Researching Inventions & Inventors
Use the indexes for the encyclopedias and look under the product type, the name of the inventor, and the name of the corporation. Watch for cross references. For example, by using the indexes, information on Polaroid's SX-70 camera can be found under "Cameras," "Film processing," and "Land, Edwin H."
Encyclopedias and Handbooks
Britannica Online. Access Science Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology. Annual supplements.
QA76.115.E5 (Reference) Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse
T20.B76
Inventing the 20th Century: 100 Inventions That Shaped the World: From the Airplane to the Zipper
T20.V36
Innovators: the Discoveries, Inventions and Breakthroughs of Our Time.
T173.8.D54 (Reference) World of Invention
T9.W67 (Reference) How Products Are Made: an Illustrated Guide to Product Manufacturing.
TS146.H67 1994 v.1-5 (Reference) The World almanac book of inventions
T15.W82X (Reference) Dictionary of inventions and discoveries
T9.C335 (Reference) Technology and Culture: Special Issue "Current Bibliography in the History of Technology."
Periodicals Books in Horn Library
Books on a specific topic will be listed in the WEBnet Library Catalog. Choose the subject option and look under the product type, (such as, "Cameras"); under the name of the inventor (Land, Edwin), and the name of the corporation (Polaroid). If you cannot find any books listed under a specific term (such as "Film processing"), try a more general subject heading ("Photography"). Examples of books on specific inventions include: - Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by its Inventor TK5105.88.B46
- The Invention That Changed the World: How a Small Group of Radar Pioneers Won the Second World War and Launched a Technological Revolution TK6574.2.B84
- Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention TL670.5.J35
- From Invention to Innovation: Long-distance Telephone Transmission at the Turn of the Century TK6023.W37
- The Sewing Machine: Its Invention and Early Development TJ1507.C6
- 20th Century Revolutions in Technology.
T173.8.S568
- Coping with Technological Change.
HD45.K47
- Forbes Greatest Technology Stories : Inspiring Tales of Entrepreneurs and Inventors Who Revolutionized Modern Business.
T21.Y68
- Labor Market Adjustments to Structural Change and Technological Progress. HD6331.L23
- Leveraging the New Infrastructure : How Market Leaders Capitalize on Information Technology.
HD30.2.W45
- National Geographic's how things work : everyday technology explained.
T47.L29 (Reference)
- The New Way Things Work.
T47.M18 (Reference)
- Paths of Innovation : Technological Change in 20th Century America.
T21.M75
- Smithsonian Book of Invention.
T15.S64
For books that are not in the Horn Library, you may want to use FirstSearch to search the Worldcat database or an online bookstore such as Amazon.com. You may also wish to search the local public library. Magazine, Newspaper and Journal Articles
Periodical articles can lead you to current information about techological change. The online Journal Finder has a listing of Periodicals on various subjects Recommended Databases: Web Sites: Timelines and Inventions
- History of Inventions
- Timeline of Inventions and Inventors
- Media History Project
- Open Directory: Timelines
- The American Experience: Technology Timeline
- How Stuff Works
How Everyday Things are Made. Stanford University and design 4x
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