Skip to Main Content
Skip to primary content
Skip to sidebar content
University of Washington
University Libraries
My UW
Calendar
Maps
Directories
Toggle navigation
Start Your Research
Articles & Research Databases
Literature on your research topic and direct access to articles online, when available at UW.
E-Journals
Alphabetical list of electronic journal titles held at UW.
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Resources for looking up quick facts and background information.
E-Newspapers, Media, Maps & More
Recommendations for finding news, audio/video, images, government publications, data sets and other types.
Evaluating Information
Learn how to choose the best and most reliable information that meets your research needs.
Citation Styles & Tools
Quick MLA, APA, and Chicago style guides for bibliographies; tools for storing and organizing sources.
Course Reserves
Library materials reserved for your classes.
Collections & Archives
Unique online and physical collections on specific subjects, in distinct formats, and in special archives.
Mobile Search Tools
Mobile-optimized research databases and library-related mobile apps.
Research Guides
Librarian recommended resources & research tips tailored to your topic.
Undergraduate Researcher Tutorial
Self-paced online tutorial that introduces students to research skills and UW Libraries resources and services.
more
on research
Use the Libraries
Your Library Account
Log in to renew borrowed materials, check on items you have requested, and pay fines.
Study & Meeting Spaces
Study, conference, event, and meeting spaces, and how to reserve them.
Computers & Printing
Computers, printers, and scanners in the Libraries.
Accessibility
We are committed to providing equal access to library collections, services, and facilities for all library users.
Interlibrary Loan & Scanning Services
Get PDFs of print articles delivered via email and borrow items not held at UW.
Borrowing & Access
What you can check out from the Libraries, how long, renewals, and returns.
more
on using the Libraries
Help & Support
FAQ
Short, simple how-to and demos of frequently asked questions about using the Libraries and information resources.
Graduate Funding Info Service
Assistance with locating funding for research, tuition, travel, and other graduate school-related expenses.
Off-Campus Access & Technical Support
Using library resources from off-campus and other technical tips.
Open Scholarship Commons
One-stop shop for knowledge creation and dissemination services.
Resources for Writing
Campus writing help and links to online resources.
Scholarly Publishing & Open Access
Info and tools for scholarly publishing and open-access publishing alternatives.
Subject Librarians
Talk to a librarian with expertise in your subject area for help with your research.
Teaching Support
Collaborative library instructional services that can improve the research and information skills of your students.
more
help
About
Libraries & Hours
Contact info, map location, and hours for all library branches.
News Events Exhibits
What's going on at the Libraries: announcements, upcoming events, and current exhibits.
Organization At-a-Glance
Staff directory and info about the Office of the Dean and other library departments.
Support the Libraries
Give to the Libraries! Join the Friends of the Libraries.
Our Blog
News, views and impact stories from the UW Libraries.
Jobs
Student, staff, and librarian job opportunities at the Libraries.
Policies
Libraries policies governing use of library resources, space, and services.
Strategic Plan
Current Libraries strategic goals and initiatives.
more
about the Libraries
Libraries
Art Library
Built Environments Library
Drama Library
Engineering Library
Foster Business Library
Friday Harbor Library
Government Publications, Maps, Microforms & Newspapers
Health Sciences Library
Mathematics Research Library
Music Library
Odegaard Undergraduate Library
Research Commons
Special Collections
Suzzallo and Allen Libraries
Tateuchi East Asia Library
UW Bothell/Cascadia Library
UW Tacoma Library
Ask Us!
Get help 24/7 with this real-time chat service.
Email
Get answers to less-urgent questions and comments via email.
Consultations
Make an appointment and get specialized help from a librarian.
more
ways to contact us
Research Guides
Home
Articles
Books & eBooks
Encyclopedias
Primary Sources - Science
Primary Sources - Medicine
Archival Collections
This link opens in a new window
Libraries Home
Start Your Research
Research Guides
University of Washington Libraries
Library Guides
UW Libraries
History : Science & Medicine
Primary Sources - Medicine
History : Science & Medicine: Primary Sources - Medicine
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for the history of science and medicine.
