HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES:

COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE 21ST CENTURY

 

SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND DISSERTATIONS

 

 

The structure of the Excel database is explained on the bibliography main page. Here you will find the lists of

subject headings

subheadings

categories

that are used in the database.

 

SUBJECT HEADINGS USED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Academic institutions

Acoustics

Aeronautics and astronautics

Agricultural chemistry

Agricultural experiment stations

Agriculture

Anatomy

Animals (attitudes and protection)

Anthropology and ethnology

Antibiotics

Archaeology

Arts (relations to science)

Astronomy and astrophysics

Awards and prizes

Biochemistry and molecular biology

Bioethics

Biology (General)

Biotechnology

Birth control

Botanical gardens

Botany

Chemical and biological warfare

Chemical technology

Chemistry

Child birth, rearing, and development

Communications

Computers and information science

Creationism

Disease

Drugs (use and addiction)

Earth sciences (general )

Ecology

Economics (field of study)

Education in science

Electricity and electronics

Embryology

Energy (science and policy)

Engineering

Engineering (chemical)

Engineering (civil and military)

Engineering (electrical)

Engineering (mechanical)

Engineering education

Entomology

Environment and conservation

Ethnicity, race, and gender

Eugenics

Evolution

Exploration and surveying

Extraterrestrial life

Fairs and expositions

Foreign relations and science and technology

Foreign science and U.S.

Forestry

Foundations

Funding and funds

Futurism

Genetics and genetic engineering

Geography and cartography

Geological and natural history surveys (federal)

Geological and natural history surveys (states)

Geology

Geophysics and geodesy

Geriatrics and aging

Government (relations to science)

Government (relations to science) (federal)

Health, illness, and popular practices

Historiography and historical method

History of medicine (field of study)

History of science (field of study)

History of technology (field of study)

Home economics and homemaking

Hospitals

Ichthyology and pisciculture

Industrial research

Industrial revolution

Industry and business

Industry, science, and technology

Information access (organizations, tools,etc.)

Instruments and instrumentation

Law and science

Literature (relations to science)

Mammalogy

Management (scientific)

Mathematics

Medical education

Medicine

Medicine (politics and public policy)

Medicine (social aspects and relations)

Medicine (unorthodox)

Mental health and illness

Mesmerism

Metallurgy

Meteorology and climatology

Microbiology and microscopy

Military and war (relations to science)

Mineralogy and crystallography

Mining

Minorities and science

Museums

Native American agriculture

Native American relations to natural world

Native Americans (study of)

Natural history

Natural philosophy

Nature (attitudes toward)

Nature writing

Neurology and neurobiology

Nuclear power and weapons

Nursing

Nutrition

Oceanography

Ornithology

Paleontology

Parapsychology and spiritualism

Patents and U.S. Patent Office

Patronage

Periodicals and publishing

Petroleum (science, engineering, and industry)

Pharmacy and pharmacology

Philosophy

Photography

Physical sciences (general)

Physics

Physiology

Politics and public policy (relations to science)

Popular science and popularization

President (U.S.) (science policy and advice)

Primatology

Psychiatry

Psychological and intelligence testing

Psychology

Public health and health policy

Radiation (biological aspects)

Religion and theology (relations to science)

Research institutions (general or miscellaneous)

Research institutions (non-profit)

Research methodology and practice

Rhetoric, public relations, and public images of science

Science (general)

Science (general): 15th century to 1789

Science (general): 1789-1865

Science (general): 1920-1945

Science (general): 1945+

Science fiction

Scientists (community and characteristics)

Seismology

Sex and sexuality

Social and behavioral sciences

Social aspects and relations of science

Societies and associations

Sociology (field of study)

Sociology of science

Soil science

Space science, technology, and exploration

Statistics and actuarial science

Surgery

Technology and invention

Technology and invention (politics and public policy)

Technology and invention (social aspects and relations)

Textbooks in science

Transportation

Water resources

Weaponry

Witchcraft and the occult

Women and health

Women and science

Zoology

Zoos

 

 

 

SUB-HEADINGS USED WITH SUBJECT TERMS

Term

Note on use

Archival guides

 

Artifacts, Instruments, substances

Relates to a particular (generally physical) entity

Bibliography

 

Biographical

Relates to one or several lives, generally specified (not for collective biography)

Biographical (reference works)

Use under specific subjects

Catalogs

Use for instruments, etc.

