Library Guides: HIST 17514; HIPS 18504; SOC 20526: Science, Culture, and Society III: the Computational Life: Articles and Journals

Science Databases with Historical Content

ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library offers full text articles and conference proceedings on computer science topics back to 1950.
ACM Digital Library offers citations and full-text articles from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) journals and newsletter articles, as well as conference proceedings. ACM is a widely recognized premier membership organization for computing professionals. Limit of 3 simultaneous user(s).
EI Engineering Village (1884-1969) This link opens in a new window
Historical abstracts of engineering journals, conferences, books and technical reports back to 1884.
Abstracts over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences, and technical reports. Subjects covered include nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields.
History of Science, Technology, & Medicine This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic database of journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine 1969-present.
Bibliographic database of journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields. Updated quarterly. 1975-present.
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers journals, transactions, and proceedings back from 1882 to present.
Provides access to all IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) journals, transactions, and magazines, and to The Proceedings of the IEEE. Disciplines include computing, telecommunications, power, and dozens of others.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary science and social science article database with coverage back to 1970. Includes citation linking.
Scopus is an interdisciplinary, bibliographic database that indexes the contents of more than 29,000 journals in the physical sciences, engineering, earth and environmental sciences, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology, business, and management.

Scopus also features cited references and can be searched for articles that cite a specific article.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database of articles and conference proceedings. Includes coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage available from 1900. Offers citation linking.
Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers over 10,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 110,000 conference proceedings. You'll find current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage available to 1900. Includes the Science Citation Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Web of Science is especially useful for its citation linking.

History Databases

Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers the history of the world (excluding U.S. and Canada) 1450 to the present.
Historical Abstracts is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.

(Description taken from EBSCO website.)
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
America: History & Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present.
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic coverage of books and official publications, archives, and articles published in journals, magazines and newspapers. Years of coverage: 1790-1919.
The Nineteenth Century Index (C19 Index) draws on the strength of indexes such as the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index, Palmer's, and Periodicals Index Online, along with full-text resources, to create integrated bibliographic coverage of books and official publications, archives, and articles published in journals, magazines and newspapers. Years of coverage: 1790-1919. Collections expand with each release of the database.

General Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This database includes full text for over 4,500 publications as well as images, for nearly every academic field of study.
This database includes full text for over 4,500 publications as well as images, for nearly every academic field of study. Full text coverage is especially strong in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion, and theology. In addition there are over 8,200 abstracted and indexed journals, over 7,000 of which are peer-reviewed.
Articles Plus This link opens in a new window
Articles Plus allows simultaneous searching of a broad range of articles, books, book reviews, and other collections, including hundreds of the Library's article databases.
Articles Plus allows simultaneous searching of a broad range of articles, books, book reviews, and other collections, including:
Hundreds of the Librarys article databases
Over 40,000 journals and periodicals
The University of Chicago Library catalog
Digitized collections of documents and images from many organizations
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic coverage of books and official publications, archives, and articles published in journals, magazines and newspapers. Years of coverage: 1790-1919.
The Nineteenth Century Index (C19 Index) draws on the strength of indexes such as the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index, Palmer's, and Periodicals Index Online, along with full-text resources, to create integrated bibliographic coverage of books and official publications, archives, and articles published in journals, magazines and newspapers. Years of coverage: 1790-1919. Collections expand with each release of the database.

Journals

Annals of Science
Annals of Science covers the history of science, technology, and medicine, as well as developments since classical antiquity
British Journal for the History of Science
The British Journal for the History of Science publishes scholarly papers and review articles on all aspects of the history of science, including the history of medicine, technology and social studies of science.
ISIS
Isis features articles, research notes and commentary on the history of science, medicine, and technology, and their cultural influences.
Perspectives on Science
Perspectives on Science publishes science studies that integrate historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives.
Science in Context
Science in Context is devoted to the study of the sciences from the points of view of comparative epistemology and historical sociology of scientific knowledge.
Science, Technology and Human Values
Science, Technology, & Human Values publishes research, analysis, and commentary on the development and dynamics of science and technology, including their relationship to politics, society and culture.
Social Studies of Science
Social Studies of Science publishes research on science, technology and medicine.
Technology and Culture
Technology and Culture publishes articles and research notes relating to the history of technology by scholars from a wide range of intellectual disciplines.