ECHO
ECHO includes links to over 5,000 websites relating to the History of Science, Technology, and Industry. Use the links below to access the website's main page where you can jump to links, Browse by Categories link to browse all websites by category, or Search Funciton to search ECHO for websites that include a specific word or phrase.
Scientific Illustration
- Database of Scientific IllustratorsIncludes scientific illustrators from all over the world, from the invention of the printing press around 1450 up to ca.1950. Produced by the University of Stuttgart.
In UCLA Library Special Collections
Search the UCLA Library Catalog and the Online Archive of California for medieval and Renaissance primary sources related to the history of science, technology, and/or medicine. In the catalog, search for medieval AND science, then limit the search by UCLA Location to Library Special Collections.
Medieval History of Medicine Resources
- Index of Medieval Medical Images (IMMI)The Index of Medieval Medical Images project began in 1988 and aimed to describe and index the content of all medieval manuscript images (up to the year 1500) with medical components held in North American collections. The goal of this 2001 pilot project was to make a substantial sample of the images and descriptions available via a searchable database on the Web.
- Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of MedicineThe National Library of Medicine's medical manuscripts from the medieval period. Includes resources such as biographies, articles, and images of primary sources.
Medieval History of Science Resources
- Burndy Library at The Huntington LibraryThe Burndy Library is a collection of some 67,000 rare books and reference volumes; the collection also contains scientific instruments. This link takes you to results from a search in the Huntington Library Catalog for "Burndy Library Collection at the Huntington Library" as a Subject.
- CalTech ArchivesThe digital collection of the archives of the California Institute of Technology. Included in their collections are manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, artifacts, a digital media collection, online exhibits, and much more. Also included are images from rare books.
- Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange This link opens in a new window
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Includes visual, manuscript and printed materials sourced from multiple libraries, companies, and trade organizations. Primary sources date from 14th century forward. It charts the history of fifteen major commodities, including chocolate, coffee, oil, sugar, and more.
- Medical Heritage LibraryThe Medical Heritage Library is a digital curation collaborative among some of the world’s leading medical libraries. This open access collection includes digitized medical rare books, pamphlets, journals, and films from 1600 to the present.