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History of Science


Background Information | Journal Articles | Books & Videos


Images | Newspapers | Primary Sources

Background Information

 
AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online (McGraw-Hill)
Encylopedia articles, illustrations, definitions, biographies, bibliographies, and learning resources ... [more info]
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Guide to Reference (ALA)
A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline... [more info]
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History Resource Center: World (Gale)
A comprehensive collection of reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, primary sources, and images, maps and charts... [more info]
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Journal Articles

 
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
This is a great source for background information on any number of topics including history of science [more info]
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Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
An index with abstracts to more than 2000 periodicals on world history from 1450 to the present ... [more info]
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History of Science, Technology and Medicine (OCLC)
Describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and... [more info]
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WilsonWeb OmniFile (HW Wilson)
An index with abstracts and some full text covering all subjects, including humanities and social sciences... [more info]
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Books & Videos

 
AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online (McGraw-Hill)
Encylopedia articles, illustrations, definitions, biographies, bibliographies, and learning resources ... [more info]
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LEO Library Catalog (JMU)
Search the JMU library catalog for books, videos, or microfilm. [more info]
Internet
WorldCat (OCLC)
Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]
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Images

 
American Memory (Library of Congress)
Digitized collections of primary source materials at the Library of Congress on American history and culture... [more info]
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Newspapers

 
New York Times: Historical (ProQuest)
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 3 years ago... [more info]
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Primary Sources

 
JSTOR
Full online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics... [more info]
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U.S. Congressional Serial Set Digital Edition (Readex)
  An incomparably rich collection of primary source material on all aspects of American history originating from Congress and other federal agencies... [more info]
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