BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES,

GUIDES, AND REFERENCE WORKS

 The (partially) annotated bibliography is divided into four categories:

· Bibliographies

· Biography: Dictionaries, Indexes, and Bibliographies

· Encyclopedias, Chronologies, and Other Information Sources

· Guides to Manuscript Resources and Special Collections

Each entry in the bibliography is identified as to national scope, i.e., whether it is specifically on American history or whether coverage is more general. Two points are warranted: (1) Many of the American sources are not limited to the 19th century and there are instances where only a minor part of a reference work may relate to that century because of the relative lack of development of the sciences at the time. These sources can be useful for what 19^th century information they do include, and, of course, also can aid with earlier or continuing aspects of a topic or with other related subjects of possible interest to the user. (2) Many of the general works do not take heed of a national approach to the history of science and therefore identifying the American entries in a bibliography, for example, may require a degree of prior knowledge and/or persistence in scanning the content. The annotations ordinarilly are descriptive of the structure and special features of the book rather than summaries or critiques of the content.

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Bibliography of Bibliographies

TYPE / SCOPE	CITATION
Bibliography American	Albree, Joe, David C. Arney, and V. Frederick Rickey. A Station Favorable to the Pursuits of Science: Primary Materials in the History of Mathematics at the United States Military Academy. (History of Mathematics, 18). 272pp. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, 2000. Not seen. (Annotated bibliography of 1340 "mathematical items" accessioned by the Academy, 1802-World War I)
Bibliography American	Aldrich, Michele L. "United States: Bibliographic Essay." In The Comparative Reception of Darwinism, edited by Thomas F. Glick, pp.207-226. Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1974.
Bibliography American	Asbell, M.B. A Bibliography of Dentistry in America, 1790-1840. 107pp. [Cherry Hill, N.J.]: Sussex House Publications, 1973. (Articles and books published 1790-1840. Annotated and with locations of copies)
Bibliography American	Austin, Robert B. Early American Medical Imprints: A Guide to Works Printed in the United States, 1668-1820. 240pp. Washington, D.C.: National Library of Medicine, 1961. (Medicine is broadly defined. Books, pamphlets, and other separately published items. Annotations. Locations of copies. Coverage continued in: Cordasco, American Medical Imprints, 1820-1910 separately listed)
Bibliography American	Baker, T. Lindsay. North American Windmill Manufacturers' Trade Literature: A Descriptive Guide. 600pp. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, c1998. (Arranged by name of manufacturer or distributor, with brief historical accounts of their windmill activities. Gives locations of copies)
Bibliography General	Balay, Robert. Early Periodical Indexes: Bibliographies and Indexes of Literature Published in Periodicals before 1900. 317pp. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. (Annotated. Arranged by subject; science, technology, medicine, pp.176-256. Not limited to works indexing only periodicals so that many items also list other publication forms)
Bibliography American	Batschelet, Margaret W. Early American Scientific and Technical Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides. 136pp. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990. (Items published in U.S. 1665-1799)
Bibliography American	Beckham, Stephen Dow, Doug Erickson, Jeremy Skinner, and Paul Merchant. The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Bibliography and Essays. 315pp. Portland / Lincoln: Lewis & Clark College, and University of Nebraska Press, 2003.
Bibliography American	Beers, Henry P., compiler. Bibliographies in American History: Guide to Materials for Research. 487pp. New York: Wilson, 1942.
	————. Bibliographies in American History, 1942-1978: Guide to Materials for Research. 2 vols. Woodbridge, Conn.: Research Publications, 1982.
Bibliography American	Bell, Whitfield J., Jr. Early American Science: Needs and Opportunities for Study. 85pp. Williamsburg, Va.: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1955.
Bibliography American	Benjamin, Ludy T., compiler. A History of American Psychology in Notes and News, 1883-1945: An Index to Journal Sources. (Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychiatry, 5). 591pp. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1989. (Index to news and notes section of six journals; entries by institutional and personal names, and topics. Includes brief context information to identify the nature of the entry in the indexed journal)
Bibliography American	Benson, Michael. Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949. 219pp. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Co., 1985. (Filmography of 375 works)
Bibliography American	Berger, Michael L. The Automobile in American History and Culture: A Reference Guide. (American Popular Culture). 487pp. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.
