1945-1978

1945-1978
Author: Maria Witt
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2013-02-07
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 3110975076

The Digital Flood

The Digital Flood
Author: James W. Cortada
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 810
Release: 2012-09-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199921555

The history of how computers spread to over 20 nations globally in less than six decades, exploring economic, political, social and technological reasons and consequences. It is based on extensive research into primary and secondary sources, and concludes with a discussion of implications for key players in the globalized economy.

Building Blocks of Society

Building Blocks of Society
Author: James W. Cortada
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2020-11-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1538148552

The history of information is a rapidly emerging new subfield of history. Historians are identifying the issues they need to examine, crafting novel research agendas, and locating research materials relevant to their work. Like the larger world around them, historians are discovering what it means to live and work in a world that increasingly sees itself as an information society. Long a discussion point among sociologists, economists, political leaders, and media experts, historians are integrating their methods and research into the larger conversation. The purpose of this book is to advocate for a way to look at the history of information and to history as a whole that is simultaneously relevant to observers in other disciplines and familiar to historians of business, economics, sociology and technology. The author presents that advocacy in two ways: with theoretical and historiographical discussions of what information ecosystems and infrastructures are and their value for this kind of research, second, through a range of case studies applying those concepts. The wide range of case studies is purposeful in demonstrating the applicability of the ideas presented in the early methodological chapters. Themes mentioned in each of the early chapters are consistently applied in all subsequent chapters. This book breaks from the more traditional historiography of book history, sociological and philosophical discussions about knowledge and society. The first two chapters focus on the craft of the historian in this new field, better known as historiography and methods. Subsequent chapters are case studies, showing what results when a historian writes about ecosystems and infrastructures, moving our discussion from theory to practice. The book is an important and substantive contribution to this new subfield, an essential primer, as well as a major statement for all historians on how next to evolve their craft.

Guide to Reference Sources in the Computer Sciences

Guide to Reference Sources in the Computer Sciences
Author: Ciel Michèle Carter
Publisher: New York : Macmillan Information
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1974
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Critical, evaluative reviews of computer science reference sources. Good starting point for learning the computer reference literature or to find a source of needed information. Published 1974.

How to Find Out About Engineering

How to Find Out About Engineering
Author: S. A. J. Parsons
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 148315968X

How to Find Out About Engineering provides a guide to sources of information on engineering and its various branches. Topics include branches of engineering, careers in engineering, sources of engineering-related information, libraries, handbooks, patents, dictionaries and encyclopedias, and periodical literature. Engineering organizations as well as education and training for careers in engineering are also considered. This volume consists of 20 chapters; the first of which introduces the reader to jobs available in the engineering industry, along with guides and sources of information on careers. The discussion then turns to sources of information on engineering such as bibliographies, reference works, publishers' and booksellers' catalogs, government publications, and industrial liaison centers in Britain. The chapters that follow focus on libraries and other sources of information that are available to engineers and engineering students, including handbooks, standards, patents, and technical drawings and designs. Dictionaries, encyclopedias, theses, and translations are also covered. In addition, the book includes chapters on the history and biography of engineering as well as different branches of engineering, from mechanical to chemical, aeronautical, and agricultural engineering. This book will be of interest to all persons engaged in the engineering profession or are contemplating on entering the profession.

Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1040
Release: 1970
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

Includes subject section, name section, and 1968-1970, technical reports.