This bibliography highlights the use and occurrence of mercury in natural history collections, along with information on the forms of mercury likely to be encountered in these collections. The annotations do not reflect the contents of the cited material as a whole, merely the references to mercury found in these publications. The compilers do not recommend any of the treatments given below, nor do they necessarily concur with the conclusions drawn by the authors cited here. Preparation of the bibliography was funded, in part, by a grant from the Institute of Museum Services.