Bibliography American	Bertuca, David J., Donald K. Hartman, and Susan M. Neumeister, compilers. The World's Columbian Exposition: A Centennial Bibliographic Guide. (Bibliographies and indexes in American history; no. 26). 480 pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. (Some entries annotated. Includes articles, books, dissertations, guidebooks; both primary and secondary sources. Also a section on manuscript and archival collections relating to the Exposition)
Bibliography American	Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901. Compiled from the Data Bases of the American Antiquarian Society and the Research Libraries Group,Inc. 92 vols. New York: K.G. Saur, 1993. (Some 400,000 imprints are listed)
Bibliography American	Bibliography of the History of Medicine of the United States and Canada, 1939-1960. Edited by Genevieve Miller. 428pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1964. (Consolidation of annual bibliographies published in Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Also, Annual issues, 1961-1964, when this publication ceased)
Bibliography General	Bibliography of the History of Medicine, no. 1- , 1965-. Bethesda, Md.: U.S. Public Health Service, 1966-. (There are cumulative vols. covering 1964-69, 1970-74, 1975-79, 1980-84, 1985-89, 1990-94)
Bibliography American	Black, George W., Jr. American Science and Technology: A Bicentennial Bibliography. 170pp. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1979. Works published at the time of the American bicentennial)
Bibliography General	Bridson, Gavin D.R. The History of Natural History: An Annotated Bibliography. (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 991; Bibliographies on the History of Science and Technology, 24). 740pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994. (Somewhat complex in arrangement but inclusive, with a number of other bibliographies and reference works among its listings. Annotations tend to be short and descriptive. The geographical index has a number of entries under the U.S.)
Bibliography General	Brush, Stephen G., and Helmut E. Landsberg. History of Geophysics and Meteorology: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 7). 450pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
Bibliography General	Brush, Stephen G. The History of Modern Science: A Guide to the Second Scientific Revolution. 544pp. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988. (Covers 1800-1950. Works listed are recent, and the work is intended chiefly as an aid for teachers. Chapters are broadly topical, e.g., Evolution)
Bibliography General	Bullough, Bonnie, Vern L. Bullough, and Barrett Elcano. Nursing: A Historical Bibliography. (Reference Library of Social Science, 66). 408pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1981. (Most entries are not annotated)
Bibliography General	Channell, David F. The History of Engineering Science: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 16). 311pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1989. (Excludes chemical and electrical technologies)
Bibliography American	Clareson, Thomas D., compiler. Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources. (Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature, 1). 305pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984. (Bibliography of science fiction works. Includes works reprinted in the U.S.)
Bibliography American	Cordasco, Francesco. American Medical Imprints, 1820-1910: A Checklist of Publications Illustrating the History and Progress of Medical Science and Education and the Healing Arts in the United States: A Preliminary Contribution. 2 vols. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield; Fairview, N.J.: Junius-Vaughn Press, 1985. (Not annotated. At the outset there is a 30 page bibliography of bibliographies and other reference works. Includes locations of copies of the historical works. Continues: Austin, Early American Imprints, 1961, separately listed)
Bibliography General	Corsi, Pietro, and Paul Weindling, editors. Information Sources in the History of Science and Medicine. 531pp. London and Boston: Butterworth Scientific, 1983. (Essays with bibliographies. Includes: E. H. Beardsley, "The History of American Science and Medicine")
Bibliography General	Crowther, Simeon J., and Marion Fawcett, compilers. Science and Medicine to 1870: Pamphlets in the American Philosophical Society Library. (Library Publication, 1). 164pp. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1968.
Bibliography American	Cutliffe, Stephen H., and others. Technology and Values in American Civilization: A Guide to Information Sources. (American Studies Information Guide, 9). 704pp. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. (Annotated. Includes historical and contemporary articles, monographs, and other items; many bibliographies are listed. Entries date from second half of the 19th century to 1978)
Bibliography General	Dauben, Joseph W., editor. The History of Mathematics from Antiquity to the Present: A Selective Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 6). 467pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
Bibliography General	DeVorkin, David H. History of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 1). 434pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1982.
