EBSCO Publishing has announced that History of Science, Technology and Medicine, an international database for the history of science, technology and medicine, is now available on its EBSCOhost platform. The database is said to reflect the influences of the fields of science, technology and medicine on society and culture from prehistory to the present, and offer outstanding value for interdisciplinary research.
Formerly available via First Search from OCLC, History of Science, Technology and Medicine integrates four bibliographies - Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. This is stated to make it the definitive international database for the history of science, technology and medicine. The database includes more than 350,000 records including journal articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, serials and maps.
History of Science, Technology and Medicine supplies users with material from periodicals and books since 1975. Many areas integral to the history of science, technology and medicine are covered including, but not limited to, biological sciences, computer and information sciences, engineering, geography, mathematics, medicine, neurosciences, pharmacy, physics, psychiatry, public health and technology.
