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Home > Research Help > History of Science > Databases
This is a list of article indexes, article databases, electronic journals, and other materials that are noteworthy because they cover a wide range of dates. This list includes also includes patents. For a complete list of databases and other resources by subject, please see the library's Databases page.
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| | Digital Dissertations | 1861+ | | | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine -- Describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, medicine, and allied historical fields. The database integrates four bibliographies: Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (Technology and Culture), Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza, and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. | 1975+ | | | Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (IBZ) -- Indexes a large number of European periodicals and covers basic research from all fields, particularly humanities and social sciences.
| 1985+ | AI 9 .B5
Gen Ref | | JSTOR -- This is a multidisciplinary collection of complete digitized back runs of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues. New titles and disciplines are added regularly. | 1600's - a few years ago | | | Poole's index to periodical literature -- An index to articles in American and English periodicals of all subjects.
| 1802 - 1906 | AI 3 .P7 1938
Gen Ref | | Reader's Guide Retrospective -- Popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, reflecting the history of 20th century America. Indexes a large number of European periodicals and covers basic research from all fields, particularly humanities and social sciences. | 1890-1982 | | |
| | NASA ADS (Astrophysics Data System) -- ADS provides access to more than 2 million abstracts in astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, physics and geophysics, and the arXiv.org preprints in astronomy. For the titles and dates of journals covered, go to ADS Article Service. | From volume 1 of most journals | NASA ADS | | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) -- Collection contains NASA aerospace information, such as research reports, journal articles, conference and meeting papers, technical videos, mission-related operational documents, and preliminary data. | 1900+ | NTRS | |
| | Beilstein | 1789+ | | | Chemical Abstracts -- Sources include journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, books, and more. Includes all related indexes. | 1907 - 2003 | QD1 .A51
Sci Ref | | Royal Society of Chemistry -- A full-text archive. | 1841 - 1996 | | | SciFinder Scholar (Chem Abs online) -- Searches can be done by by topic, author, registry or abstract numbers, patent number, chemical name, chemical structure, or molecular formula. Also searches MEDLINE. | 1907+, and selected pre-1907 works | | |
| | Atomic Energy Collection (Oregon State University) -- This collection contains more than 3,000 items on the development of nuclear technologies in the 20th century.
The collection includes the first published account of the discovery of radioactivity in 1896 by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Henri Becquerel; materials concerning the congressional hearings of J. Robert Oppenheimer; declassified government reports; and cultural aspects of the atomic age through fictional works, poetry, drama, and music. | That era and related | Atomic Energy Collection | | Compendex -- Excellent general engineering database. | 1884+ | | | Patents | 1790+ | Use the patent literature to trace the development of technology.
A patent is granted to an inventor by the U.S. Government "'to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the [U.S.] or importing the invention into [U.S.]'" for a limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted. Go to our Patents and Trademarks page to search for images, some full text, non-U.S. patents, and more. | | Science Abstracts -- The pre-INSPEC print set of abstracts in physics and electrical engineering. | 1898 - 1969 | QC1 .S3
Sci Ref | | GeoRef -- American Geological Institute's geoscience database with more than 2.2 million records of North America and other areas of the world. | North America 1785+; world 1933+ | | | MathSciNet -- Citation information, abstracts, and reviews for much of the world's mathematical literature. | 1940+ | | | Zentralblatt MATH -- The world's oldest abstracting and reviewing service for pure and applied mathematics. | 1868+ | Zentralblatt MATH | | MEDLINE -- The bibliographic portion of PubMed, called MEDLINE, includes articles about the history of medicine. To limit your search to just those, choose LIMITS, and under SUBSETS, choose "History of Medicine." | ~1950+ | PubMed | | INSPEC Archive -- The literature in physics, electrical engineering, and other fields. (INSPEC itself covers 1969+). | 1898 - 1968 | | | PROLA (Physical Review Online Library -- The full text of PR from volume 1. | 1893 - 2000 | PROLA (1893 - 2000) | | PsycINFO -- Professional literature for psychology and related disciplines. | 1887+ | | | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine -- The History of Science, Technology, and Medicine database covers 1975 to the present and is updated quarterly. It describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields | All | | | Royal Society of London, Catalogue of Scientific Papers -- Includes mechanics pure mathematics, physics, and other topics. | 1800 - 1900 | Z7403 .R88
Sci Ref | | Science in the Nineteenth Century Periodical Index -- This index provides a synopsis of the material relating to science, technology, and medicine appearing in 16 general periodicals published in Britain between 1800 and 1900. Entries describe ~7,500 articles and reference 5,500+ individuals, 2,000 publications, and 1,000 institutions. | 1800 - 1900 | Sci Per |
History of Science and Technology Librarian:
Sue Vazakas, svazakas@jhu.edu, 410-516-4153 Last revised: September 26, 2007 |
