The Research Process:  SSFT Pathfinder
 

Books:

Commonly used subject headings: Apologetics ; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 ; Bible and evolution ; Cloning ; Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 ; Creationism ; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 ; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 ; Evolution ; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 ; Genetic engineering ; Intelligent design (Teleology) ; Life on other planets ; Naturalism ; Positivism ; Religion and medicine ; Religion and science ; Stem cells ; Teleology 

* Remember, If you are looking for information about a scientist, search for them as a subject. If you are looking for their works, search for them as the author. 

 Databases:

World Wide Websites: 
 

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online  --   "contains Charles Darwin's "complete publications and many of his handwritten manuscripts. There are over 50,000 searchable text pages and 40,000 images." Searchable, or browse by publication to view text or digitized images (or both, in some cases) of the publications. Also includes a bibliography, a manuscript catalog, a biography, and audio files of his works. From the University of Cambridge (UK)."   It does not cover his unpublished letters which were already the focus of the Darwin Correspondence Project. (see below)

Darwin Correspondence Project -- almost 5,000 of Darwin’s personal letters available online. Also provides summaries of an additional 9,000 missives — including some that Darwin wrote when he was just 12 years old.  From the University of Cambridge Library (UK).

Internet History of Science Sourcebook – Includes documents of scientific history from ancient history through the dropping of the atomic bomb, including the works of Darwin, Huxley, Einstein, and Freud.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook – A section of this site is dedicated to primary sources from the Scientific Revolution.  

Ned Wright’s Cosmology Tutorial – Information about the study of cosmology, his “news of the universe” segment, slides from presentations on cosmology and astrophysics, and more.

Newton’s Manuscripts - Links to full text copies of Newton’s manuscripts, including notebooks, philosophical writings, and theological writings.  

Online Books – A collection of full text online books, including works by Darwin, Kepler, Bacon, and Galileo.  

Primary Sources from Georgia Perimeter College – Indexes some primary source materials about Copernicus, Galileo, Rousseau, and Descartes.  

Universal Digital Library – Has over a million books available online, including a number of primary sources on Charles Darwin.   

The Works of Sir Francis Bacon – Includes the full text of many of Bacon’s well-known writings.  
 

 Citing Sources
&
Citing the Bible

see also our 'cheat sheets' for Citing Bible Commentaries  & Citing Concordances & Bible Atlases for specific examples!

What is a Primary Source?

Using Primary Sources on the Web -- (Instruction & Research Services Committee of the Reference and User Service Association History Section in the American Library Association) --- helps define primary sources, locating primary sources on the World Wide Web, how to evaluate web sites and citing sources information.

Library Research Using Primary Sources (Berkeley) -- includes general search strategies and search strategies by type of information and/or known information.

Primary Sources Research (Yale) -- a tutorial that defines what kinds of items can be classified as "primary sources".

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