The Basics

Restricted Access

Many of the resources listed in the sections below are marked Restricted Access. You should have no problem connecting to these from any networked computer on campus. However, by contract, remote access to the Rutgers University Library's indexes, electronic journals, and electronic reserve articles is available only to current Rutgers students, faculty and staff. NJIT offers databases with comparable subject coverage to those listed in the Finding Articles section.

Finding Books: Library Catalogs

IRIS IRIS is the online catalog for the Rutgers University Libraries (excluding the Law Libraires).

General subject headings that you can use to search IRIS include:

Science United States History
Science United States History 20th Century
Technology United States History
Technology United States History 20th Century

NJIT Library Catalog Use the above subject headings to find relevant publications in the NJIT Library.

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Finding Articles: Indexes

Historical Literature

American History and Life (Rutgers On-Campus | Rutgers Off-Campus)
The most comprehensive index to American (U.S. and Canada) history. Indexes over 2000 journals worldwide, as well as book reviews and dissertations. 1964-

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (Rutgers On-Campus | Rutgers Off-Campus)
Index to journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations. Incorporates the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza, and the Welcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. 1975- .

Politics and Public Policy

PAIS International (Rutgers On-Campus | Rutgers Off-Campus)
Index to books, reports, government documents, and journals dealing with political, social, and public policy issues. 1972-

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Rutgers On-Campus | Rutgers Off-Campus)
Index to over 1,300 journals in political science, international relations, public policy and related fields. 1975-

Government Publications

GPO Access: Multi-Database Search
Search one or across multiple U.S. government databases. Access to federal budgets, congressional bills and reports, the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, economic reports, the Public Papers of the Presidents, Supreme Court Decisions, the U.S. Code, etc.

U.S. Government Publications
Records for titles published by agencies of the U.S. government and cataloged by the Government Printing Office since 1976. Includes links to the full-text of many current titles. Dana Library currently acquires about 50% of the titles made available through the Federal Depository Program; most Dana document holdings are not reflected in IRIS. The Newark Public Library is the regional depository for the Federal Depository Program and receives all depository documents. [Note: All documents listed in the database with a "Shipping List" number in the Notes field are depository documents and should be part of the Newark Public Library U.S. Documents collection.]

Business and Economics

Business Source Premier (Rutgers On-Campus | Rutgers Off-Campus | NJIT)
Index to business-related scholarly and professional journals, trade publications, and company and industry reports. Many of the articles are availabe online.

EconLit (Rutgers On-Campus | Rutgers Off-Campus)
Index to over 750 economics journals as well as books, dissertations, research papers, and working papers.

General

Academic Search Premier (Rutgers On-Campus | Rutgers Off-Campus | NJIT)
Multidisciplinary database with indexing and full text for a large number of journal titles. Offers limit for academic (peer reviewed or scholarly) journal articles. 1990s-

Google Scholar
Use the Google search engine to search specifically for scholarly literature including books, peer-reviewed articles, theses, preprints, and technical reports. Links to the full-text of articles from open access (available without a subscription) journals and preprint repositories.

Education

Education Index/Abstracts/Full Text (Rutgers On-campus | Rutgers Off-campus)
Includes abstracts and citations from 500 English language journals covering applied and theoretical aspects of education. 200 titles are included in full text. 1983-

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
Sponsored by the U. S. Department of Education, the database includes comprehensive indexing for 500 journal titles. It also includes indexing for over 100,000 ERIC documents. They are identified by ED numbers while journal articles are assigned EJ numbers. 1966-

Science

Compendex (Engineering Index) (Rutgers On-campus | Rutgers Off-campus)
Comprehensive bibliographic database providing broad coverage of engineering and applied science. Includes citations and abstracts from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. 1969-

Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Rutgers On-campus | Rutgers Off-campus | NJIT)
Indexes 738 English language journals including trade and industrial publications, journals of professional and learned societies, and specialized subject periodicals. 1983-

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Newspapers

For links to many newspaper sites with online searchable archives, as well as to physical collections of newspapers see the Newspapers Research Guide.