Bibliography General	Dunbar, Gary S. History of Modern Geography: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 9). 386pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. (Covers from mid-18th century. Books and articles)
Bibliography General	Durbin, Paul T., general editor. A Guide to the Culture of Science, Technology, and Medicine. 723pp. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Free Press, 1980. (Bibliographically-oriented assessments of the history, sociology, and philosophy of science, technology, and medicine, with a contemporary emphasis)
Bibliography American	Edwards, Everett E. Bibliography of the History of Agriculture in the United States. (U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication, 84). 307pp. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1930. (Books and articles, chiefly from the years 1900-1929. Reprinted: Detroit: Gale Research, 1967; New York: Franklin, 1970)
Bibliography General	Erlen, Jonathon. The History of the Health Care Sciences and Health Care, 1700-1980: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 398). 1028pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1984. (Secondary sources, including books, articles, government documents, dissertations, etc. The subject is interpreted broadly. Arranged alphabetically by topic)
Bibliography American	Fahl, Ronald J. North American Forest and Conservation History: A Bibliography. 408pp. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press for the Forest History Society, 1977. (Articles, pamphlets, books. Some items briefly annotated)
Bibliography General	Ferguson, Eugene S. Bibliography of the History of Technology (Society for the History of Technology. Monograph series, v. 5). 347pp. Cambridge, Mass., Society for the History of Technology, [1968]. (Lists primary and secondary sources, and includes bibliographies and reference works. Annotated and with occasional short essays on sources, e.g., on patents)
Bibliography General	Findling, John E., and Kimberly D. Pelle, editors. Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions, 1851-1988. 443pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990. (Brief histories and bibliographic essays which include references to manuscript collections, etc. Covers more than the history of science and technology)
Bibliography General	Finn, Bernard S. The History of Electrical Technology: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies on the History of Science and Technology, 18). 342pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1991.
Bibliography American	Fox, Claire G., Gordon L. Miller, and Jacquelyn C. Miller, compilers. Benjamin Rush, M.D.: A Bibliographic Guide. (Bibliographies and indexes in American history; no. 31). 216pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. (Lists works both by and about Rush. Some are annotated)
Bibliography American	Freemon, Frank R. Microbes and Minie Balls: An Annotated Bibliography of Civil War Medicine. 253pp. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London / Cranbury N.J.: Associated University Presses, 1993. (Lists both published primary and secondary sources)
Bibliography General	Gascoigne, Robert M. A Historical Catalogue of Scientific Periodicals, 1665-1900. (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 583). 205pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. (A selection of about 900 titles. Bibliography and historical analysis of scientific journals)
Bibliography General	Grainger, Thomas H., Jr. A Guide to the History of Bacteriology. (Chronica Botanica no. 18). 210pp. New York: Ronald Press, 1958. (An annotated bibliography. Includes a number of general works as well as those relating to bacteriology)
Bibliography General	Hall, H. W., editor. Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1878-1985: An International Author and Subject Index to History and Criticism. 2 vols. Detroit: Gale Research, 1987.
	————. Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1985-1991: An International Author and Subject Index to History and Criticism. 677pp. Engelwood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 1993.
	————. Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1992-1995: An International Author and Subject Index to History and Criticism. 503pp. Engelwood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 1997
Bibliography American	Harkanyi, Katalin, compiler. The Natural Sciences and American Scientists in the Revolutionary Era: A Bibliography. (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History, 17). 510pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990. (Annotated. Though centered on the pre-19th century period, the uncritical inclusion of sources -- primary and secondary -- gives the content a more general value. Entries 1-1476 a bibliography of bibliographies and references works on U.S. history in general and on science. Includes a section listing works by and about individuals. Appendices include biographical data, 18th century chronology)
Bibliography American	Hazen, Robert M., and Margaret Hindle Hazen. American Geological Literature, 1669-1850. 431pp. Stroudsburg, Penn.: Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, 1980. (Includes books, pamphlets, articles, maps, etc. Generally not annotated)
Bibliography General	Health Science Books 1876-1982. 4 vols. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1982. (Arranged by subject, with author and title indexes. Also see: Pure and Appied Science Books, 1982, separately listed)
Bibliography General	Hessenbruch, Arne, editor. Reader's Guide to the History of Science. 934pp. London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. (A series of essay guides to the literature -- books and articles, with topical bibliographies and a combined bibliography at the end of the volume. Essays include the U.S. and U.S.-women, but overall American science does not appear to be a major element in this work)
Bibliography General	Higby, Gregory J., and Elaine C. Stroud. The History of Pharmacy: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies on the History of Science and Technology, 25). 321pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995.
