Red Book, Redbook or Redbooks may refer to:

Political pamphlets

* '' The Little Red Book of Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung'' * ''Red Book'' (Liberal Party of Canada), policy platform for the 1993 election * Red Book (Albania), memorandum for the autonomy of Albania * The ''

Charter of the Malagasy Socialist Revolution The Charter of the Malagasy Socialist Revolution (french: Charte de la Révolution Socialiste Malagasy) was the guiding document of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, established by the "Red Admiral" Didier Ratsiraka, President of Madagascar an ...

'' (the ''Red Book'', Malagasy: ''Boky Mena''), published in 1975

Reference books and standards

Medicine and health care

* ''

AAP Red Book The '' AAP Red Book'', or ''Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an American professional association of pediatricians, headquartered in Itasca, Illin ...

'', pediatric infectious diseases * Personal Child Health Record, used by the National Health Service of the United Kingdom * ''Red Book'', a drug reference published by

Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters Corporation ( ) is a Canadian multinational media conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where it is headquartered at the Bay Adelaide Centre. Thomson Reuters was created by the Thomson Corpora ...

* ''Red Book'', nickname for the Statement of Fees and Allowances, adopted by the UK

General medical services General medical services (GMS) is the range of healthcare that is provided by general practitioners (GPs or family doctors) as part of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The NHS specifies what GPs, as independent contractors, are e ...

in 1990 and abolished in 2004 * ''Red Book'', US guide to prescription medicines published by Thomson, including data such as

average wholesale price In the United States, the average wholesale price (AWP) is a prescription drug term referring to the average price for medications offered at the wholesale level. The metric was originally intended to convey real pricing information to third-party ...

Science and computers

IUPAC Red Book Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, IUPAC Recommendations 2005 is the 2005 version of ''Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry'' (which is informally called the Red Book). It is a collection of rules for naming inorganic compounds, as recommended by ...

, nomenclature of inorganic chemistry *

IUPAP The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP ) is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics, and to help in the ...

Red Book, of symbols, units, nomenclature, and fundamental constants in physics * ''Red Book'', alternate name for ''

NTIA Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the President's principal adviser on telecommunications policies pertaining to the United States' ec ...

'', technical regulations relating to electromagnetic frequency spectrum * ''Red Book'', a series of recommendations published by the CCITT (now

ITU-T The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is one of the three sectors (divisions or units) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is responsible for coordinating standards for telecommunications and Information Commu ...

) in 1956–1964, and in 1984 * ''Red Book'', a British computer networking protocol from the 1980s, one of the

Coloured Book The Coloured Book protocols were a set of communication protocols for computer networks developed in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. The name originated with each protocol being identified by the colour of the cover of its specification document. ...

standards * ''Red Book'', a.k.a. ''Trusted Network Interpretation'', part of the

Rainbow Series The Rainbow Series (sometimes known as the Rainbow Books) is a series of computer security standards and guidelines published by the United States government in the 1980s and 1990s. They were originally published by the U.S. Department of Defens ...

by the National Computer Security Center * Red Book, American name for one of the

Japanese naval codes The vulnerability of Japanese naval codes and ciphers was crucial to the conduct of World War II, and had an important influence on foreign relations between Japan and the west in the years leading up to the war as well. Every Japanese code was e ...

during World War II * ''The Red Book'', alternate name for the 8th edition of the ''

OpenGL OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. The API is typically used to interact with a graphics processing unit (GPU), to achieve hardwa ...

Programming Guide'' * ''The Red Book'', alternate name for the 3rd edition of the ''

PostScript PostScript (PS) is a page description language in the electronic publishing and desktop publishing realm. It is a dynamically typed, concatenative programming language. It was created at Adobe Systems by John Warnock, Charles Geschke, Doug Br ...

Language Reference'' * ''The Red Book'', one of the ''

Rainbow Books The Rainbow Books are a collection of CD format specifications. ''Red Book'' (1980) *CD-DA (''Digital Audio'') – standardized as IEC 60908 **CD-Text—a 1996 extension to CD-DA ** CD-MIDI—part of the original red-book standard **CD+G (' ...

'', outlining the standard for

Compact Disc Digital Audio Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs. The standard is defined in the ''Red Book'', one of a series of Rainbow Books (named fo ...

, originally produced in 1980 by the format's joint creators, Sony and Philips

Other reference books and standards

*''Red Book'', nickname for ''

A Guide Book of United States Coins ''A Guide Book of United States Coins (The Official Red Book)'', first compiled by R. S. Yeoman in 1946, is a price guide for coin collectors of coins of the United States dollar, commonly known as the Red Book. Along with its sister publicatio ...

'' by R. S. Yeoman, an overview and pricing guide * ''Red Book'', US guide for risk assessment by

National Research Council National Research Council may refer to: * National Research Council (Canada), sponsoring research and development * National Research Council (Italy), scientific and technological research, Rome * National Research Council (United States), part of ...

* ''Red Books'', plans for landscape gardens by British designer

Humphry Repton Humphry Repton (21 April 1752 – 24 March 1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown; he also sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of ...

