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| History of Science and Technology |
This guide suggests resources for locating
information and materials on the history of science and
technology.
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Background
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Articles | Find
Books | People
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Background Information (Encyclopedias,
Dictionaries, and Bibliographies) |
Encyclopedias and other reference
works are an excellent place to start a research project or simply
learn more about a particular topic. They provide topic
summaries, context, and bibliographies for further
reading.
Applebaum, Wilbur (ed.) Encyclopedia of the scientific
revolution: from
copernicus to newton
R 509.403 En
197
Bud, Robert (ed.) Instruments of science: an historical
encyclopedia
R 502.84 In 7
Burns, William E. Science in the enlightenment: an
encyclopedia.
R 509.03 B9379s
Bynum, W. F. (ed.) Dictionary of the history of science.
R 509 D561
Frengren, Gary (ed.) The history of science and religion in
the western tradition: an encyclopedia R 291.175 H62979
Good, Gregory (ed.) Sciences of the earth: an encyclopedia of
events, people, and phenomena R 550.9 Sci 277 (2 volumes)
Lankford, John History of astronomy: an encyclopedia R
520.3 H629
Rothenburg, Marc History of science and technology in the
united
states: a critical and selective bibliography
509.73 R743h
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| Find Articles |
Search indexes, abstracts, and
databases to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
For a complete list of Kent Library's online indexes and
databases, see the Find:
articles page
(http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find historical/source
materials, use the following print sources:
American Historical Review, 1995
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor)
Applied Science and Technology Index, 1958
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor)
Book Review Digest, 1905+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor)
Book Review Index, 1965+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor)
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly
Journals, 1886-1974
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor)
Combined Retrospective Index to Journals in History, 1838 1974
(located in the
Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
Current Book Review Citations, 1976-1982
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor)
Essay and General Literature Index, 1900 -
(located
in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
Humanities Index, 1974
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor)
Index to Book reviews in Historical Periodicals, 1972
1977 (located in the
Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities, 1961
1990 (located in the
Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
International Index to Periodicals, 1907 1966
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
New York Times Book Review Index, 1876
1970 (located in the
Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
New York Times Index, 1851+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor)
Readers Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor)
To find recent articles and
scholarly/peer-reviewed articles use the following online
databases:
Academic Search
Premier (EBSCOHost)
America History & Life
(ABC-CLIO)
American Humanities Index
(EBSCOHost)
American Memory
(Library of Congress)
Article 1st
(FirstSearch)
Encyclopedia Britannica
(Britannica)
Historical Abstracts
(ABC-CLIO)
Jstor (Jstor)
MasterFILE Elite
(EBSCOHost)
Project Muse
(Johns Hopkins
University Press)
Proquest Research Library + Newspapers
(PROQUEST)
Wilson Omnifile
(H.W. Wilson)
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| Find Books |
Use the Kent Library
Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.html) to find
books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers),
videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you to
use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading
searches use Library of Congress subject headings. Printed volumes
of these headings are located near the Reference Desk on the main
floor. The history of science is not a subject
heading. One may use the following:
Science History
Technology History
These
headings may also be subdivided as in:
Science History Encyclopedias
Technology History United States
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Browse the shelves by call
number. Use the
Dewey
Decimal chart
(http://library.semo.edu/learn/guides/dewey100.shtml) to get you
in the right subject areas. Some titles with Dewey numbers
are listed below.
Asimov, Issac Adding a dimension; seventeen essays on the
history of science 508.1 As42a
Asimov, Issac Asimovs chronology of science and discovery
509 As42c
Clagett, Marshall (ed) Critical problems in the history of
science; proceedings institute for the history of science
university of
wisconsin
509 In7c
Fang, Lizhi From newtons laws to einsteins theory of
relativity 530.11 F214f
Gillispie, Charles Coulson The edge of objectivity; an essay
in the history of scientific ideas 509 G412e
Hall, A. Rupert A brief history of science 509 H14b
Hall, A. Rupert From galileo to
newton
509 H14f 1981
Hogben, Lancelot The beginnings of science 509 H679b
MacLachlan, James Children of prometheus: a history of
science and technology 509 M22c 1989
Parkinson, Claire Breakthroughs: a chronology of great
achievements in science and mathematics, 1200 1930
509 P229b
Silver, Brian L The ascent of science 303.483 Si39a
Waller, John Einsteins luck: the truth behind some of the
greatest scientific discoveries 509 W1566e
Webster, Charles From paracelsus to
newton: magic and the
making of modern science
509.031 W392f
Westaway, F. W. The endless quest: three thousand years of
science 509 W521
Westfall, Richard The construction of modern science:
mechanisms and mechanics 531.09032 W526c
Wilson, Mitchell American science and invention: a pictorial
history 509 W695a
Woolf, Harry (ed) The analytic spirit : essays in the history
of science
in honor of Henry Guerlac
509 An13
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| People |
Learn about important people, such as
authors, researchers & historical figures related to this
topic or field.
Delmann, Howard B Marcello malpighi and the evolution of embroyology Q 591. 33 Ad33m (5 volumes)
Anderson, Margaret Jean Carl linnaeus: father of
classification Y 925.8 L649a
Bolton, Sarah Knowles Famous men of science 920 B639
Bowler, Peter J Charles darwin: the man and his influence
575.0092 D259b
Folsing, Albrecht Albert einstein: a biography 530.092
Ei68f
Geiser, Samuel Wood Naturalists of the frontier 925.9
G278
Gillispie, Charles Coulson (ed) Dictionary of scientific
biography R 925 D561
Gribbin, John R The scientists: a history of science told
through the lives of its greatest inventors 509.22 G8711s
Henig, Robin Marantz The monk in the garden: the lost and
found genius of gregor mendel, the father of genetics
576.5092 M5222h
Holmes, Frederic Lawrence Lavoisier and the chemistry of
life: an exploration of scientific creativity 574.1920924
L395h
Keyes, Richard Darwin The beagle record: selections from the
original pictorial records and written accounts of the voyage of
h.m.s.
beagle
500.98 B359
Olby, Robert C Early nineteenth century european scientists
509.22 Ol1e
Wilson, Leonard G Charles lyell, the years to 1841: the
revolution in geology 551. 0924 W695c
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| Organizations |
Professional organizations and/or
societies often provide very useful topic related
information.
Charles Babbage Institute: Center for the History of Information
Technology (http://www.cbi.umn.edu)
History of Science Society
(http://www.hssonline.org)
Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies
(http://isis.hampshire.edu)
Society for the History of Technology
(Http://www.shot.edu)
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| Web
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Center for History of Physics American Institute of Physics
(http://www.Aip.org/history/)
Echo: Center for the History of Science, Technology, and
Industry
(http://echo.gmu.edu/center/)
Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
(http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/)
4000 Years of Women in Science
(http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html)
History of Science, Technology and Medicine
(http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hstm/hstm_ove.htm)
Internet History of Science Sourcebook
(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sciences/sciencesbook.html)
Internet Resources for History of Science and Technology
(http://www.lib.udel.edu/subj/hsci/internet.htm)
Jesuits and the Sciences: 1540 1995
(http://www.luc.edu/libraries/science/jesuits/)
Max
Planck Institute for the History of Science
(http://mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/ENGLHOME.HTM)
Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
(http://mhs.ox.ac.uk)
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