A guide to sources chronicling the history of science, invention, medicine and technology in colonial America. This compilation, an update of TB 74-4, provides references to a variety of materials and sources in the collections of the Library of Congress useful in researching science and technology in eighteenth-century America. Not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, this guide is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on target."
This compilation provides sources useful in examining the history of household technology primarily in the United States during the last half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. Not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, this guide is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on target."
The IPL has a special collection in KidSpace that serves as a resource on American presidents. Presidents of the United States or POTUS provide biographies, election results, and key facts about our nation's leaders. To find out about your favorite president, visit POTUS.
The story of one of the world's oldest and most historically important trade routes and its influences on the culture of China, Central Asia and the West
Long before condoms came in rainbow colors and exotic skins, legendary lover Casanova was sewing together strips of fine linen. Centuries before nonoxynol 9, young women in Constantinople shook the gritty sand from sea sponges and dipped them in lemon juice before insertion. Contraception has a long and inventive history. Now there is a museum dedicated to one of humankind's most persistent quests
The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web.
Browse the contents of Scientific American by year
California Views was established in 1970 and is located in historic Monterey, on the California Central Coast, this unique photo archive is the most comprehensive historical photo collection of the Monterey Bay area. Many of the images we have are one of a kind rare and unque images that we have the original glass or film negatives that will insure the best quality in all most any size print.
