Penn State University Libraries - History of Science

Note: Full-text may only be available for selected years

Annals of Science. (An international review of the history of science and technology since the renaissance)  

The British Journal for the History of Science   

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science   

Philosophy of Science  

Proceedings: Biological Sciences 1990-1997 
Preceded by: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 1905-1990, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 1854-1905, Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London 1843-1854, Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1800-1843 

Proceedings: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 1996-1997.     Preceded by: Proceedings: Mathematical and Physical Sciences 1905-1995, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 1854-1905, Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London 1843-1854, Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1800-1843

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1915-1999.   

PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association.   

Science 1880-1996.      Recent issues of science are in Proquest

Science & Education  

Science News   

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science   

Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics  

Technology & Culture  

Reference Books for the Historian of Science: a Handlist. Call # Z7405.H6J4, Life Sciences Reference Collection, 4th Floor Paterno Library

Reader's Guide to the History of Science. Call # Q125.R335 2000, Arts and Humanities Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Pattee Library. Contains essays highlighting significant works on over 900 topics, including Gender and Science, prominent scientists, and science in specific countries/regions

Sources for the History of Science, 1660-1914. Call # Q125.K57, Life Sciences Library, 4th Floor Paterno. There are two copies, one in Life Sciences Reference and one in the stacks

BIBLIOGRAPHIES contain lists of resources, often books, on a topic.

Examples include:

ISIS Cumulative Bibligraphy: a Bibliography of the History of Science Formed from ISIS Critical Bibliographies 1-90, 1913-65. Call # Z7405.H6I2, Life Sciences Reference, 4th Floor Paterno Library. Additional bibliographies cover the years from 1965-1995, and are shelved in the same section. After 1975 the bibliography can be searched online as part of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine database.

Medieval Science and Technology: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. Call # Q124.97.K74 1985, Life Sciences Library, 4th Floor Paterno.

Morton's Medical Bibliography: An Annotated Check-list of Texts Illustrating the History of Medicine. Call #R131.M67 1991, Life Sciences Library, 4th Floor Paterno. Latest edition in the Reference Collection

The Scientific Revolution: An Annotated Bibliography. Call # Q125.J39 1996, Life Sciences Library, 4th Floor Paterno

To locate a bibliography on your topic try a keyword search in The CAT using your subject term and the word bibliography. It typically works best if you use more general topics, e.g. history of medicine and bibliography, enlightenment and bibliography, etc...

Dictionary of Concepts in the Philosophy of Science. UP Call # Q174.7.D87 1988, Life Sciences, 4th Floor Paterno Library

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. UP Call # Q123.M34 1994, Life Sciences Reference, 4th Floor Paterno Library;  Q123.M15 2003, Engineering Library, 325 Hammond Building

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in non-western Cultures. UP Call # Q124.8.E53 1997, Physical Sciences Library, 230 Davey Laboratory

The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: an Encyclopedia.  UP Call # BL 245.H57 2000, Arts & Humanities Ready Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee Library

Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery

Timetables of Science a Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. UP Call # Q125.H557 1988, Life Sciences, 4th Floor Paterno Library. Also, Physical Sciences Library, 230 Davey Lab

The library has acquired a number of collections containing texts of significant works in the history of science, technology, and medicine. Some of these are not searchable in The CAT and require the use of printed guides to determine what is available.  Unless otherwise noted, all are located in the News and Microforms Library, Ground Floor, West Pattee.

Landmarks of Science: I
Call # Microprint .L35. Guide: Z7401.L3 A collection of thousands of important works in the history of science. Contains first editions of significant works in all fields, from the beginning of printing up to the early 20th Century

Landmarks of Science: II
Call # MICRO 4 LNDM. Expands on Landmarks of Science I, adding titles overlooked in the first series

Early American Imprints, 1639-1800
Call # A microcard collection with the texts of works published on all topics in the United States from 1639-1800. A CD-ROM index can be searched in the Arts and Humanities Library, 2nd Floor Pattee

Franklin Institute and the Making of Industrial America
Call Micro 4 FRANK. Guide: T1.F82F724 1987. Contains microfiche reproductions of a sampling of documents and photographs from the Franklin Institute relating to the organization's role in industrial America

Internet History of Science Sourcebook
Provides links to source documents in the history of science

Manuscripta: Microfilms of rare and out-of-print books: List 81: History of science, 16th to 19th century, no. 1-137. Call # Microfilm D67. Microfilm of originals in the library of the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France

Manuscripta: Microfilms of rare and out-of-print books : List 76: History of science and mathematics, no. 1-27. Call # Microfilm D61. Microfilm of originals in the library at Les Fontaines, Chantilly, France

Manuscripta: Microfilms of rare and out-of-print books : List 55: History of mathematics, no. 1-52. Call # Microfilm D53. Microfilm of originals in the Vatican Library

Records of the Committee on Arts and Sciences of the Franklin Institute, 1824-1900, Call # Microfilm A112, Guide: T1.F825M23

General sites that provide starting points for research

Penn State's Science, Technology, and Society Program

H-Sci-Med-Tech.
A discussion list for those in the field. The Web site also contains a list of links to Internet sites

ECHO Gateway for the History of Science, Technology, and Industry
A portal to thousands of websites

History of Science Society

Internet History of Science Sourcebook.
Provides links to source documents in the history of science

Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)

U.S. Graduate Programs in the History of Science. See also: Academic Programs in the History of Science around the World

National Library of Medicine. History of Medicine Division.

Wellcome Library

Services for History Students, Faculty and Researchers

History Department (UP)