* ''Redbooks'', alternative name for firefighter training manuals published by the

International Fire Service Training Association International Fire Service Training Association is an association of fire service personnel who are dedicated to upgrading fire fighting and other emergency response techniques and safety through training. The mission of IFSTA is to identify areas ...

* ''The Red Book'', alternate name for the ''

RICS The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a global professional body for surveyors, founded in London in 1868. It works at a cross-governmental level, and aims to promote and enforce the highest international standards in the val ...

Appraisal and Valuation Standards'', the professional guidelines for real estate valuers in the United Kingdom * ''The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style'' by

Bryan A. Garner Bryan Andrew Garner (born 1958) is an American lawyer, lexicographer, and teacher who has written more than two dozen books about English usage and style such as ''Garner's Modern English Usage'' for a general audience, and others for legal profe ...

* AAUP Policy Documents and Reports, a.k.a. the Redbook, by the

American Association of University Professors The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is an organization of professors and other academics in the United States. AAUP membership includes over 500 local campus chapters and 39 state organizations. The AAUP's stated mission is ...

Iowa Official Register The Iowa Official Register, also called the Redbook or Red Book, is a publication of the State of Iowa. It contains mini-biographies and photos of Iowa's elected and appointed officials, records of elections, essays on selected topics in Iowa hist ...

, a biannual publication of Iowa government and history * ''Red Book'', a model contract for construction by the '' Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseil'' (FIDIC)

Lists of endangered entities

Red Book of Endangered Species The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biologi ...

, international listing (since 1948) * ''

The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire ''The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire'' is a book about the small nations of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and Russia and some other post-Soviet states of today. It was published in Estonian in 1991 and in English in 2001. T ...

'' (1991) * ''

Red Book of Endangered Languages The UNESCO ''Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger'' is an online publication containing a comprehensive list of the world's endangered languages. It originally replaced the ''Red Book of Endangered Languages'' as a title in print after a ...

'', a comprehensive list of the world's languages facing extinction (2009) * ''

Red Book of Ukraine The ''Red Data Book of Ukraine'', or literally the ''Red Book of Ukraine'' ( uk, Червона книга України, Chervona knyha Ukrayiny), is an official national red list of the threatened animals, plants and fungi that are protected by t ...

'', a list of endangered animals and plants that live in Ukraine

Manuscripts

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Red Book of the Exchequer The Red Book of the Exchequer (''Liber Rubeus'' or ''Liber ruber Scaccarii'') is a 13th-century manuscript compilation of precedents and office memoranda of the English Exchequer. It contains additional entries and annotations down to the 18th cen ...

'', a 13th-century manuscript in England * ''

Red Book of Hergest The ''Red Book of Hergest'' ( cy, Llyfr Coch Hergest, Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111) is a large vellum manuscript written shortly after 1382, which ranks as one of the most important medieval manuscripts written in the Welsh language. It preser ...

'', a medieval Welsh manuscript * ''The Red Book'' (Jung), manuscript of Carl Gustav Jung * ''Red Book of Clanranald'', on clan history, literature, and poems * '' Red Book of Munster'' (), a lost c. 1400 Irish genealogical work by Murchadh Ó Cuindlis * ''

Red Book of Ossory The ''Red Book of Ossory'' is a medieval manuscript produced in Kilkenny, Ireland, and kept in St Canice's Cathedral. The manuscript contains a number of texts in Latin and in Anglo-Norman. The sixth gathering of the MS contains the ''Proverbes de ...

'', produced in Kilkenny, Ireland, a medieval manuscript * Another name for the , which sought to reintroduce elements of Catholic liturgy during the Swedish liturgical struggle

Music

* ''Red Book'' (album), a 2005 album by Texas

Other uses

* Harvard Redbook, a 1945 report on the role of general education in American secondary schools * ''

Redbook ''Redbook'' is an American women's magazine that is published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the " Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines. It ceased print publication as of January 2019 and now operates an article-comprise ...

'', an American women's magazine * ''

Red Book of Westmarch The ''Red Book of Westmarch'' (sometimes the ''Thain's Book'' after its principal version) is a fictional manuscript written by hobbits, related to the author J. R. R. Tolkien's frame stories. It is an instance of the found manuscript conceit ...

'', a fictional manuscript written by Hobbits, a conceit of author J. R. R. Tolkien * ''The Red Book'' (film), 1994 experimental film *

Red Book (C&S) The Red Book is a trademark of Gamestuff Inc and an unauthorized edition of ''Chivalry & Sorcery'' (C&S) role playing game. Its name comes from the red cover of the official first edition. All successive Red Book editions took the same design. Ed ...

, nickname for the first edition of the ''Chivalry & Sorcery'' role-playing game * ''Red Book of Varieties and Schemes'', lecture notes by mathematician

David Mumford David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry and then for research into vision and pattern theory. He won the Fields Medal and was a MacArthur Fellow. In 2010 he was awarded t ...

on the theory of schemes * The

Beige Book The Beige Book, more formally called the Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions, is a report published by the United States Federal Reserve Board eight times a year. The report is published in advance of meetings of the Federal Open ...

, a report on the state of the US economy by the United States Federal Reserve Board, known as the Red Book from 1970 to 1983 * the annual UK Parliament budgetary report, the Financial Statement and Budget Report (FSBR)