INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS: A RESOURCE LIST
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Reference Books/Circulating Books/Magazine and Journal Article Databases/Keywords/Web Sites
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REFERENCE BOOKS:
Abbott, David, ed. The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, Engineers, and Inventors. (Ref T 139 .B56 1986) The Almanac of Science and Technology. (Ref Q 158.5 .A47 1990)
Anzovin, Steven. Famous First Facts: a Record of First Happenings, Discoveries, and Inventions. International ed. (Ref AG 5 .A69 2000) Berinstein, Paula. The Statistical Handbook on Technology. (Ref T 21 .B47 1999) Brain, Marshall. Marshall Brain’s How Stuff Works. (Ref T 47 .B732 2001) Brain, Marshall. Marshall Brain’s More How Stuff Works. (Ref T 47 B732 2003) Brown, Travis. Historical First Patents: the First United States Patent for Many Everyday Things. (Ref T 223 .P2 B76 1994) Bruno, Leonard C. Science and Technology Firsts. (Ref T 15 .B684 1997) The Cutting Edge: an Encyclopedia of Advanced Technologies. (Ref T 9 .C96 2000) Dummer, G.W.A., et.al. The Timetable of Technology. (Ref T 20 .T55 1982) How in the World? (Ref T 47 .H725 1990) How Products Are Made: an Illustrated Guide to Product Manufacturing. 5 vols. (Ref TS 146 .H67) Instruments of Science: an Historical Encyclopedia. (Ref Q 184.5 .I57 1998) James, Peter & Thorpe, Nick. Ancient Inventions. (Ref T 16 .J36 1994) Kane, Joseph Nathan. Famous First Facts: a Record of First Happenings, Discoveries, and Inventions in American History. (Ref AG 5 .K315 2006) Keoke, Emory Dean. Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World: 15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations. (Ref E 4.5 .K46 2002) Knight, Edward Henry. Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. 3 vols. (Ref T 9 .K689 1877) Macaulay, David. The New Way Things Work. (Ref T 47 .M18 1998)
McNeil, Ian. An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology. (Ref T 15 .E53 1990) The New Book of Popular Science. 6 vols. (Ref Q 162 .N437 1992) Olsen, Frank H. Inventors Who Left Their Brands on America. (Ref T 39 .O4 1991) Rose, Sharon & Schlager, Neil. CDs, Super Glue, and Salsa: How Everyday Products Are Made. 2 vols. (Ref T 47 .R68 1995) Science and Technology Almanac. (Ref Q 124.6 .S35 2001) Smith, Roger. Inventions and Inventors. 2 vols. (Ref T 20 .I59 2002) Travers, Bridget, ed. World of Invention. (Ref T 15 .T779 1994) Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science. (Ref Q 123 .U43 1998) Zierdt-Warshaw, Linda. American Women in Technology: an Encyclopedia. (Ref T 36 .Z54 2000)
CIRCULATING BOOKS:
Baker, David. Inventions from Outer Space: Everyday Uses for NASA Technology. (T 212 .B33 2000) Bender, Lionel. Invention. (Eyewitness Books) (T 48 .B46 1991) Bloomfield, Louis. How Things Work: the Physics of Everyday Life. (QC 21.2 .B59 1997) Breuer, Hans. Columbus Was Chinese: Discoveries and Inventions of the Far East. (T 27 .C5 B713 1972) Bridgman, Roger Francis. Technology. (Eyewitness Science) (T 48 .B82 1995) Brockman, John. The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years. (T 15 .G72 2000) Brown, David E. Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse. (T 20 .B76 2002) Brown, Kenneth A. Inventors at Work: Interviews With 16 Notable American Inventors. (T 39 .B86 1988) Bunch, Bryan H. The History of Science and Technology. (Q 125 .B945 2004) Burke, James. Connections. (T 15 .B76 1995) Burke, James. The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible, and Other Journeys Through Knowledge. (T 15 .B765 1997)
Docie, Ronald. The Inventor’s Bible: How to Market and License Your Brilliant Ideas. (HF 5415.153 .D63 2001) Ellis, Mount. Milestones in Science and Technology: the Ready Reference Guide to Discoveries, Inventions, and Facts. (Q 199 .M68 1997) Evans, Harold. They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine, Two Centuries of Innovators. (T 39 .E83 2004) Fagan, Brian M., ed. The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World. (T 16 .S48 2004) Flatow, Ira. They All Laughed… : From Light Bulbs to Lasers, the Fascinating Stories Behind the Great Inventions That Have Changed Our Lives. (T 212 .F53 1993) Friedel, Robert D. Zipper!: an Exploration in Novelty. (T 19 .F75 1994) Frugoni, Chiara. Books, Banks, Buttons and