LibGuides: History 497/697: History of Popular Science: Current Materials

e-books

The Library has a subscription to Springer e-books. There are many current (2010 imprints) books on topics relating to popular science.

Newspapers

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News, business and legal sources

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
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Massachusetts Daily Newspapers: Amherst Bulletin, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Springfield Republican, Greenfield Recorder, Valley Advocate, and five more Massachusetts city newspapers. 1990's to present.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

Articles

General Science Collection
coverage: 1980-2011
A custom collection of over 200 journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology.

There are a number of thematic databases in the Gale series that might be helpful to you. To see the full list click here. See a few of the databases below.

Gale Science in Context
Gale's authoritative reference content [is merged] with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Popular Magazines Collection
Coverage:1980-2011.
This database is 100% full text and includes over 600 titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries". Titles like Consumer Reports, Time, National Geographic, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, US News and World Report, Vogue, Fortune, Business Week, National Review, Cosmopolitan, NPR ...
Science Online
Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
**You need to have a public library card to use this database.