Bibliography American	Higham, Robin D. S., editor. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History. 559pp. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1975.
	———— and Donald J. Mrozek, editors. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History: Supplement I. 300pp. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1981.
	————. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History: Supplement II. 332pp. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1986.
	————. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History: Supplement III. 531pp. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1993.
	————. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History: Supplement IV. 580pp. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1998.
Bibliography American	Hindle, Brooke. Technology in Early America: Needs and Opportunities for Study. 145pp. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1966. (Approaches and methodology; bibliographic essay; directory of artifact collections)
Bibliography American	Hoolihan, Christopher. An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform. 2 vols. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2001-2004..
Bibliography American	Hoy, Suellen M., and Michael C. Robinson. Public Works History in the United States: A Guide to the Literature. By the Public Works Historical Society. 477pp. Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local History, 1982. (Annotated bibliography of secondary literature -- books and articles, arranged by subject)
Bibliography General	Hurt, R. Douglas, and Mary Ellen Hurt. The History of Agricultural Science and Technology: An International Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 20). 485pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994.
Bibliography General	[Isis]. "Critical Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences." Isis, 1913-. (Annual classified bibliography; retitled "Current Bibliography," 1989. See combined issues in: Isis Cumulative Bibliography)
Bibliography General	Isis Cumulative Bibliography: A Bibliography of the History of Science Formed from Isis Critical Bibliographies ... London: Mansel; Boston: G. K. Hall; Canton, Mass.: Science History Publications, in conjunction with the History of Science Society, 1971-. (Critical Bibliographies 1-90, 1913-1965, in 6 vols.; 91-100, 1966-1975, in 2 vols.; 101-110, 1976-1985, in 2 vols.; 1986-1995, in 4 vols. Within the several series, arranged in sections: personalities, institutions, and subjects / time periods)
Bibliography General	Jayawardene, S. A. Reference Books for the Historian of Science: A Handlist. (Occasional Publications, 2). 229pp. London: Science Museum, 1982. (Some annotations. Includes sections on History and related subjects, and General reference, in addition to History of science)
Bibliography American	Karpinski, Louis Charles. Bibliography of Mathematical Works Printed in America through 1850. Supplements 1 and 2, Scripta Mathematica 8 [December 1941]: 233-236 and 11 [June 1945]: 173-177. 697pp. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press; London: Milford, Oxford University Press, 1940. (Covers North and South America. Includes editions and locations of copies)
Bibliography General	Kemper, Robert V., and John F.S. Phinney. The History of Anthropology: A Research Bibliography. 212pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1977. (No annotations. Most entries were published after 1950. Subject arrangement)
Bibliography American	King, Nydia, compiler. A Selection of Primary Sources for the History of Pharmacy in the United States: Books and Trade Catalogs from the Colonial Period to 1940. (Publication no. 9). 123pp. Madison, Wis.: American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1987. Not seen. (A bibliography)
Bibliography American	Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory, and Margaret W. Rossiter, editors. Historical Writing on American Science [issue title]. Osiris, 2nd ser., volume 1 (1985): 1-321. (Bibliographical essays assessing the state-of-the-art of American science. Reprinted: Philadelphia: History of Science Society, 1985; Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986)
Bibliography American	Lingenfelter, Richard E., editor. Mining West: A Bibliography and Guide to the History and Literature of Mining in the American and Canadian West. 2 vols. Lanham, Md. / London: Scarecrow Press, 2003.
Bibliography American	Marcell, David W., editor. American Studies: A Guide to Information Sources. 207pp. Detroit: Gale, 1982. (Annotated bibliography -- books, articles. Relatively little specifically on history of science, but of use for contextual purposes)
Bibliography General	May, Kenneth Ownsworth. Bibliography and Research Manual on the History of Mathematics. 818pp. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973. (Largest section relates to biographies; other sections on topics, mathematically-related subjects such as accounting and calculating machines. Lists books and articles but usefulness is compromised by not including article titles)
Bibliography American	McDonald, Nicholas G. The Connecticut Valley in the Age of Dinosaurs: A Guide to the Geologic Literature, 1681-1995. (State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 116). 242pp. Hartford, Conn.: State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 1996.
