An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 10, 2024

SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES

2 entries
  • 9826

Smithsonian Libraries: Digital Library: Natural and physical sciences.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, circa 2000.

https://library.si.edu/digital-library/natural-and-physical-sciences

"About Our Collections

"The Libraries' physical collections comprise 1.5 million books and manuscripts, along with over 400,000 pieces of ephemera, microfilm, photo collections and a/v material, housed in over 20 locations in Washington, Maryland, New York, and Panama. Some of those collections are available via  inter-library loan request through your local public, school, or organizational library. If you're with an organization interested in using one of our collections items in an exhibition, please see Exhibition Loan Services.

"Our digital collections include over 27,000 digitized books and manuscripts (available on our site and at the Biodiversity Heritage Library) as well as photo and illustration collections, seed catalogs, trade literature, and much more."  

By Aeroplane to Pygmyland: Revisiting the 1926 Dutch and American Expedition to New Guinea

A fascinating look back at a historically important scientific expedition to New Guinea told through diaries, photographs and original film footage.
Artist painting of men in forest finding fairy atop a flower

Image Gallery

Explore nearly 20,000 images from our illustrated rare books, photograph collections, and past exhibitions.
Incunabula in the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

Incunabula in the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

An index to the earliest books printed with movable type held by the Libraries. Some entries have associated images.
Index Animalium

Index Animalium

Compiled over 43 years by one man this index to every living animal discovered between 1758 and 1850 is still considered the essential reference for zoologists and paleontologists.
Sketch of three male scientists looking into microscope

Instruments for Science

A collection of uniquely valuable trade literature that tells the history of 19th c. science through instrument catalogs.
Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

Portraits of scientists, engineers, and inventors collected by Bern Dibner to complement he thousands of scientific books and manuscripts in the library he founded.
Taxonomic Literature 2 online

Taxonomic Literature 2 online

Online version of Taxonomic Literature 2, the premier guide to the literature of systematic botany.
Colorful illustration of two birds

United States Exploring Expedition

After four years at sea, the U.S. Exploring Expedition returned with a bounty of data, specimens and artifacts that would later come to the Smithsonian.

 



Subjects: DIGITAL RESOURCES › Digital Archives & Libraries , NATURAL HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY › Art & Natural History, VOYAGES & Travels by Physicians, Surgeons & Scientists
  • 9550

History of Science Research Guide.

Washington, DC, 2017.

"This is a comprehensive list of freely-available resources for students and researchers to learn more about the many fields within the discipline and some of its major personalities." Portions of this are relevant to research in the history of medicine and the life sciences. Links to specific guide categories follow:



Subjects: BIBLIOGRAPHY › Online Access Catalogues & Bibliographic Databases