History of Science Primary Sources

On this page you will find links to select Ebooks that are available online through OU Libraries.

• Many, but not all, are available for use with unlimited number of users.
• Some may also be available in print editions in History of Science Collections or Bizzell
• Examples of Ebooks vendors whose books are included within Discover Local: ACLS Cambridge Univ. Press, Humanities, Ebrary, Proquest, Springer, Wiley

Ebooks NOT included on guide pages

• Books from OPEN LIBRARY (although shown in catalog these are from external site) Be sure to search for these!
•  HATHI books made available during the emergency closure are no longer available

For more info on searching for Ebooks see: Searching for Books using World Cat & Online Sites  

Online access:

v2 Medieval Science
v3 Early Modern Science
v4 Eighteenth-Century Science
V5 Physical and Mathematical Sciences
V6 Modern Biological and Earth Sciences
v7 Modern Social Sciences

Need info about a particular scientist? A good place to start is with the DSB. See Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Online access)

This online edition includes materials from the original multivolume Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970-1980), as well as the revised edition, the New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (2008).

Entries about people include:

• basic biographical info
• overview of work and scientific contributions
• bibliography of original works and secondary literature