Bibliography General	McIver, Tom. Anti-Evolution: An Annotated Bibliography. 385pp. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1988. (Arranged alphabetically by author, chiefly books; essentially a bibliography of primary sources. Brief identifying information on authors. Reprinted [with new preface] as: Anti-Evolution: A Reader's Guide to Writings Before and After Darwin. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992)
Bibliography American	Meisel, Max. A Bibliography of American Natural History: The Pioneer Century 1769-1865; The Role Played by the Scientific Societies; Scientific Journals; Natural History Museums and Botanic Gardens; State Geological and Natural History Surveys; Federal Exploring Expeditions in the Rise and Progress of American Botany, Geology, Mineralogy, Paleontology and Zoology. 3 vols. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Premier Publishing Co., 1924-1929. (Includes references to general historical accounts and biographies; also citations and tables of contents of a large number of journals and other scientific publications issued during the period; also includes historical accounts of organizations. Reprinted: New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1967)
Bibliography American	Melton, J. Gordon, and Isotta Poggi. Magic, Witchcraft, and Paganism in America: A Bibliography. 2nd ed. (Religious Information Systems, 3). 408pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992. (Includes books, pamphlets, articles. Section essays but no annotations. Not science but potentially useful in certain studies as contextual sources)
Bibliography General	Miller, Gordon L. The History of Science: An Annotated Bibliography. (Magill Bibliographies). 193pp. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1992. (Content called "selective sample." Secondary works, chiefly books. Topical arrangement with section on "Basic Resources and Reference Works")
Bibliography American	Mitterling, Philip I. United States Cultural History: A Guide to Information Sources. (Gale Information Guide Library: American Government and History Information Guide Series, vol. 5). Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1979. (Annotated bibliography of books and articles; Includes chapter on science and medicine. Also chapter on reference materials)
Bibliography General	Molloy, Peter M. The History of Metal Mining and Metallurgy: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 12). 319pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
Bibliography American	Morman, Edward T., with Jill Gates Smith and Margaret Jerrido. "Bibliography." In Women, Health, and Medicine in America: A Historical Handbook, edited by Rima D. Apple, pp.517-556. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1992.
Bibliography General	Morton, Leslie T. and Jeremy M. Norman, editors. Morton's Medical Bibliography: An Annotated Check-List of Texts Illustrating the History of Medicine (Garrison and Morton). 5th ed. Edition edited by Jeremy M. Norman. 1243pp. Aldershot, Hants, England: Scolar Press; Brookfield, Vt.: Gower, 1991. (Topical arrangement, chiefly primary medical and scientific publications, although some secondary sources are noted; also a separate section of works on medical history and biography)
Bibliography General	Multhauf, Robert, compiler. The History of Chemical Technology: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 5). 299pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1983.
Bibliography American	Ogden, Gerald, compiler. The United States Forest Service: A Historical Bibliography, 1876-1972. 439pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1976. (Alphabetical, with occasional explanatory annotations)
Bibliography General	Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey and Kerry Lynne Meek. Women and Science: An Annotated Bibliography. (Garland reference library of social science; v.859). 556 pp. New York: Garland Pub., 1996. (Alphabetical by author)
Bibliography General	Osier, Donald V. and Robert H. Wozniak. A Century of Serial Publications in Psychology, 1850-1950: An International Bibliography. (Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychiatry Series). 805pp. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1984. (Chronological arrangement; notes the journals' primary editors. In the circumstance, relatively little on the U.S.)
Bibliography General	Overmier, Judith A. The History of Biology: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 15(. 157pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1989.
Bibliography General	Owings, Loren C. Environmental Values, 1860-1972: A Guide to Information Sources. (Gale Information Guide Library, 4). 324pp. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976. (Not science per se but development of attitudes to nature; excludes natural history, but nature study is included. Annotated; includes books, pamphlets, articles, documents, reference works)
Bibliography General	Porter, Roy. The Earth Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 3). 192pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1983.
