Subject Guide - Technology (600s)

 

 

Reference  *  Books  *  Serials  *  Databases  *  Related Lion Links pages  *  Websites

 

This is a research guide to the library's resources on the topic of technology, including medical sciences and engineering.

 

Reference/Books

 

Please see here for a live search in the St. Mark's Library Catalog for reference books on the topic of technology, medical sciences, and engineering.

 

Please see here for a live search in the St. Mark's Library Catalog for all other books on the topic of technology, medical sciences, and engineering.

 

And see here for a library catalog search for multimedia items on the topic of technology.

 

Serials

 

Databases

Britannica Online

General encyclopedia plus current events, primary documents, journals and magazine articles, videos, and curriculum related web sites.

EBSCOhost

All subjects including: Animals, AP Courses, Arts, Books, Computers, Consumer Education, Economics, Government, Health, History, Law, Libraries, Literature, Math, Medicine (MEDLINE), Philosophy, Professional Education, Psychology, Religion, Sciences, Texas History. English, Spanish, and other languages available for these book, magazine, or newspaper articles.

Electric Library

Full text articles from hundreds of books, popular magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers; radio and television news transcripts;maps and pictures. Covers a broad spectrum of subjects and current events. Includes History Study Center and Literature Database.

GALE INFOTRAC: All Subjects

Books, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other resources on all subjects. Includes full text Spanish magazine articles: Informe

GALE INFOTRAC: POWER SEARCH

This link allows you to search multiple GALE INFOTRAC databases at one time.

JSTOR

Archives of over 300 peer-reviewed journals from twenty-six academic disciplines Remote access to JSTOR

NewsBank

Newspaper articles about animals, arts, earth, fossils, geography, health, math, people, plants, poetry, science, sports, and important problems in the world.

SIRS Knowledge Source

Current articles on business, the environment, family, global issues, health, human relations, religion, science, sports, and social issues.

Web Feet K-12 Collection

This database contains collections of non-subscription Internet sites favorably reviewed by librarians, educators, subject-area specialists, and editors.

World Book Encyclopedia

The general encyclopedia online with hyperlinks to relevant research sites.

 

Related Lion Links pages

 

Webpages

1394 Technology from 1394 Trade Association. Includes answers to FAQs on the 1394 Multimedia standard.

 

BrainPOP.com - Technology: Discoveries, Inventions, and Innovations. Pick a movie to watch. While waiting for the movie to load, play a quiz game. Technology movies include: Assembly Line, Airbags, Binary, Braces, Cars, CD, Cell Phone, Computer, Mouse, Fax Machine, Fireworks, Flight, Floppy Disk, Fuel Cells, Inclined Plane, Internet, Laser, Lever, Photography, Printer, Radio, Refrigerator, Robots, Submarines, Telephone, Television, Woodwinds, and more to come.

 

How Everyday Things Are Made. Covers over 40 different products and manufacturing processes such as forging, casting, and injection molding, plus diagrams, photos, illustrations, and video. You can watch a video and learn how airplanes, motocycles, cars, jelly beans, chocolate, glass bottles, plastic bottles and other products are made.

 

How Products Are Made from Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. Search A-Z for a product. Details of the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products, from daily household items to complicated electronic equipment and heavy machinery, are explained. Includes illustrations and diagrams where applicable.

 

How Stuff Works. A great place to learn about how things work, e.g. How Computer Viruses Work, How Franchising Works, How Mosquitoes Work, How Power Grids Work, How Satellite TV Works, and thousands more.

 

 

Technology Timeline: 1750-1990 from PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). Click on topic in red text to see more information. Includes illustration or photo of inventor where applicable.

 

About.com Inventors. Massive site on all aspects of inventions and inventors. Famous Inventions, Famous Inventors A-Z, Black Inventors, Canadian Inventors, Chinese Inventors, and Women Inventors, Search Historical Inventions A-Z, plus Australian inventions, 20th century (1900-1999) inventions, Inventing 101, Young Inventors, Inventor magazines, Copyrights, Patents, Lesson plans, Search 45,000,000 used books on inventions and inventors, and more.

 

 

Brown & Michaels - Weird and Wonderful Patents. Site from legal firm also provides Information on Patents including a Patent Quiz, Information on Trademarks, and Information on Copyrights.

 

 

 

MedBioWorld. 25,000 links to medical and bioscience journals, associations and databases. Medical Resources include links to over 3500 Associations by Specialty, over 2500 Databases by Specialty, Medical News by Specialty, Medical Images & Illustrations, Medical Portals, Medical Abstracts, Medical Libraries, Medical Statistics, Medication Directories (Drug List), Online Pharmacies, Pharmaceutical Companies, Diseases & Conditions, Physician Search (in U.S.), Hospitals Worldwide, and much more.

 

 

The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition. Provides free, current, authoritative, complete, and comprehensive information on all areas of

medicine. Most widely used medical textbook in the world now online in plain English with the same vital information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

 

AllRef.com Health - Medical Encyclopedia.

 

 

Health Square - The PDR® Family Guide™ Encyclopedia of Medicine. Search Topic Index A-Z for information on major illness, diseases and treatments. Browse in Drugs & Medicines by drug name to find information on over 1,000 prescription medications, their side effects and possible food and drug interactions.

 

 

Heart Center Encyclopedia. Pediatric Heart Information (heart conditions, symptoms, diagnoses, treatment, etc.) for Patients, Families, Medical Professionals, from Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Includes a Glossary.

 

 

Medical Dictionary. MedTerms™ online medical dictionary contains over 15,000 popular medical terms. Entries include standard medical terms as well as terms that relate to medicine and biomedical sciences.

 

 

Medical Dictionary and Medical Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus. The Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.

 

 

Anatomy from Encarta Encyclopedia: Introduction to Anatomy, Human Anatomy, and History of Anatomy. Includes multimedia items with photos, audio clips, videos, charts, and illustrations.

 

 

Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section. A digital library of anatomy information curated by Ronald A. Bergman, PhD Professor of Anatomy.

 

 

Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body. Henry Gray's 1918 publication from Bartleby.com. Illustrated with 1247 engravings. Subject index with 13,000 entries.

 

 

 

Bridge Building: Art and Science. Numerous links to bridge sites including all types of bridges (arch, beam, suspension, moving, pontoon, ...), bridge art, bridge engineers, bridge poem, bridge songs, and more.

 

 

BridgePros. Site is dedicated to the Engineering, History and Construction of Bridges. Learning Center provides a game to match bridge types to locations, information on how bridges work, the basics for bridge design, glossary, as well as resources on building bridges, tunnels, skyscrapers, domes and dams.

 

 

Building Big: Bridge Basics. Since ancient times, engineers have designed three major types of bridges to withstand all forces of nature: beam bridge, truss bridge, and arch bridge.

 

 

Great Bridges - Facts and Photos from About.com. Topics include: Bridges in Asia, Europe and England, and United States, Bridge Builder Magazines, Bridges on the Internet, Bridge Research, Cable Supported Bridges, Photo Gallery.

 

 

iCivilEngineer. The Civil Engineering Web Directory. Includes: Latest Civil Engineering News, Basics, Ethics, History of Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction, Earthquake Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Structural Engineering, Surveying, Transportation Engineering, Famous Engineers (Ammann, Brunel, Eiffel, Terzaghi), Landmarks (Bridges, Dams, Roads, Tunnels), and more.

 

 

Top Ten Bridge Sites. Top 10 links include: Structurae from Germany on different types of bridge structures, The BridgeSite, How Bridges Work, Bridge Engineering Homepage, Links to Bridges from Northwestern University.

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