Subject guide for Science Studies

On this page you will find a selection of resources concerning history of science studies.

You are welcome to contact the subject editor in case you need help, or if you have suggestions for additional information for the page.

Article databases

Web of Science
Reference and citation database. Covers all research areas but is best suited for science and health sciences. Time period: 1900 - .
Scopus
Reference and citation database. Covers all research areas but is best suited for science and health sciences. Time period: 1960 – (full indexing from 1996).
MathSciNet
Matematical bibliographic database with reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information
Proquest
Collection of databases.

Biographies of Women Mathematics
Biographies of women in mathematics
Dictionary of Scientific Biography (DSB)
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Provides 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.
MacTudor History of Mathematics archive
Archive covering famous people and concepts, as well as describing the development of mathematics in various cultures

Eebo
Early English books online. Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.
Early European Books
Printed sources to 1700.
Europeana
Multi-lingual online collection of millions of digitized items from European museums, libraries, archives and multi-media collections.
Gallica
Digital library of the Bibliotheque nationale de France.

Ordbogen.com
Collection of dictionaries which contains Ordbogen.com and Gyldendals Ordbøger. The collection of dictionaries covers a large number of subject areas and languages. The list of all relevant dictionaries is obtained when you search a word.
Oxford English Dictionary
Online dictionary. English-English. © 2016 Oxford University Press.
Dansk Sprognævn
Website from the Danish Language Council. Contains different tools on the Danish language and grammar.
Den Danske Ordbog
Dictionary on the modern Danish Language. Published by det Danske sprog- og litteraturselskab.
Google Translate
Translation tool. Machine-generated translations, many different languages and alphabets.
AU oversættelse og sprog
AU’s Dictionary, Translate and English style guide.