Bibliography General	Pure and Applied Science Books, 1876-1982. 6 vols. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1982. (Arranged by subject, with author and title indexes. Also see: Health Science Books, 1982, separately listed)
Bibliography American	Rice, Mitchell F. and Woodrow Jones, Jr., compilers. Health of Black Americans from Post-Reconstruction to Integration, 1871-1960: An Annotated Bibliography of Contemporary Sources. (Biblographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies, 26). 206pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990. (Alphabetical by author within three chronological divisions, beginning with 1871-1919)
Bibliography American	Richardson, R. Alan and Bertrum H. Macdonald. Science and Technology in Canadian History: A Bibliography of Primary Sources to 1914. 105 microfiche and 17pp. Pamphlet. Thornbill, Ont.: HSTC Publication, 1987. (Includes books, pamphlets, articles)
Bibliography American	Rink, Evald. Technical Americana: A Checklist of Technical Publications Printed before 1831. Sponsored by Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. 776pp. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1981. (Lists separately published works only. Gives locations of copies. Generally not annotated)
Bibliography American	Roland, Charles E., compiler. Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine: A Bibliography. 190pp. Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, for the Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine, 1985. (Includes books, chapters, articles, theses, etc. No annotations)
Bibliography American	Roos, Arnold E. A Bibliography of the History of Canadian Science and Technology. 272 pp. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association, 1995. (Subject arrangement; no annotations. Includes books, articles, dissertations)
Bibliography American	Rossiter, Margaret, compiler. A List of References for the History of Agricultural Science in America. 62pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1980. (Classified arrangement. No annotations)
Bibliography American	Rothenberg, Marc. The History of Science and Technology in the United States: A Critical and Selective Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 2, 17). 2 vols. New York: Garland Publishing, 1982, 1993. (Annotated. Includes books, articles, dissertations. Secondary literature published 1940-1987)
Bibliography General	Royal Society of London. Catalogue of Scientific Papers [1800-1900]. 19 vols. London: C. J. Clay; Cambridge University Press, 1867-1925. (Author catalogue. An incomplete subject index, covering pure mathematics, mechanics, and physics, was issued by Cambridge University Press, 1908-1914, 4 vols.)
Bibliography American	Rutkow, Ira M. The History of Surgery in the United States, 1775-1900. (Norman Surgery Series, 2, 4). [2] vols. San Francisco: Norman Pub., 1988-[in progress] (Annotated bibliography. Volumes issued: 1. textbooks, monographs, treatises by surgeons living in the U.S.; 2. periodicals and pamphlets. Annotations include biographical information)
Bibliography American	Salzman, Jack, editor. American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography. 2058pp. (3 vols.). New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Books only. Divided into broad subject areas, including section on science, technology, medicine. Each section is preceded by a general introduction. Multiple contributors)
Bibliography American	————. American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography, 1984-1988. 1085pp. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990
Bibliography American	Sandy, John H. and Jay Fussell. Bibliography of Nebraska Geology 1843-1976. 198pp. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, 1983. (Author listing of scientific texts)
Bibliography General	Sarjeant, William A.S. Geologists and the History of Geology: An International Bibliography from the Origins to 1978. 5 vols. New York: Arno Press, 1980. (Books and articles; no annotations. In section about individuals, includes biographical information in addition to citations; also entries on institutions and other subjects of general interest to history of science)
	————. Geologists and the History of Geology: An International Bibliography from the Origins to 1978: Supplement 1979-1984 and Additions. 2 vols. Malabar, Fla.: R. E. Krieger, 1987.
	————. Geologists and the History of Geology: An International Bibliography from the Origins to 1978: Supplement 2, 1985-1993 and Additions. 3 vols. Malabar, Fla.: R. E. Krieger, 1996.
Bibliography General	Sarton, George. A Guide to the History of Science: A First Guide for the Study of the History of Science with Introductory Essays on Science and Tradition. 316pp. Waltham, Mass.: Chronica Botanica Co., 1952. (Essays on the history of science, followed by longer bibliographic section covering history, science, and history of science)
Bibliography General	Schatzberg, Walter, Ronald A. Waite, and Jonathan K. Johnson, editors. The Relations of Literature and Science: An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarship, 1880-1980. 458pp. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1987.
Bibliography American	Schlebecker, John T. Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on the History of Agriculture in the United States, 1607-1967. 183pp. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1969. (Alphabetical by author, with extensive subject index. Generally not annotated; excludes articles. Some items from 19th century. Goal is to be comprehensive)
Bibliography American	Scholnick, Robert S. Bibliography: American Literature and Science through 1989. In American Literature and Science, edited by Robert S. Scholnick, pp.251-272. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992. (No annotations. Entries are arranged by topic)
Bibliography General	Science in Society: An Annotated Guide to Resources. Prepared under the direction of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto. Project directed by David McGee, with contributors. 82pp. Toronto: Wall & Thompson, 1989. (General introduction to the field through a series of essays and a bibliography of works cited. Includes history, philosophy, social studies, and special issues in relation to science and technology)
Bibliography American	Sharrer, G. Terry, compiler. 1001 References for the History of American Food Technology. 103pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1978. (Books, articles, dissertations. Some brief annotations)
Bibliography General	Shiers, George. Bibliography of the History of Electronics. 323pp. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972. (Articles and books. Most entries annotated)
Bibliography American	Shuffelton, Frank. Thomas Jefferson: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of Writings about Him (1826-1980). 486pp. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1983. (Books and articles)
	————. Thomas Jefferson, 1981-1990: An Annotated Bibliography. 238pp. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1992.
