This site provides access to resources that support the History of Technology courses at the College of Applied Science.
Note: If you are accessing library resources from off-campus, you need to log in for Off Campus Access. Most of the resources on the library's Web site are restricted to authorized UC users only.
Use UCLID (UC’s Library Catalog) to locate books, periodicals, videos, and other materials owned by UC, and the OhioLINK catalog for items owned by other Ohio college and university libraries.
From the UCLID menu, select KEYWORD and initiate your search using your topic terms (company, organization). This option searches specific words in the title, series title, organization, association, content notes, publisher, and subject.
If you don’t find the items you want in UCLID, search OhioLINK, a library network of Ohio college and university catalogs. Use the OhioLINK CENTRAL button to enter the database, search and request materials.
Related subjects for browsing books on history of technology:
Book series:
MIT Press Series in the History of Computing
Inventing American broadcasting, 1899-1922
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/HEB01134
Machines as the measure of men : science, technology, and ideologies of Western dominance
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/HEB00125
Google Book Search Database for discovering potential research books. Most books are not viewable as full-text, but it can help you discover more books on a specific topic. Previews of sample pages and tables of contents available. Search by the book's title in UC's Library Catalog to find a copy at UC or OhioLINK.
UC Libraries OneSearch - "Metasearch" multiple databases in one search across subjects. For example, the "Engineering and Computer Science" and "History and Biography" clusters.
History-Related Databases available through UC Libraries
Technology-Related Databases available through UC Libraries
Biography Databases available through UC Libraries
Newspaper Databases available through UC Libraries
Specific databases that can help with researching the history of technology:
Historical New York Times (1851-2003)
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Patents
US Patent Database - help searching for patents
CAS History of Computing Resources
Science Tracer Bullet Series (Library of Congress)
10/3/07 TWB