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The History and philosophy of science collection supports research in the history of science, the philosophy of science, and the cultural context of the natural and social sciences.

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Recommended Resources (All Resources: 32 databases | 1 e-journal )

• Academic search premier (EBSCO)

  
  

  Coverage:

  Inclusive coverage: 1984 to present.
  "The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database"--About page. It also includes indexing and abstracts for additional periodicals.

• Complete work of Charles Darwin online

  
  
  Contains Darwin's complete publications and many of his handwritten manuscripts, including thousands of images, with Darwin bibliography and manuscript catalogue. Also includes reviews, obituaries and descriptions of the Beagle specimens.

• History of science, technology, and medicine

  
  
  Provides bibliographic descriptions of journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.

• JSTOR

  
  

• PCI full text (see Periodicals archive online) - Full text searchable collection of 350+ journals

  
  

• Periodicals Archive Online (formerly: PCI Full Text)

  
  

  Coverage:

  Beginning thru 1995.
  Full text searchable journal collection of 350+ periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences (a subset of Periodicals index online). See Periodicals index online for more extensive indexing and links to selected full text articles.

• Philosopher's index

  
  

  Coverage:

  1940-
  Provides indexing and abstracts of books and journals on philosophy and related fields (ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, etc.).

• Web of science

  
  

  Coverage:

  1900-
  "... accesses multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. The databases are indexed so you can search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work."--Tutorial screen.More about Web of Science

Other History and Philosophy of Science Resources

Organizations: Libraries

Formats: Dissertations and theses · Electronic books and texts · Electronic journals · Manuscripts

Research tools: Bibliographies · Biographies · Catalogs · Encyclopedias · Government publications · Guides and finding aids · Indexes and abstracts

E-Journal Collections: Springer LINK

Genres: Collected works · Drama · Fiction · Poetry