Bibliography General	Smit, Pieter. History of the Life Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography. 1071pp. New York: Hafner Press [1974] (Topical arrangement. Section on reference includes many general and standard works. Includes medicine)
Bibliography American	Smith, Maryanna S., compiler. A List of References for the History of the United States Department of Agriculture. 88pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1974. (Annotated. Books, articles, etc.)
Bibliography General	Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. The Books of the Fairs: Materials About World's Fairs, 1834-1916, in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. With an introductory essay by Robert W. Rydell. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries Research Guide, 6). 268pp. Chicago: American Library Association, 1992. (Essay on the literature of fairs and a catalogue the Smithsonian collection, which was filmed and reel numbers are included)
Bibliography American	Spamer, Earle E. Bibliography of the Grand Canyon and the Lower Colorado River, 1540-1980. (Monograph 2). 119pp. Grand Canyon, Arizona: Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 1981. (Books and articles, including popular items and professional geological literature. Also: 2nd ed., looseleaf volume, 1990; Supplement, 1993)
Bibliography American	Spamer, Earle E. Geology of the Grand Canyon: An Annotated Bibliography, 1857-1982, with an Annotated Catalog of Grand Canyon Type Fossils. (Microfilm Publication 13). 543pp. on six microfiche cards. [Boulder, Col.]: Geological Society of America, 1983-[1992]. (Supplements to 1983 fiche have been issued)
Bibliography American	Stannard, Jerry. "Early American Botany and Its Sources." In Bibliography & Natural History: Essays Presented at a Conference Convened in June 1964, pp.73-102. Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1966. (Cites primary and secondary sources, for the pre-Civil War era)
Bibliography General	Stapleton, Darwin H. The History of Civil Engineering Since 1600: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies of the History of Science and Technology, 14). 232pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
Bibliography American	Sturchio, Jeffrey L., editor. Corporate History and the Chemical Industries: A Resource Guide. (Center for History of Chemistry Publication, 4). 53pp. Philadelphia: Center for History of Chemistry, 1985. (Includes annotated bibliography, with general works and works on particular firms. Also sections on archives and records management and on oral history)
Bibliography General	Surgical and Dental Instrument Catalogues from the Civil War Era: Snowden and Brother (1860) and John Weiss and Son (1863). (Norman surgery series; no. 10). 1 v. (various pagings). San Francisco: Norman Pub. in association with the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1997. (Facsimiles of two catalogues, with historical introduction. Snowden & Brother was a Philadelphia firm)
Bibliography General	Technology and Culture. Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, 1962-. Technology and Culture, vol. 5-, 1964-. (Some annotations. Beginning with bibliography covering 1990, produced as a separate issue of Technology & Culture)
Bibliography General	Tucher, Andrea J., compiler. Agriculture in America, 1622-1860: Printed Works in the Collections of the American Philosophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia. (Americana to 1860, 2). 212pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1984. (Some annotations explanatory of content, etc.)
Bibliography General	Tucher, Andrea J., compiler. Natural History in America, 1609-1860: Printed Works in the Collections of the American Philosophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia. (Americana to 1860, 4). 287pp. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. (Books, broadsides, circular letters; periodicals listed by title but not individual articles. Botany, zoology, geology)
Bibliography General	Viney, Wayne, Michael Wertheimer, and Marilyn Lou Wertheimer. History of Psychology: A Guide to Information Sources. (Gale Information Guide Library). 502pp. Detroit: Gale Research, 1979. (Books and articles. Some annotations)
Bibliography American	Walker, Robert H., editor. American Studies: Topics and Sources. (Contributions in American Studies, no. 24). 393pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1976. (Bibliographical essays by various authors, with combined list of cited sources at the end. Relatively little specifically on history of science, but of use for contextual purposes). Supplement published as:
	———— and Jefferson Kellogg, editors. Sources for American Studies. 766pp. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.
