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History of Science, Technology, & Medicine

Books

UC Library Search is the University of California’s unified discovery and borrowing system. 

Access it directly or from the Library's homepage to find most UC books, articles, media, archival collections, and more. 

You can also:

  • Narrow your search results using filters (ex: peer review status, date, and language).
  • Save and export records to email or citation management software.
  • Save searches and create/enable alerts or RSS feeds for update notifications.
  • Log in to view and manage your:
  • Saved records, saved searches, and search history.
  • Requested, borrowed, and Interlibrary Loan items.
  • Messages, blocks, fines, and fees.

See the UC Library Search user guide and ask for research help 24/7 for more information.

 

eBooks

Many publishers also allow full text searching of their ebooks on their native platforms. The following are major publishers from which UC Berkeley has purchased ebooks:

Scientific Illustration

example of scientific illustrationIn UC Library Search, do a subject search for: 

biological illustration
botanical illustration
medical illustration

add subheadings to the search to find

bibliographies (list of works on a topic)
early works to 1800 (works published before 1800)
exhibitions (catalogs of exhibitions)
history (the history of illustration)

 

 

 

Selected histories of science