Electronic resources on the history of science continue to proliferate. To add your projects to our list, please e-mail us at info@hssonline.org.
Databases, Bibliographies, and Web Sites
- The Ada Project — site concerning women in computing sponsored by Yale University.
- The Archives Hub, gateway to archive collections in the United Kingdom
- Australian Science and Technology Heritage Center, University of Melbourne
- Bibliographies of Biographies of Ocean Scientists
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta
- The Robert Boyle On-Line Project
- Chi Med, History of Chinese Medicine Web Page
- Classics in Biogeography Distribution, and Diversity Studies: To 1950
- Cumulative Bibliography on the History of Oceanography
- Darwin’s Publications, a scholarly compendium of electronic editions of Darwin’s publications, focusing on providing accurate, reliable publication and citation information.
- Diderot’s Encyclopedie, Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, University of Chicago
- Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences, Louisiana State University Libraries
- Films and Videos on the History of Science
- Grad-Link, web-based resources for history graduate students
- Guide to Historical Resources in the Atmospheric Sciences: Archives, Manuscripts, and Special Collections in the Washington, D.C. Area by James R. Fleming, Colby College.
- History of Astronomy Server, Astronomische Gesellschaft
- History of Health Sciences Web Links
- History of “Race” in Science, Medicine, and Technology, MIT/Harvard
- History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide, University of Wisconsin.
- Humboldt Scientific Locality Index — A database project that attempts to provide an analytical framework for understanding the globalisation of Western science.
- HUMBUL, humanities database organized by subject.
- HYLE, bibilography of the history and philsophy of chemistry.
- The International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences
- International Commission on Mathematics Instruction study document on the role of the history of mathematics in the teaching and learning of mathematics, prepared by John Fauvel (Open University) and Jan van Maanen (University of Groningen).
- International Bibliographic Guide to the History of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
- International Virtual Institute for the Historical Study of Mathematics
- Jesuits and the Sciences, 1540-1995, Loyola University of Chicago
- The Learning and Teaching Support Network, History of Science Area
- MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
- MendelWeb, educational resource for teachers and students interested in the origins of classical genetics, introductory data analysis, elementary plant science, and the history and literature of science.
- NAHSTE (Navigational Aids for the History of Science, Technology and the Environment) Archive Project
- Pauling Research Notebooks, a digitized copy of the notebooks kept by Linus Pauling.
- Physics History Finding Aids
- Recent Dissertations in the History of Medicine
- Rutherford.org.nz, A resource on the noted New Zealand scientist, maintained by a fellow kiwi.
- Sir Hans Sloane’s Correspondence Search over 1400 letters addressed to the physician, scientist and collector
- Usenet history of science newsgroup (unmoderated)
- The Alfred Russel Wallace Page, including full text of 150 of the evolutionist’s writings.
- World Wide Guide to Science Studies
- WWW Virtual Library Listing for History of Science, Technology and Medicine — Includes a large number of history of science, technology, and medicine links. Now maintained by the ECHO (Exploring Contemporary History Online) Project.
- Yahoo History Links — A searchable hierarchy of web sites.
Listservs and Electronic Newsgroups (How to subscribe)
- American Society for Environmental History discussion list (Web page)
- Chinese Medicine Discussion List: CHIMED majordomo@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
- Historical Sciences: DARWIN-L listserv@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
- History and Material Culture of Aerospace: AEROSP-L listserv@sivm.si.edu
- History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching: HPSST-L listserv@qucdn.queensu.ca
- History of Astronomy Discussion Group: HASTRO-L listserv@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
- History of Australian Science & Technology: Hist-Aust-Sci-Tech-L majordomo@coombs.anu.edu.au
- History of Chemistry: CHEM-HIST maiser@listserv.ngate.uni-regensburg.de
- History of Computing: SHOTHC-L listserv@sivm.si.edu
- History of Early Science: EARLYSCIENCE-L listserv@listserv.vt.edu
- History of East Asian Science Discussion Group: EASCI lstsrv@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
- History of the Health Sciences: CADUCEUS-L listproc@list.umaryland.edu (in the body of the e-mail type: sub caduceus-l Your_first_name Your_last_name).
- History of Philosophy of Science: hopos-l listserv@lsv.uky.edu
- History of Science, Medicine, and Technology: H-SCI-MED-TECH
- History of Scientific Instruments: RETE majordomo@maillist.ox.ac.uk
- History of the Social and Behavioral Sciences: CHEIRON listserv@yorku.ca
- History of Technology: HTECH-L listserv@sivm.si.edu
- HSS Women’s Caucus: HSS_Women-L; contact Pam Mack pammack@clemson.edu
- Medieval Science Discussion List: MEDSCI-L listserv@BROWNVM.brown.edu
- Oldenburg: German Histry of Science Listserv. Send a message with the words “subscribe Oldenburg” to maiser@listserv.ngate.uni-regensburg.de
- Sci-Tech Studies (FAQ)
- Science, Technology and Health Care Archives Forum: STHC-L listproc@library.ucla.edu
- Women Historians of Medicine (WHOM): LISTSERV@ARTSCI.WUSTL.EDU (in the body of the e-mail type: SUBSCRIBE WHOM YOURNAME)
Archives and Collections
Archives, Libraries, Artifacts, and Manuscript Collections. Projects dedicated to preserving the papers of famous scientists can be found on the Papers page.
- Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago
- AIP Center for History of Physics, College Park, Maryland
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Archives
- American Philosophical Society Library and Museum, Philadelphia
- Archives of Women in Science and Engineering, Iowa State University
- The Bakken Library and Museum, Minneapolis
- California Institute of Technology Archives, Pasadena
- Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Canada
- CERN Historical and Scientific Archives, Geneva
- Charles Babbage Center for the History of Computing, University of Minnesota
- Columbia University Health Sciences Library, Archives and Special Collections
- Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris
- Deutches Museum, München
- Dibner Library at the Smithsonian Institution
- Domus Galilana, centre of documentation and study on the works of Galileo and the history of science, Pisa (Note: Site largely in Italian)
- Einstein Archives, Hebrew National University, Jerusalem
- Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington
- Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn
- Historic Science Centre, Birr, Ireland
- Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, PA
- IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering
- Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Firenze
- Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
- Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, Missouri
- Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, History & Special Collections Division, UCLA
- National Archives, Washington D.C.
- Needham Research Institute, including the East Asian History of Science Library, Cambridge
- Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera — Library, Historic Archives, Instruments, and Atlases, Milan
- Oxford Museum of the History of Science
- Rockefeller Archive Center, Sleepy Hollow, New York
- Royal Society, Library and Archives, London, UK
- Smith College History of Science Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
- Steno Museet, Danmarks Videnskabshistoriske Museum, rhus
- UK National Archive for the History of Computing, Manchester, UK