3. Find Sources

Databases / Articles

Use these databases to find out information on your scientist or inventor.

Gale in Context: Biography
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Look up information on specific people. Find biographical essays, magazine/newspaper/journal articles, images and websites for people.
Credo Reference
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Articles from almost 600 reference books, covering various subjects.
Gale in Context: Science
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Articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites on Science.
Modern World History
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A comprehensive look at world history including art, music, literature, politics and other aspects of culture from the mid-15th century to current times including United States. Thousands of subject entries, biographies, images, videos and slideshows, maps and graphs, primary sources, and timelines combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history and culture.
Gale in Context: World History
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Full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, primary sources, images, maps and charts.

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Recommended Books

Here are a few recommended books, but also search for the name of your scientist in our library catalog and eBook collections below. Example: "Isaac Newton".

The Grolier Library of Science Biographies
Call Number: Giles REF Q141 .G84 1996
Scientists and Science by Joseph L. Spradley (Editor); Salem Press Editors
Call Number: Giles REF Q141 .G7667 2013 (3 Vols.)
ISBN: 1587659689
Publication Date: 2012-11-01
Also Available Online
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Call Number: eBook (27 Vols.)
Publication Date: 2008
Inventors and Inventions by Alvin K. Benson; Salem Press Editors; Robert F. Gorman (Editor)
Call Number: Giles REF T39 .G75 2010 (4 Vols.)
ISBN: 9781587655227
Publication Date: 2009-11-01
Also Available Online
A Dictionary of Scientists
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0191726834
Publication Date: 1999
Remarkable Physicists by Ioan James
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0521816874
Publication Date: 2004-01-26

Search for Books & eBooks

Use the search box below to search the SCC Library Catalog for physical books (in one of our library locations) and eBooks. You can also open the Library Catalog or use the Advanced Search for more search options.