Bibliographies and research tools for the history of computing

CBI Software History Bibliography
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/shp/bibliography.html

The CBI software history bibliography includes references to monographs, journal articles, reports, oral histories, and archival collections relating to the history of software. The bibliography is updated frequently.

The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html

Compiled and maintained by German computer scientist Alf-Christian Achilles, this is a collection of 1200 bibliographies of scientific literature covering most aspects of computer science. The Collection currently contains more than one million references, mostly to journal articles, conference papers and technical reports.

DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/welcome.html

Compiled and maintained by computer scientist Michael Ley at the University of Trier (Germany), the Bibliography contains references to more than 163,000 articles and proceedings. Initially it was focused on DataBase systems and Logic Programming (DBLP); now it is gradually being expanded toward other fields of computer science and has been renamed "Digital Bibliography and Library Project."

World-Wide Web Virtual Library - History of Science, Technology and Medicine
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hstm/hstm_ove.htm

The premier collection of Web sites related to HSTM. Provides links to organizations and conferences, institutions, museums, and exhibitions; specialized collections and archives, biographical sources (including several resources on women scientists), e-journals and newsletters, bibliographies, and e-mail discussion groups and newsgroups.

History of Science & Technology (HST), 1976-present (Technology, 1987-present).
http://www.lib.umn.edu/web-bin/hst.cgi

Available to U of M students, faculty and staff only. HST includes references from Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, 1976-present, and Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (Technology and Culture), 1987-present. Records describe journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and dissertations.

History of Science, Technology and Medicine Biographical Dictionary
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hstm/hstm_bio.htm

From the World-Wide Web Virtual Library, a browseable and searchable index to scientific biographies with links to numerous archives and history of science sites.

Past Notable Women of Computing
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/past-women.html

From the Ada Project at Yale.

Webopedia
http://www.webopedia.com/

Online dictionary and search engine of terms and concepts for computer and Internet technology. (Commercial site.)

Econlit
http://www.lib.umn.edu/web-bin/econ.cgi

Available to U of M students, faculty and staff only. Coverage: 1969 – present. Indispensable for research in the history of the information processing industry. Subjects covered include economic and business history. Contains bibliographic citations and selected abstracts to the professional and scholarly literature, including journals, books, chapters in books, conference proceedings and dissertations. Producer/Publisher is the American Economic Association.

America: History and Life
http://www.lib.umn.edu/web-bin/ahal.cgi

Available to U of M students, faculty and staff only. Coverage: 1964 - present. Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, it also includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, books, dissertations and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Includes book reviews. Producer/Publisher is ABC/Clio.

 

Please see also Research Collections at Other Institutions for links to archives and manuscript collections held at archives and libraries throughout the United States.