Saint Mary's College of California Library
general science
Reference Databases
AccessScience - Includes McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 10th ed.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Includes
Encyclopedia of science, technology, and ethics
Encyclopedia of science and religion
Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Oxford Reference Online - Includes
The Oxford companion to the history of modern science
Science, technology, and society : an encyclopedia
Search engines
Wolfram Alpha - Computational knowledge engine
Global Science Gateway - From DOE and the British Library, an international science portal.
Science and Engineering Indicators - Essays and history, statistics and legislative statements relating to science and technology.
Science.gov - ..."a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results." Over 1,000 annotated sites.
Print resources
General
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia. (Ref 503 V338a) 2 vols. New York: John Wiley, 2002.
History of Science
Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures (Ref 509 Se48)
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c1997
The history of science and religion in the western tradition : an encyclopedia (Ref 215 F395) New York : Garland Pub., 2000
Medieval science, technology, and medicine : an encyclopedia (Ref 509.02 G490) New York : Routledge, 2005
Science in the ancient world : an encyclopedia (Ref 509.3 L446) Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004
