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History : Science & Medicine: Articles

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for the history of science and medicine.

Sample journals: Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, Environment and History, Technology & Culture, Bulletin of the History of Medicine and IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

Find History of Medicine/Science Journal Articles

History of Science, Technology & Medicine is the best database to use when looking for academic journal articles about medical and scientific history.

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Using Databases to Find Articles

  • How to search: Link your search terms using the AND connector. For example: "sexually transmitted diseases" AND "world war i". You can also use separate search boxes for each term.

  • Narrow your search results: Use the All filters option to filter your results by Publication date, Subject, Language & more

  • Find full-text of article: Some articles have a direct link to the full text. These have buttons labeled Access now (PDF) or Access now (Online full text). Some articles do not have a direct link to the full text, these articles have a button labeled Access options. Click on the Access Options button and then click Check for full-text availability beyond Ebscohost. This will take you into UW Libraries search to see if we have the full text available through another source. If we do not have the full text, you will have an option to request an article scan.

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