Complete coverage of 243 English-language journals from their first issue to 1974. All periods of history are covered. Indexes articles in general interest periodicals published between 1802 and 1902. Access to articles published in popular magazines from 1900 on. Broad coverage of scholarly publications in many fields.
Primary sources are the original, first-hand accounts of a subject or event.
They include letters, diaries, manuscripts, autobiographies, interviews, opinions, surveys, lab reports, notes, investigations, court testimony and depositions, and government documents. You will find primary source material in books, bibliographies, newspapers, and periodicals. For a detailed explanation on how to locate and use primary sources, see Library Research Using Primary Sources , from UC-Berkeley, or Primary Sources Research , from Yale University. Special Collections at Oregon State University Link to descriptions of the various Special Collections Oregon State University maintains for research in the History of Science, including the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers. Biography Index Indexes over 2700 English-language publications from 1946 to the present.