• Academic Search Elite
  Citations, abstracts, and some full-text articles. Includes popular and scholarly articles in history (including history of science) and science.
• America: History and Life
  Abstracts of scholarly articles, etc. on the history (including history of science) of North America.
• Chicano Database
  Abstracts of articles dealing with Chicano, Hispanic, Latino, etc. populations.
• Historical Abstracts
  Abstracts of scholarly articles, etc. on the history (including history of science) of all parts of the world except North America.
• ISIS Cumulative Biography: 1913-65 OPAC RECORD
  ISIS Cumulative Biography: 1966-75 OPAC RECORD
  ISIS Cumulative Biography: 1976-85 OPAC RECORD
  ISIS Cumulative Biography: 1986-95 OPAC RECORD
  An index to articles in the history of science.
• Women's Studies International
  Abstracts of scholarly articles, etc. covering a wide variety of topics related to women and gender.

NOTE:  To research an individual, it is most direct to start by searching for that individual’s name in the Biography & Genealogy Master Index and the Biography Index. Many of the sources below are indexed in these databases: the database will refer you to the specific sources that describe the individuals. In addition, you may use the materials listed below to supplement those sources, to find information on individuals not listed in those sources, or to search in other ways (by profession, nationality, time period, etc.).
NOTE:  Remember that female minorities will be covered both as minorities and as women. It may be worth checking resources from both areas.
NOTE:  For general works that may include women and/or minorities and may index individuals as such:  see also Library Research Guides for Biography Resources and History of Science

• American Men and Women of Science
  Standard reference tool for brief biographical information on scientists in America.  OPAC RECORD
• Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science; Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century
  The premier biographical dictionary of women in science.  OPAC RECORD
• Women Scientists from Antiquity to the Present:  An Index OPAC RECORD
  Indexes sources for biographical information on women scientists.  Sources include directories, encyclopedias, books, and journal articles.  Dated 1986, so will not include more recent works, but a good way to locate biographical information in earlier sources.

• AccessScience: The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
  A comprehensive encyclopedia of science and technology. Includes dictionary definitions and longer entries. Entries are useful to both the layman and the scientist.
• Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures
  OPAC RECORD
• Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science
  OPAC RECORD

• Scientific Quotations: The Harvest of a Quiet Eye
  A collection of quotations on science by scientists, writers, philosophers, poets, and academicians. Organized by author. Indexed by keyword.  OPAC RECORD
• Scientifically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations
  Each entry is a guide to the major historical works on an individual, a discipline or institution, or a broad theme in the history of science.
  OPAC RECORD

• Asimov’s Chronology of Science and Discovery
  Short entries on events in the history of science from 4,000,000 B.C. to 1988 A.D., organized by date. Indexed by name and subject.  OPAC RECORD
• The History of Science and Technology:  a Browser's Guide to the Great Discoveries, Inventions, and the People Who Made Them, from the Dawn of Time to Today
  Short entries on events in the history of science from 2,600,000 B.C. to 2003 A.D., organized by date. Includes a combined name and subject index.  OPAC RECORD
• Reader’s Guide to the History of Science
  Each entry is a guide to the major historical works on an individual, a discipline or institution, or a broad theme in the history of science.  OPAC RECORD

• American Institute of Physics:  Women in Physics
  Data on education and employment of women in physics.
• Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
  Describes important contributions made prior to 1976.
• 4000 Years of Women in Science
  Biographical information on women in science.
• National Women's Hall of Fame
  Biographical information on inductees--including women in science.
• Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
  A collection of links maintained by a professor at Mills College.  Includes links to sites on both racial and sexual minorities in science and engineering.

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Created: 08/28/02. Updated: 08/24/06 .