History of Technology Resources
Available on the Internet via ICE
Topics
Journals, Essays, and Newsletters
Periodical Indexes, Library Catalogs, and
Special Collections
Images and Videos
Email Discussion Forums
Bibliography of Printed Books
Timelines - History of Science and
Technology; Geologic
Other Resource Sites
Topics
Journals, Essays, and Newsletters
Periodical Indexes, Library Catalogs,
Special Collections, and Projects
- American
Memory Project, Library of
Congress. Will convert archival collections in American culture
and history to electronic form.
- The
Art of Renaissance Science - Galileo and Perspective
- Open Book Project, Yale University. Will create digital images
from microfilmed versions of 10,000 books.
- Edison Papers editorial
material from the microfilm and book editions, including some
images and maps; a chronology of Edison's life, the text of Rutger's
motion picture catalog edition, lists of Edison's patents, and
an annotated list of the companies he founded or with which he
was associated. It also contains a searchable version of our
database of 80,000 documents and 14,000 names, covering Edison's
life up to 1898
- Eureka's History of Science
and Technology Index (PASSWORD REQUIRED)
- History
of Science: Archives, Libraries, and Institutions
- Hytelnet
- a directory of Telnet sessions to library catalogs world-wide
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab,
includes archives
- Making
of America Project, Cornell University. The Making of America
Project will digitize over 100,000 volumes between 1860 and 1960
that document the development of the infrastructure, transportation,
communications, and built environment of the United States.
- Microscope
- History of the Light Microscope includes 70 images.
- Project
Gutenberg Collection of Electronic Books.
- Science
Museum Library - London world-wide mail order and photocopying
service; indexes History of Technology periodicals
- Uncover is an
online article delivery service, a table of contents database,
and a keyword index to nearly 17,000 periodicals since 1989.
Sample journals indexed include American Heritage of Invention
& Technology, and Technology and Culture.
- Women:
History of Women & Science, Health & Technology: A Bibliography
Images and Videos
Email Discussion Forums
Bibliography of Printed Books
- The Builders: Marvels of Engineering (1992). Washington,
D.C. National Geographic Society. Great pictures.
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Science and Technology Department.
1993 Science and Technology Desk Reference: 1,500 Answers to
Frequently-Asked or Difficult-to-Answer Questions. USA: Gale
Research. Engr Reference Handbooks Q 121 S41
- Conway, Jill Ker, ed. (1992). Written by Herself: Autobiography
of American Women. New York: Vintage Books. Contains autobiographies
of many important women, including science and technology.
- Hughes, Thomas. Networks of Power.
- Marvin, Carolyn (1988). When Old Technologies Were New:
Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth
Century. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Marx, Leo (1964). The Machine in the Garden: Technology
and the Pastoral Ideal in America. New York: Oxford University
Press.
- Petroski, Henry (1994) Design Paradigms: Case Histories
of Error and Judgement in Engineering. USA: Cambridge University
Press. Engr Library Ta 174 .P473x 1994.
- Petroski, Henry (1985). To Engineer is Human: the Role
of Failure in Succesful Design. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Engr TA 174 P49.
- Stephens, John H. (1976). Towers, Bridges, and Other Structures.
New York: Sterling Publishing. Engr Reference Handbooks TA
19 S83 1976.
Timelines: History of Science and
Technology; Geologic
Other Resource Sites