Chronology

 

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

 

Exhibitions

 

[Geographical divisions]

Names of individual states of the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Latin America

Historiography

 

Institutional

Relates to one or several institutions (broadly defined), generally specified

Library resources

 

Museums

 

Pictorial  works

Contains pictures

Sources

Collections of previously published articles, books, documents, etc

Sources (archival)

Published (including microform) versions of archival documents

 

 

SUBJECT HEADINGS BY CATEGORY

 

HUMANISTIC ASPECTS AND RELATIONS

Arts (relations to science)

Creationism

Literature (relations to science)

Philosophy

Religion and theology (relations to science)

Science fiction

Witchcraft and the occult

 

ORGANIZATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS AND EVENTS

Academic institutions

Awards and prizes

Education in science

Fairs and expositions

Foundations

Funding and funds

Industrial research

Information access (organizations, tools,etc.)

Museums

Periodicals and publishing

Research institutions (general or miscellaneous)

Research institutions (non-profit)

Scientists (community and characteristics)

Societies and associations

Textbooks in science

 

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS AND RELATIONS

Ethnicity, race, and gender

Eugenics

Foreign relations and science and technology

Foreign science and U.S.

Futurism

Government (relations to science)

Government (relations to science) (federal)

Home economics and homemaking

Law and science

Minorities and science

Patronage

Politics and public policy (relations to science)

Popular science and popularization

President (U.S.) (science policy and advice)

Rhetoric, public relations, and public images of science

Science (general)

Science (general): 15th century to 1789

Science (general): 1789-1865

Science (general): 1920-1945

Science (general): 1945+

Social aspects and relations of science

Women and science

 

ASTRONOMICAL, ATMOSPHERIC, GEODESIC SCIENCES

Astronomy and astrophysics

Extraterrestrial life

Geophysics and geodesy

Meteorology and climatology

Space science, technology, and exploration

 

EARTH SCIENCES

Earth sciences (general )

Exploration and surveying

Geography and cartography

Geological and natural history surveys (federal)

Geological and natural history surveys (states)

Geology

Mining

Oceanography

Paleontology

Petroleum (science, engineering, and industry)

Seismology

 

ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE

Agricultural chemistry

Agricultural experiment stations

Agriculture

Animals (attitudes and protection)

Ecology

Environment and conservation

Forestry

Native American agriculture

Native American relations to natural world

Nature (attitudes toward)

Nature writing

Soil science

Water resources

 

HEALTH SCIENCES AND PRACTICES

Antibiotics

Bioethics

Birth control

Child birth, rearing, and development

Disease

Drugs (use and addiction)

Geriatrics and aging

Health, illness, and popular practices

Hospitals

Medical education

Medicine

Medicine (politics and public policy)

Medicine (social aspects and relations)

Medicine (unorthodox)

Mental health and illness

Mesmerism

Neurology and neurobiology

Nursing

Nutrition

Pharmacy and pharmacology

Psychiatry

Public health and health policy

Radiation (biological aspects)

Sex and sexuality

Surgery

Women and health

 

LIFE SCIENCES

Anatomy

Biochemistry and molecular biology

Biology (General)

Biotechnology

Botanical gardens

Botany

Embryology

Entomology

Evolution

Genetics and genetic engineering

Ichthyology and pisciculture

Mammalogy

Microbiology and microscopy

Natural history

Ornithology

Physiology

Primatology

Zoology

Zoos

 

MATHEMATICS

Mathematics

Statistics and actuarial science

 

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Acoustics

Chemical and biological warfare

Chemical technology

Chemistry

Mineralogy and crystallography

Natural philosophy

Physical sciences (general)

Physics

 

SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Anthropology and ethnology

Archaeology

Economics (field of study)

Historiography and historical method

History of medicine (field of study)

History of science (field of study)

History of technology (field of study)

Management (scientific)

Native Americans (study of)

Parapsychology and spiritualism

Psychological and intelligence testing

Psychology

Research methodology and practice

Social and behavioral sciences

Sociology (field of study)

Sociology of science

 

TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND INVENTION

Aeronautics and astronautics

Communications

Computers and information science

Electricity and electronics

Energy (science and policy)

Engineering

Engineering (chemical)

Engineering (civil and military)

Engineering (electrical)

Engineering (mechanical)

Engineering education

Industrial revolution

Industry and business

Industry, science, and technology

Instruments and instrumentation

Metallurgy

Military and war (relations to science)

Nuclear power and weapons

Patents and U.S. Patent Office

Photography

Technology and invention

Technology and invention (politics and public policy)

Technology and invention (social aspects and relations)

Transportation

Weaponry

 

 

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