Resources for History 285S Projects
How do you get into the secondary literature? Entry-level orientation
History of Science Society Reading List
http://depts.washington.edu/hssexec/library_list.html

History of Science Reference Sources
http://gort.ucsd.edu/ds/initial.html

Companion to the history of modern science
Reader's guide to the history of science
Norton history of ... [your science here] (with bibliographic essays)
Dictionary of scientific biography

Databases
History of Science and Technology database (from on campus)
http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=hsci
online version of Isis and Technology and culture annual bibliographies
also see the Isis cumulative bibliography before the database starts
(familiarize yourself with the other Melvyl system databases as well)

Historical Abstracts (from on campus)
http://sb2.abc-clio.com:81/
for guidance see http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/CDROM/AMHL2.html

Book reviews:  Isis current bibliography, year by year
Where do you turn for information about local archives? General
Online Archive of California
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/

Guide to sources in northern California for history of science and technology (put out by OHST, 1985)

National Archives and Records Administration site in San Bruno
Services for the public at NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco)
http://www.nara.gov/regional/public/sanpubli.html

Records for the study of science, technology, natural resources and the environment, 9NS-S
http://www.nara.gov/regional/findaids/sanscite.html

UC Berkeley
Bancroft Library History of Science and Technology Program
http://library.berkeley.edu/BANC/hstp.html

Regional Oral History Office
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/ROHO/

UCB Pathfinder (library catalog)
http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8000/
perform a full feature search on History of Science and Technology Collection as ut (uniform title), together with some other selection criterion to cut the dataset down to size
How do you get oriented about resources at and via the library? U.C. Berkeley Libraries
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/
particularly Electronic Resources and Library Collections

Library Research Guides
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/rguides.html

Research Services for Graduate Students
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Graduate.html
How do you find web resources? ECHO Science and Technology Virtual Center
http://echo.gmu.edu/center/

Voice of the Shuttle:  History Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/history.html

Voice of the Shuttle:  Science, Technology, and Culture Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/science.html

Warning:  you can spend hours on this.
Note This list is focused on "mainline" history of science resources, as that is what I am most familiar with.  I welcome suggestions, particularly for allied fields.  It is meant as a top-level guide, meaning I want to keep it short.
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