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The Vega Science Trust

Submitted by chnmadmin on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 13:54.
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Earth Sciences
  • Educational
  • Engineering
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Non-Profit
  • Physical Sciences
  • Video
URL: 

http://www.vega.org.uk

Excerpt: 

A not-for-profit educational resource which streams science programmes and is used as teaching and research resource. Includes in-depth interviews with Nobel Laureates and eminent scientists such as Max Perutz, Joseph Rotblat and Gustav Born; distance learning modules.

Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics

Submitted by chnmadmin on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 18:29.
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Primary Source
  • Secondary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/

Annotation: 

"Harvard’s new “open collection” contributes to the understanding of the global, social–history, and public–policy implications of diseases and offers important historical perspectives on the science and the public policy of epidemiology today."

Recent Dissertations in the Medical Humanities

Submitted by chnmadmin on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 16:00.
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Secondary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/histmed/researchresources/dissertations/index_html

Author: 
Jonathon Erlen
Annotation: 

This guide is provided as a monthly current awareness service. Selected, recent dissertations and theses are listed according to topic and the month of their discovery in Dissertation Abstracts. Authorized Pitt users may follow links from citations to corresponding records in the Digital Dissertations database, where complete citations and abstracts may be viewed, and when available, the entire item may be downloaded for free. For those without subscription access to ProQuest database of Doctoral Dissertations, individual dissertations may be purchased directly from ProQuest, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103, 1-800-521-0600 x2513.

Alcohol and Drugs History Society

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Images
  • Journal (Free Content)
  • Links
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Professional Association
URL: 

http://historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com

Excerpt: 

Welcome to the ADHS Daily Register
And to the online home of The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal (SHAD). The site will be updated on a daily basis with news, publications, or resources of interest to members of our group. We encourage you to check back often. Keep reading to find out more about the site and how to contribute to it.

Annotation: 

The Alcohol and Drugs History Society uses this site as a clearing house for news and information relating to their targeted subject area. The site contains excerpts and links to current news articles from around the world as well as book reviews and historical essays. The site also houses the online edition of the society's academic journal, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs. A menu on the right side of the page allows users to find information on a host of topics including various types of drugs and alcohol and drug related policies and events in specific countries.

The Digital Collection Project at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library & Archives

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • biology
  • cancer
  • genetics
  • Images
  • Library/Archive
  • Life Sciences
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Primary Source
  • research
URL: 

http://archives.cshl.edu/

Author: 
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library & Archives
Excerpt: 

In June 2005, the Josiah Macy Foundation awarded the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives a grant to conduct a pilot project to digitize and catalog selected materials from our archival collections. As part of this grant, we have purchased and are implementing a new database which will help us provide access to our materials and serve as a digital repository for our scanned materials. We purchased ExLibris' Digitool with which we can (1) store digital images, (2) extract metadata from the images, (3) add descriptive metadata in MARC or Dubin Core formats, (4) organize our materials into digital collections which reflect the physical organization as well as digital collections which reflect different virtual organizations, and (5) provide access to our materials through a web-based interface.

Annotation: 

The Digital Collection Project at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library & Archives contains a wide variety of collections related to the history of the famed Long Island laboratory. Collections include documents, correspondence, photographs, and oral history audio files from many of the scientists who worked there. Researchers may create user accounts to keep files organized and annotated.

History of Science Links

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Ancient (BCE-40 CE)
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Links
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Personal
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Physical Sciences
  • University
URL: 

http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/10-HisSci/links/

Author: 
Robert A. Hatch
Excerpt: 

A general index of topics is provided in the box below. Click the topic of your interest. Users interested in a particular person, place, or topic are also reminded to use the 'Search' or 'Find' function found under 'Edit'.

Annotation: 

This site contains an extensive list of links to sites dealing with a wide range of history of science topics. The sites are grouped by topic from general introductions to libraries and graduate student resources. Along with typical web resources, some of the listings here include sources that may be included less often on other link pages: for example, links to listserves and chat pages.

Science in the 19th Century Periodical

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Consumer Technology
  • Earth Sciences
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Physical Sciences
  • University
URL: 

http://www.sciper.org/

Author: 
Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Project
Excerpt: 

The Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical (SciPer) index provides an scholarly synopsis of the material relating to science, technology, and medicine appearing in sixteen non-scientific periodicals published in Britain between 1800 and 1900. With entries describing around 7,500 articles (doubling to more than 15,000 when complete), and with references to over 5,500 individuals, 2,000 publications, and 1,000 institutions, it provides an invaluable research tool for those interested in the representation of science and in the interpenetration of science and literature in nineteenth-century Britain, as well as for students of the period more generally.

Annotation: 

Produced by the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies at the University of Sheffield and the Division of History and Philiosophy of Science at the University of Leeds, the Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical project will provide indexing of material relating to science, technology, and medicine in sixteen British periodicals from 1800-1900. The detailed indexing includes authors, titles, bibliographic details, and identifies (and hyperlinks) the people, publications, and institutions discussed in the articles, sometimes with an extended description. This allows for a more focused search than using article-level indexing or full-text searching. The collecting will include more than 15,000 articles when complete.

The Hourglass Project

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Primary Source
  • University
URL: 

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/alumni/stay-connected/alumni-reflections.cfm

Author: 
Lansing C. Hoskins
Excerpt: 

As we approach the 50th anniversary of our graduation from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, we of the Medical School Class of 1954 have undertaken a project wherein each Class member was asked to describe in a brief essay how the momentous changes in health care during the past fifty years personally affected his or her relationships with patients and patient care.

Annotation: 

The Hourglass Project is an effort to record the experiences of the members of the 1954 medical school class from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Members of the class were asked to describe how the changes in the health care had affected their relationships with their patients. The collection includes 30 narratives, but the project is ongoing and more accounts may be added as they are returned and made available. Each record begins with a description of the professional history of the writer, followed by the acdtual account. The records are in PDF format and range in length from 1 to 3 pages.

Changing the Face of Medicine

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Exhibit
  • Government
  • Images
  • Library/Archive
  • Links
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Video
URL: 

http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/

Author: 
National Library of Medicine
Excerpt: 

Discover the many ways that women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine. The individuals featured here provide an intriguing glimpse of the broader community of women doctors who are making a difference. The National Library of Medicine is pleased to present this exhibition honoring the lives and accomplishments of these women in the hope of inspiring a new generation of medical pioneers.

Annotation: 

The Changing the Face of Medicine exhibit provides a wealth of information about the experiences of women in the medical profession, from the first doctors to researchers facing a glass ceiling in the late twentieth century. There are a large number of biographies of individual women searchable by location, ethnicity, career path, or medical school. Additional resources include information about how to prepare for a medical career, lesson plans for K-12 classrooms, activities for teaching anatomy and physiology and tied to the research of featured doctors. Finally, there is a separate section to "share your story" along several different themes. Visitors are asked to reflect on the care provided by female doctors, individuals they admire, having a female doctor in the family, and female doctors particularly involved in their communities.

ARMY NURSE CORPS HISTORY

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Government
  • Images
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Links
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
URL: 

http://history.amedd.army.mil/ANCWebsite/anchhome.html

Author: 
Army Nurse Corps Historian
Excerpt: 

The U.S. Army Nurse Corps Historical Collection is a branch of The Office of Medical History, which is a part of the OTSG/MEDCOM Historical Program. Our mission is to support the men and women of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps through the assembly and publication of reference materials, oral histories, original works, web publications, special studies, AMEDD newspaper/professional publications and print series. The dedication and commitment of the past members of this great Corps have shaped who we are today. This website offers a wealth of information regarding U.S. Army Nurse Corps History.

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