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History of Science

Librarian:
Elizabeth Bennett
Office: Firestone B-10-P
Phone: 609-258-0496

Core Resources

Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of science and technology and allied fields. Coverage includes all languages in which these materials are published.
Indexes books and journal articles on the history of the world (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Note: Print predecessor Writings on American History covering 1904-1954 is in Firestone's General & Humanities Reference (DR) Z1236.L331.
Indexes books and journal articles on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography  (Classical antiquity to modern times)
Thousands of biographies of deceased mathematicians and natural scientists from all regions and historical periods.

Important Resources

Biographical dictionary of the significant players in the physical, biological and related sciences. Each edition includes biographical entries on approximately 120,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses for each entrant where available.
General science and technology articles from English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere; non-English language articles are included if English abstracts are provided.
Medline (PubMed)  (1879+)  
Service of the National Library of Medicine, includes citations for biomedical articles.
Nineteenth Century Masterfile  (Nineteenth Century+)  
Combines various general, scientific, religious, psychological, and legal indexes covering the nineteenth century.
Digital edition of Christoph Jakob Trew's collection of scientific correspondence, an important resource for the history of science and medicine in 17th and 18th century Europe.
Web of Science (ISI)  (Sciences (1900+), Social Sciences (1898+), and Arts and Humanities (1975+).)  
Multidisciplinary index to journal literature in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Offers the option to find cited references, which are the authors lists of articles used in their research.

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