Other Inventions from the Middle Ages. (T 17 .F7713 2003) Garrett, Alfred B. The Flash of Genius. (Q 125 .G38 1963) Hacker, Barton C. American Military Technology: the Life Story of a Technology. (U 43 .U4 H33 2006) Harrison, Ian. The Book of Inventions: How’d They Come Up With That. (T 15 .H3448 2004) Hawke, David Freeman. Nuts and Bolts of the Past: a History of American Technology, 1776-1860. (T 21 .H39 1988) Heyn, Ernest Victor. Fire of Genius: Inventors of the Past Century: Based on the Files of Popular Science Monthly Since Its Founding in 1872. (T 39 .H49 1979) Levy, Joel. Really Useful: the Origins of Everyday Things. (T 212 .L489 2002) Lindsay, David. House of Invention: the Secret Life of Everyday Products. (T 19 .L56 2000) Macdonald, Anne L. Feminine Ingenuity: Women and Invention in America. (T 36 .M33 1992) Mulcahy, Robert. Medical Technology: Inventing the Instruments. (R 134 .M854 1997) Petroski, Henry. The Evolution of Useful Things. (T 212 .P465 1994) Rybczynski, Witold. One Good Turn: a Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw. (TJ 1201 .S34 R3 2000) Smith, Martin J. Poplorica: a Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore That Shaped Modern America. (Rome E 169.1 .S63 2004) Usher, Abbott Payson. A History of Mechanical Invention. (T 15 .U8 1959)
Van Dulken, Stephen. American Invention: a History of Curious, Extraordinary, and Just Plain Useful Patents. (T 21 .V36 2004) Van Dulken, Stephen. Inventing the 19th Century: 100 Inventions That Shaped the Victorian Age From Aspirin to Zeppelins. (T 19 .V36 2001) Vare, Ethlie Ann. Mothers of Invention: From the Bra to the Bomb: Forgotten Women and Their Unforgettable Ideas. (T 36 .V35 1988) Vare, Ethlie Ann. Patently Female: from AZT to TV Dinners: Stories of Women Inventors and Their Breakthrough Ideas. (T 36 .V38 2001) Williams, Trevor I. The History of Invention. (T 15 .W718 1987)
MAGAZINE AND JOURNAL ARTICLE DATABASES:
--Starting at the Library home page, under Find Articles click on Periodical Databases. --Select either General Science Collection, Science Direct, Science Reference Center, Academic OneFile, or MasterFile Premier. See individual instruction sheets in the reference area or on the Libraries web site under Find Research Tools: Quick Reference Guides for directions on how to use each database.
KEYWORDS:
Invention or inventions Name of specific object or invention eg., toaster Inventor or inventors Name of specific inventor (eg. Alexander Graham Bell, Philo T. Farnsworth, Nikola Tesla, Robert Fulton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, George Eastman) Patent or patents Technology Technological innovations
VIDEOS:
Connections. 10 v. (Educational VHS T 15 .B77 1978) Connections 2. 10 v. (Educational VHS T 15 .B78 1994) Modern Marvels series. (Educational VHS and DVD) Do keyword or title search for “Modern Marvels” for a full list of videos. They Made America. (Educational DVD T 39 .T439 2004)
WEB SITES:
About Inventors: http://www.inventors.about.com/ American Inventors and Invention: Smithsonian Institution: http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm Colleen Kehoe-Robinson’s Women Inventors presentation http://www.mvcc.edu/~ckehoe/Toaster_Ovens_To_White_Out.pdf Famous Inventions A to Z http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/FamousInvention.htm 4,000 Years of Women in Science: http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/ A Guide to Inventions and Discoveries: From Adrenaline to the Zipper: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004637.html Invent Now: National Inventors Hall of Fame: http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp Invention Dimension: http://web.mit.edu/invent/ Invention Facts and Myths: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventions.htm Marshall Brain’s How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/ Technology Timeline: 1752-1990: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/timeline_text.html Time Magazine’s Coolest Inventions (2001-2003): http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/ Totally Absurd Inventions: America’s Goofiest Patents!: http://www.totallyabsurd.com/ Women Inventors A to Z: http://www.inventors.about.com/library/blwomeninventors.htm Zoom Inventors and Inventions: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/ KEHartman 7/28/2008 MVCC