Science & Math Librarian
Recommended Databases
- AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online This link opens in a new windowReference resource containing encyclopedia articles, illustrations, definitions, biographies, bibliographies, and learning resources covering all major science disciplines.
- American National Biography This link opens in a new windowA biographical resource for notable people in American history.
- Biography In Context This link opens in a new windowBiographical information on over 480,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
- Current Biography Illustrated This link opens in a new windowProvides content of the H.W. Wilson Company’s printed magazine Current Biography in searchable, electronic format. Users can search thousands of accurate and objective biographies by occupation, activity, gender, birthday, place of origin and more.
- GeoRef This link opens in a new windowGeoscience literature of the world, including references journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses.
- GeoScienceWorld This link opens in a new windowResource for research and communications in the earth sciences, built around a core database of peer-reviewed journals.
- History of Science, Technology and Medicine This link opens in a new windowBibliographic entries for journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of science, technology, and medicine.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online This link opens in a new windowBiographies of 55,000 deceased men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past from the earliest times and all walks of life.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowIndexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature.
Recommended Reference Books
The following books may be helpful to you in finding more information about your historic figures.
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in ScienceCall Number: Rose Reference Q141 .B5285 2000Publication Date: 2000Combines "facts-fronted" fast access to biographical details with highly readable accounts and analyses of nearly 3000 scientists' lives, works, and accomplishments.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific BiographyCall Number: Q141 .C55 2008 InternetPublication Date: 2008Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented
Geological Pioneers of the Jurassic Coast by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 0197638082Publication Date: 2022Progressing chronologically, the book tells the stories of early researchers, fossil collectors, geological mappers, stratigraphers, and paleontologists from the seventeenth century to today.
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific BiographyCall Number: Q141 .H88 2005 InternetThis dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to the lives, labors and achievements of the men and women who have shaped the world of science.
Science and Its TimesCall Number: Q175.46 .S35 2000ISBN: 078763932XThe volumes are chronologically ordered from 2000 B.C. to the present, addressing a wide variety of scientific developments with explanations of underlying factors and their effects on politics, economics, culture and daily life.
A to Z of Earth ScientistsCall Number: QE21 .G38 2003ISBN: 0816045801A comprehensive one-volume A to Z reference of Earth scientists.
Research Tools
- Geology & Environmental Science Research GuideThis is the general subject research guide for Geology & Environmental Science.
- JMU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowFind journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
- DOI FinderIf you have the DOI number for an article, use this link to help locate the article.