Medical Texts
Bibliothèque numérique Medica
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
This link opens in a new window
This link opens in a new window
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
This link opens in a new window
This link opens in a new window
Historical Anatomies on the Web
Medical Heritage Library
Medicine in the Americas
Public Health Archives: Public Health in Modern America; 1890-1970
This link opens in a new window
This link opens in a new window
Rare books on plague, smallpox and epidemiology
UK Medical Heritage Library
Images
Anatomia 1522-1867
Burns Archive
Chinese Public Health Campaign Slides 1950s-70s
Digital Clendening
Health Advertisements Database from Ebling Sources (HADES)
Historical Images in Medicine
Historical Medical Library
National Library of Medicine Digital Collections
John Martin Rare Book Room Images
MacKinney Collection of Medieval Medical Illustrations
Medicine and Madison Avenue
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Patent Medicine Digital Collection
Patent Medicine Trade Cards
Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library
Tobacco Advertising Themes
Wellcome Collection
World Heath Organization Multimedia Library
Yale Cushing/Whitney Medical Digital Library
Medical Instruments
Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection
History of Medicine Artifacts
Medical Artifact Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Medical Instruments & Artifacts
Museum of Health Care Collection
Surgicat (Royal College of Surgeons)
Biographical Sites
Blackwell Family Papers
Clara Barton Papers
Florence Nightingale Digitization Project
Livingstone Online
Profiles in Science
Sigmund Freud Papers
Thomas Winston Papers 1854-1927
19th & 20 c. Medical Articles
Alberta Medical History Collection
American Periodicals
This link opens in a new window
This link opens in a new window
British Medical Journal 1857-2008
British Periodicals
This link opens in a new window
This link opens in a new window
Global Index Medicus
Health/PAC Bulletin 1967-1994
Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office
Irish Nursing Journals Collection
Lancet 1823-present
This link opens in a new window
New York Academy of Medicine Library
PMC: PubMed Central
Proceedings of the American Medical Association (1847-2011)
South African Medical Journal 1884-2002
Disability Studies
Disability History Museum Library
Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement
History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society; Seventeenth to Twentieth Century
This link opens in a new window
This link opens in a new window
International Center for the Disabled Records, 1917-2012
Leonard Cheshire Archive
Nineteenth-Century Disability: Cultures and Contexts
Texas Disability History Collection
Visibility for Disability
Other
Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
American Social Health Association Records 1905-1990
Casebooks: Simon Forman and Richard Napier's Medical Records
Charity Hospital Reports
Discovery and Early Development of Insulin
DoHistory
Drug Industry Documents
FDA Notices of Judgment Collection, 1908-1966
Global Health Chronicles
History of Western Medicine in China: Resources Portal
Indiana Public Health Historic Collections
Islamic Medical Manuscripts
Legacy Tobacco Documents Library
London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
Mengo Hospital Records (Uganda)
Mental Healthcare Records
Northampton Lunatic Hospital Reports
Patent Medicine Digital Collection
Providence Archives
Royal Army Medical Corps
Selected Sources on British Heathcare 1900-1948
UC San Francisco Digital Collections
Vital Statistics of the United States 1890-2003
Women Physicians: 1850s-1970s
AIDS
African American AIDS History Project
AIDS Education Posters
AIDS Memorial Quilt Records
AIDS Oral History Project
AIDS Poster Collection
AIDS Poster Collection (UCLA)
AIDS Posters (Wellcome)
AIDS Quarterly: The Education of Admiral Watkins
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Parts I - IV
This link opens in a new window
This link opens in a new window
CDC's Early Response to AIDS
Clinton Library - Global AIDS documents
Face of AIDS Film Archive
Frontline: Age of AIDS Interviews
HIV and AIDS: 30 Years Ago
HIV/AIDS Epidemic
In Their Own Words... NIH Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS
Jon Cohen AIDS Research Collection
National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Records 1983-1994
National HIV & AIDS Archive (Ireland)
Ryan White Letters
Eugenics
Eugenics Society Archive
Francis Galton Papers
History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society; Seventeenth to Twentieth Century
This link opens in a new window
This link opens in a new window
Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement
Other Diseases
1918–1920 Influenza Pandemic Escape Community Digital Document Archive
Albert B. Sabin Archives
American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia
Cholera Online: A Modern Pandemic in Texts and Images
Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
John Snow Archive and Research Companion
League of Nations Malaria Documents
Medical History of British India
Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection
Records of Dr. John C. Cutler
The Star 1941-2001
Stories from the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Resource Guide
Visual Representations of the Third Plague Pandemic
<<
Previous:
Primary Sources - Science
Next:
Archival Collections >>