HSTS 425: History of the Life Sciences

Find Books OSU Library Catalog
Summit Catalog (searches OR/WA libraries)
WorldCat (searches libraries throughout the world) 
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Journal Articles

Academic Search Premier secondary source articles for all fields.

America: History & Life secondary source articles for the History field.

JSTOR primary and secondary sources articles for many fields.

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Primary Source Newspapers & Periodicals

American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900 Online database of magazines and newspapers.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1876 Online database of magazines and newspapers.
National and Oregon Newspapers 

This web page lists call numbers and years of publication. The newspapers are on microfilm and are located on the library's 3rd floor. Here is a list of historical Oregon newspapers and a list of historical national newspapers.

 

The New York Times: some archival articles are freely available from their site (present-1987; and public domain 1851-1922). Helpful for finding obituaries.

 

Index to The Oregonian 1851-1987. Use this to find a citation; use the microfilm to get the article.

 

 

Current Newspaper Articles

Lexis Nexis Academic full-text national and international 

Oregon Index index to Oregon papers 

Oregonian full-text, 1988 - present

PressDisplay International Newspapers 

 

More Primary Sources

American Memory Project Online collection of primary sources from Library of Congress.

History of Science, Technology and Medicine Links
 National Archives: ARC  is the online catalog to our  nation's archvial collections. Some digitized materials included.

OSU Libraries Special Collections: featuring original papers by: Linus Pauling, Milton Harris, Paul Emmett, etc
 

Early American Imprints Series I: The Evans Collection, 1639-1800 Micro-fiche of virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America. Get the call number by searching the Valley Library catalog. Example keyword search: evans science limit publication year to 1600 & 1800.

 

You can also use secondary sources (books & journal articles) to find primary sources by trolling the bibliography.
Sources for Background Information American Men and Women of Science: the physical and biological sciences Q141 .C2
American Men and Women of Science: the social and behavioral sciences Q141 .C21
Note: some years are shelved in compact and some in storage.
American National Biography Authoritative print biographical dictionary. Call number is CT213 .A68 1999 and shelved on the main floor at Valley Library.
Dictionary of American History Online dictionary that puts events in historical context, includes bibliographies and photos.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography The source for biographical information about scientists. Newly available online.
The Oxford Companion to United States History Online database of university level dictionaries, encyclopedias and more. Look under History and Politics and Social Sciences.

There are many print reference sources dedicated to the History of Science listed here .
Writing & Citing Resources

OSU's Writing Center Tutors will meet with you for free to review your paper.

Cite U Like: manage your citations 
Slate Citation Machine: style information 

Plagiarism? It's Your Call: website with examples of how to cite correctly. From Western Michigan University's online tutorial SearchPath, "learn to find and critically evaluate information sources."

OSU's Office of Student Conduct page on Plagiarism