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Science and Technology Studies (STS) Resource Guide

Welcome! This guide was created to help you navigate library resources in STS. It is currently used as a research guide for ENES/ENEE 200, the STEP Minor, and the Science, Technology and Society Program. If you have any questions on the information presented here, accessing resources or conducting research, reach out to your librarian (contact information on the left). I'm always happy to help.

STS Databases

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
2 Simultaneous users. The definitive international bibliography for the history of science, technology, and medicine and their influence on culture, this database now integrates four separately created bibliographies. Expanded at the end of 1999 to include records from an internationally renowned medical collection. Covers pre-history to the present. Describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the contents of nearly 9,500 journals. Only 2 simultaneous users allowed.
SocIndex with Full Text
The index features more than 1,300,000 records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 620 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as over 1,390 "selective" coverage journals. Further, extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included. Contains full text for 242 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 547 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers.
Academic Search Ultimate
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. 1965- present.
Web of Science Core Collection
The Web of Science Core Collection provides comprehensive coverage of the sciences, social sciences, and arts, and humanities across journals, books and conference proceedings. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. The best database for finding what papers have cited other papers. Cited references can be traced forward in time. Web of Science Training Materials available here: http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science
Scopus
Scopus is an abstract and citation database with over 80 million records and 1.8 billion cited references that date back to 1970. Includes over 27 thousand serial titles and 249 thousand monographs in the social, physical, life and health sciences, as well as over 44 million patent records. More information on using Scopus is available at: https://elsevier.libguides.com/Scopus.

Core Journals

These are core journals in Science and Technology Studies (STS). Click on the links to browse the titles individually. Tools for searching multiple journals on this list at a time can be found at the bottom.

The Atlantic
The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine. ISSN:1072-7825
Big Data and Society
Publishes interdisciplinary work principally in the social sciences, humanities and computing and their intersections with the arts and natural sciences about the implications of Big Data for societies. The Journal's key purpose is to provide a space for connecting debates about the emerging field of Big Data practices. ISSN: 2053-9517
Bulletin of Science, Technology, & Society
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of science policy, science and technology studies, and science education. ISSN: 0270-4676
Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, and Technoscience
Serves the expanding interdisciplinary field of feminist science and technology studies (STS) by supporting theoretically inventive and methodologically creative scholarship incorporating approaches from critical public health, disability studies, sci-art, technology and digital media studies, history and philosophy of science and medicine, and more. ISSN: 2380-3312
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
A peer-reviewed, international journal dedicated to the study of traditional and modern East Asian science, technology, and medicine. ISSN: 1562-918X
East Asian science, technology and society
An interdisciplinary quarterly journal aiming to actively engage with the global STS community and to critically assess how science, technology and society are co-produced and mutually evolve. ISSN: 1875-2160
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Examining issues such as human embryonic stem-cell research, family and reproductive technologies, and the globalization of Chinese medicine, the journal publishes research on how society and culture in East Asia interact with science, technology, and medicine. ISSN: 1875-2160
Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
A vibrant, fully open access (OA) journal for cultivating, evaluating, and sharing cutting-edge research in the social studies of science, technology, and medicine in transnational contexts. ISSN: 2413-8053
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Technology and Society Magazine is concerned with the broad area of the social implications of technology, especially electrotechnology. ISSN: 0278-0097
Isis
Features scholarly articles, research notes, and commentary on the history of science, medicine, and technology and their cultural influences. An official publication of the History of Science Society, Isis is the oldest English-language journal in the field. ISSN: 0021-1753
Issues in Science and Technology
A quarterly journal published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and Arizona State University. The journal is a forum for discussion of public policy related to science and technology. ISSN:0748-5492
Journal of Engineering Studies
Peer-reviewed coverage of the technical and the nontechnical dimensions of engineering practices. ISSN: 1940-8374
Journal of Responsible Innovation
Provides a forum for discussions of the normative assessment and governance of knowledge-based innovation. ISSN: 2329-9460
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning & Policy
Devoted to the study of ideas, traditions, cultures, and institutions in science, higher education, and research. It is equally focused on historical as well as present practices and on local as well as global issues. ISSN: 0026-4695
Nanoethics
Focuses on the philosophically and scientifically rigorous examination of the ethical and societal considerations and the public and policy concerns inherent in nanotechnology research and development. ISSN: 1871-4757
Philosophy of Science
Essays, discussion articles and book reviews in the general area of philosophy of science for members of the Philosophy of Science Association. ISSN: 0031-8248
Public Understanding of Science
Publishes articles on the interrelationship between science and the public in the context of different societies. ISSN: 0963-6625
Science
Publishes research across the sciences, with articles that consistently rank among the most cited in the world. ISSN: 0036-8075
Science & Technology Studies
Dedicated to the advancement of scholarly studies of science and technology as socio-material phenomena, including their historical and contemporary production and their associated forms of knowledge, expertise, social organization and controversy. ISSN: 0886-3040
Science, Technology & Society
An international journal devoted to the study of science and technology in social context. It focuses on the way in which advances in science and technology influence society and vice versa. ISSN: 0971-7218
Science, Technology, & Human Values
A peer reviewed journal containing research, analyses and commentary on the development and dynamics of science and technology, including their relationship to politics, society and culture. ISSN: 0162-2439
Science and Engineering Ethics
Explores ethical issues of direct concern to scientists & engineers in the areas of professional education, research, practice & the effects of innovations on society. ISSN: 1353-3452
Science as Culture
In our daily experience, power is exercised through expertise, e.g. in science, technology and medicine. Science as Culture explores how all these shape the values which contend for influence over the wider society. ISSN: 0950-5431
Social Epistemology: A Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Policy
Covers both empirical research into the origination and transmission of knowledge and normative considerations which arise as such research is implemented, serving as a guide for directing contemporary knowledge enterprises. ISSN: 0269-1728
Scientific American
Covers the most important and exciting research, ideas and knowledge in science, health, technology, the environment and society. ISSN: 0036-8733
Social Studies of Science
A central journal for the field of Science and Technology Studies, serving as a venue for the articulation and development of key ideas and findings in the field from its early years to the current day. ISSN: 0306-3127
Sustainability Science
Probes interactions between global, social, and human systems, the complex mechanisms that lead to degradation of these systems, and concomitant risks to human well-being. ISSN: 1862-4065
Tapuya : Latin American science, technology and society
An international open access journal seeking to enable a network of STS-informed conversations within Latin America, between Latin America and Euro-American cultures, and across global peripheries. ISSN: 2572-9861
Technology and Culture
A journal of the history of technology, draws on scholarship in diverse disciplines to publish insightful pieces intended for general readers as well as specialists. ISSN: 0040-165X
Technology in Society
An international journal devoted to the global discourse at the intersection of technological change and the social, economic, business and philosophical transformation of the world around around us. ISSN: 1879-3274