LexisNexis Academic (Rutgers On-campus | Rutgers Off-campus | NJIT)
"News" section indexes and provides access to a large collection of U.S. and international newspapers, newsletters, wire service reports, transcripts of television and radio news broadcasts, and student newspapers. Includes foreign language newspapers, and full-text coverage of the New York Times from June 1, 1980 to the present.

[Historical] New York Times (Rutgers On-campus | Rutgers Off-Campus)
Allows you to search and display the full image of articles published in the New York Times back to 1851. The two+ most recent years are not included; use LexisNexis Academic to find more recent articles.

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The National Agenda

United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. Science: The Endless Frontier. Washington, U.S.Government Printing Office, 1945.
Pivotal report on a program for post-war scientific research by Vannevar Bush, the director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II.
Dana Call Number: Q127 .U6A53 1945

National Science Policy Study
Hearings, roundtables, guiding documents, and background information culminating in Unlocking Our Future: Toward a New National Science Policy. A Report to Congress by the House Committee on Science. September 24, 1998.

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Science and Technology Policy

Subject headings that you can use to search IRIS for books on this topic include:

Science and State United States History
Science and State United States History 20th Century
Technology and State United States History
Technology and State United States History 20th Century
Research Government Policy United States
Research Government Policy United States History

Bibliography of Studies and Reports on Science Policy and Related Topics, 1945-1985. Prepared for the Task Force on Science Policy, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1987.
Newark Public Library: U.S. Documents: Y4.Sci 2:99/HH

Science Policy and Research Funding During the Cold War
Bibliography from the Cold War Connection.

Science and Technology Policy Bibliography. National Agricultural Library. Special Reference Briefs SRB 92-09. 1992.
"Based on a comprehensive overview of the current literature, this Special Reference Brief (SRB) reflects the various views on U.S. science and technology policy and how it affects the innovation process--from basic research to commercialization." Extensive bibliography of the literature of the mid-80s to early 90s. Includes literature on the science and technology policies of 14 foreign countries.

Gibson, Tess. Subject Guide on Science Advice and the Presidency
Excellent critically annotated bibliography.

"Bibliography Relevant to DOE R&D Policy, Congressional Mandates, R&D Results, and Evaluations", IN Energy Research at DOE: Was It Worth It? Energy Efficiency and Fossil Energy Research 1978 to 2000. Washington, D.C., National Research Council, 2001.

Policy and Research Issues at the National Academies
With links to the full-text of National Academic Press publications.

Office of Science and Technology Policy
"Congress established OSTP in 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs. The 1976 Act also authorizes OSTP to lead an interagency effort to develop and to implement sound science and technology policies and budgets and to work with the private sector, state and local governments, the science and higher education communities, and other nations toward this end."

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The Cold War Era

Gowing, Margaret M. "The History of Science, Politics, and Political Economy," IN Information Sources in the History of Science and Medicine. Edited by Pietro Corsi and Paul Weindling. London, Butterworth Scientific, 1983.
Bibliographic essay, with emphasis on the 1940s through the early 1980s.
Dana Call Number: Ref. Q125 .I43 1983

Top Books on the Cold War
This annotated bibliography includes a section on the "History of Science, Technology, and Society."

The Production of Knowledge During the Cold War
Bibliography from the Cold War Connection.

NOAA: Historical Documents
"Historical documents that created NOAA, its predecessor agencies, and influenced their course and the course of American science." From the legislation that led to the formation of the U.S. Coast Survey in 1807 to the 1970 Reorganization Plan that created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and transferred certain functions from the Department of Defense and Department of Transportation to the Secretary of Commerce.

A History of NOAA
From its creation to the 1980s.

