larry Keith decided to convert a chemical protective clothing (CPC) database into a publishable format so that it could be accessed inexpensively throughout the world. It became one of the world's first "electronic books" under the title of Chemical Permeation and Degradation Database and Selection Guide for Resistant Protective Materials. However, the established publishers of the world didn't know how to produce and market an electronic book. Thus, the electronic book was rejected by every publisher approached even though Dr. Keith had already successfully published books with the American Chemical Society (ACS), Academic Press, Lewis Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, and Butterworth Publishers.. With no other recourse, Larry and Virginia Keith founded a new publication company, Instant Reference Sources Inc., dedicated to publishing electronic books and databases.

The first edition of the CPC electronic book, published in the summer of 1986, contained about 3,500 test results on about 100 gloves with about 250 chemicals. It ran on IBM and compatible computers using DOS 2.0. This work has been published continuously since that time and updates are made to it every few years. Other publications over the years may be accessed from our Publications List Page.

Protecting Our Children is our newest publication.

Now, with Dr. Keith as the President and CEO of the company, we are increasing our emphasis of other service areas in addition to publishing. With his 35+ years in environmental sampling and analysis, including extensive writing and training about QA/QC issues, Performance Based Measurement Systems (PBMS), and EPA's Data Quality Objective (DQO) process, we are offering additional services that include expert witness testimony, training, and consulting.

You may contact the publishers at the following addresses:

Dr. Lawrence H. Keith, President and CEO
-or -
Mrs. Virginia H. Keith, Vice President

Instant Reference Sources, Inc.
890 Providence Club Dr.
Monroe, GA 30656

Phone: 770-267-7758 - or - 1-800-301-0359
Fax: 253-595-7268
Email: larrykeith@earthlink.net