Part of this list is based on the STS Core Journal List compiled by the University of Virginia library.

Searching the Core Journal list

Use these links to search for articles in journals on the core journal list. Each database covers most, but not all, of the journal titles and may not search all issues of the covered journals. The search syntax can be found by clicking more... underneath each link. If you are having trouble with a link, you can copy and paste this search syntax directly into the advanced search box of the corresponding database.

Search the core journals in Scopus
Does not include Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, and Technoscience, Engaging Science, Technology, and Society; Science & Technology Studies; and Technology in Society . Scroll down to access results, and use the "add search field" link or "Refine search" field to narrow your search within the journals.
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Query syntax:
( ( ISSN ( 1879-3274 ) OR ISSN ( 0040-165x ) OR ISSN ( 2572-9861 ) OR ISSN ( 1862-4065 ) OR ISSN ( 0306-3127 ) OR ISSN ( 0269-1728 ) OR ISSN ( 0950-5431 ) OR ISSN ( 1353-3452 ) OR ISSN ( 0162-2439 ) OR ISSN ( 0971-7218 ) OR ISSN ( 0886-3040 ) OR ISSN ( 0036-8075 ) OR ISSN ( 0963-6625 ) OR ISSN ( 0031-8248 ) OR ISSN ( 1871-4757 ) OR ISSN ( 0026-4695 ) OR ISSN ( 2329-9460 ) OR ISSN ( 1940-8374 ) OR ISSN ( 0270-4676 ) OR ISSN ( 2053-9517 ) OR ISSN ( 1562-918x ) OR ISSN ( 1875-2160 ) OR ISSN ( 2413-8053 ) OR ISSN ( 0278-0097 ) OR ISSN ( 2053-9517 ) OR ISSN ( 0021-1753 ) OR ISSN ( 0036-8733 ) OR ISSN ( 0748-5492 ) OR ISSN ( 1072-7825 ) ) )
Search core journals in Web of Science
Does not include Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, and Technoscience, The Atlantic, East Asian science, technology and society; Science & Technology Studies; Big Data and Society; and East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine. Use the "Add keywords" button or "Refine results" search field to narrow your search within the journals.
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Query syntax:
( IS= ( 1879-3274 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0040-165x ) ) OR ( IS= ( 2572-9861 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 1862-4065 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0306-3127 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0269-1728 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0950-5431 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 1353-3452 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0162-2439 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0971-7218 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0886-3040 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0036-8075 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0963-6625 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0031-8248 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 1871-4757 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0026-4695 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 2329-9460 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 1940-8374 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0270-4676 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 2053-9517 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 1562-918x ) ) OR ( IS= ( 1875-2160 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 2413-8053 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0278-0097 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 2053-9517 ) ) OR ( IS= ( 0021-1753 ) OR (IS= ( 0036-8733 ) ) OR (IS = ( 07485492 ) ) )

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