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Today and Tomorrow

Science and Technology in the National Interest: Ensuring the Best Presidential and Federal Advisory Committee Science and Technology Appointments. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, 2005.

Looking Forward: Science and Technology
Links to sites offering technology forecast and studies, policies and plans, as well as general resources. Part of the Looking Forward: A Web Resource for Foresight in Government site.

Assessment of Department of Defense Basic Research. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, 2005.
Concluded that "DOD needs to realign the balance of its basic research effort more in favor of unfettered exploration," and " DOD should adjust its basic research allocation to be more in line with its need to pursue research into expanded areas of S&T and to support more unfettered research and new researchers," and that "DOD should recognize NSDD-189, the fundamental research exclusion that provides for the unrestricted character of basic research in its agreements with universities to perform such research."

National Security and Homeland Defense: Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, 2003.

America in the Second Century of Flight: How to Save American Jobs, Industry and Global Leadership
"A Director's Forum with the Honorable Patty Murray, U.S. Senator from the State of Washington." July 15, 2004 event, part of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Program on Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy. Text of Murray presentation plus Webcast.

NASA's Vision and Mission (2002)

Vision for Space Exploration
Documents related to George W. Bush's vision for the space exploration program (2004).

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Research and Development

Subject headings that you can use to search IRIS to find books on these topics include:

Research United States
Research Economic Aspects United States

Research and Development Contracts United States
Research and Development Contracts Government United States

Technological Innovations Government Policy United States
Technological Innovations United States

Technology Transfer Government Policy United States
Technology Transfer United States

Education, Higher Economic Aspects United States
Business and Education United States
Academic-Industrial Collaboration
Research and Development Partnership United States

Science and State United States States
Technology and State United States States

House Committee on Science
The Science Committee has jurisdiction over all non-defense federal scientific research and development (R&D). Site includes news and information; a Hot Topics Archive; hearing transcripts back to the 107th Congress (2001); webcasts of hearings and meetings; bills and publications; and a History of the Committee on Science.

Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Assessing U.S. R&D Investment. October 16, 2002.

National Science Foundation. Division of Science Resources Statistics. What is the State Government Role in R&D Enterprise?. Arlington, VA., National Science Foundation, 1999.

Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government. Science, Technology, and the States in America's Third Century . New York, Carnegie Commission, 1992.

Government-Industry Partnerships for Development of New Technologies. Charles W. Wessner, editor. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, 2002.

Government/Industry/Academic Relationships for Technology Development: A Workshop Report. Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, 2005.

Data

Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007.
The basic annual U.S. statistical compilation. You can also link to tables from the 1878-2006 editions. Section 16: "Science and Technology." Currrent volumes (2003+) include some R&D statistics back to 1970; earlier volumes have statistics back to 1960. Print copies of latest edition of the Statistical Abstract are available at the Dana Library Reference Desk.

National Patterns of Research and Development Resources
Trend data on R&D in the U.S. Includes expenditures by source of funds and sector of performance.

Trends in Federal Support of Research and Graduate Education. Washington, D.C., Nataional Academies Press, 2001.
Focus on 1990s trends. Includes a chapter on "Trends in Nonfederal Support of Research" [pp. 79-83].

National Science Foundation. Division of Science Resources Statistics. Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 2004-2006: Federal Obligations for Research by Agency and Detailed Field of Science and Engineering. NSF 07-323. Arlington, VA, National Science Foundation, 2007. (Data back to 1993 available online)

The Dynamics of Technology-Based Economic Development: State Science and Technology Indicators. Washington, D.C., Office of Technology Policy, 2000.

National Science Foundation. Division of Science Resources Statistics. Academic Research and Development Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2005. NSF 07-318. Arlington, VA., National Science Foundation, 2007. (Data back to 1992 available online)

U.S. Corporate R&D Investment 1994-1999 With Advance Estimates for 2000. Washington, D.C., Office of Technology Policy, October 15, 2001.