Bibliography General	Watson, Robert Irving. The History of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences: A Bibliographic Guide. 241pp. New York: Springer, 1978. (Annotated. Books and articles. Some general interest works not limited to psychology are included)
Bibliography General	Weisbard, Phyllis Holman, with Rima Apple, editors. The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines. 2nd ed. 100pp. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian, Memorial Library, 1993. (Includes books and articles. Selectively annotated)
Bibliography General	Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. Subject Catalogue of the History of Medicine and Related Sciences. 18 vols. Munchen: Kraus International, 1980. (Copy of card catalogue in three sections: subjects, biography, and geographical areas. Secondary literature, 1954-1977; indexes a number of journals)
Bibliography American	Whitehead, Vivian B., compiler. A List of References for the History of Agricultural Technology. 76pp. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural History Center, University of California-Davis, 1979. (Books and articles; some explanatory annotations. Some primary references but mainly secondary sources)
Bibliography American	Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim and Jack Becker. American Garden Literature in the Dumbarton Oaks collection (1785-1900): From The Newengland Farmer to Italian Gardens: An Annotated Bibliography. 243pp. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c1998. (Pre-1900 books published in the United States, including European works reprinted, found in the Dumbarton Oaks landscape architecture collection. Annotated)
Bibliography American	Wright, Thomas L. and Taeko Jane Takahishi. Observations and Interpretations of Hawaiian Volcanism and Seismicity, 1779-1955: An Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index. 270pp. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989.

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TOPIC / SCOPE	CITATION
Biography American	Abbott, Robert Tucker, editor. American Malacologists: A National Register of Professional and Amateur Malacologists and Private Shell Collectors and Biographies of Early American Mollusk Workers Born Between 1618 and 1900. 494pp. Falls Church, Va.: American Malacologists, 1973.
Biography American	American Men and Women of Science: A Biographical Directory. New York, N.Y.; Garrison, N.Y.; Lancaster, Pa.: Science Press; New York: Bowker, 1906-. (Prior to 12th edition , 1971, titled American Men of Science)
Biography American	American Men and Women of Science: Cumulative Index [to] Editions 1-14. Compiled by Jacques Cattell Press. 847pp. Ann Arbor, Mich.: R.R. Bowker Co., 1983. (Covers editions published 1906-1979)
Biography American	American Society of Civil Engineers. A Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers. (ASCE Historical Publication, 2). 163pp. New York: Committee on History and Heritage of American Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1972. (Based in part on Biographical Archive of American Civil Engineers at the Smithsonian Institution)
Biography American	American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical Engineers in America Born Prior to 1861: A Biographical Dictionary. Sponsored by the History and Heritage Committee. 330pp. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1980. (Based in part on the Biographical Files of the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the National Museum of History and Technology at the Smithsonian Institution)
Biography General	Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: The Lives and Achievements of 1510 Great Scientists from Ancient Times to the Present Chronologically Arranged. 2nd rev. ed. 941pp. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1982.
Biography American	Auk. Biographies of Members of the American Ornithological Union. By T.S. Palmer, and others. 630pp. Washington, D.C.: 1954. (Reprinted from The Auk, 1884-1954)
Biography General	Axelrod, Alan and Charles Phillips. The Environmentalists: A Biographical Dictionary from the 17th Century to Today. 258 pp. New York: Facts on File, 1993. (Emphasis is on the U.S. In addition to persons, there are entries on societies, government agencies, etc.)
Biography American	Bailey, Martha J. American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary. 463pp. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1994. (Sources cited)
Biography General	Barnhart, John H., compiler. Biographical Notes upon Botanists, Maintained in the New York Botanical Garden Library. 3 vols. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1965. (Photocopy of card file. Includes brief biographical notes, and bibliographical references)
Biography General	Barr, Ernest Scott. An Index to Biographical Fragments in Unspecialized Scientific Journals. 294pp. University: University of Alabama Press, 1973. (Indexes seven British and American journals, 1798-ca.1920. Includes field, dates, nationality)
Biography American	Becher, Anne, with others. American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present. 2 vols. (921pp.) Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2000. (In spite of title, chiefly 20th century. Includes scientists, activists, poets,