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History of Science

Background Information | Journal Articles | Books & Videos

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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] Campus/Remote
	Guide to Reference (ALA) A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline... [more info] Campus/Remote
	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] Campus/Remote

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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] Campus/Remote
	Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) An index with abstracts to more than 2000 periodicals on world history from 1450 to the present ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	History of Science, Technology and Medicine (OCLC) Describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and... [more info] Campus/Remote
	WilsonWeb OmniFile (HW Wilson) An index with abstracts and some full text covering all subjects, including humanities and social sciences... [more info] Campus/Remote

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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] Campus/Remote
	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] Campus/Remote

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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] Internet

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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] Campus/Remote

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Primary Sources

	JSTOR Full online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics... [more info] Campus/Remote
	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] Campus/Remote

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This page last reviewed by P. Hardesty on 08/06/2008