Articles, Indexes, and Databases

Because the topic technology in society can be represented by many different disciplines no one area contains all the possible sources. The following list provides access to a variety of databases that could be useful.

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
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Covers the spectrum of the applied sciences, representing knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and providing material for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology.  Full text is available for more than 500 periodicals.

Business Source Complete
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Business Source Complete provides full text journals in all disciplines of business.  Contains indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886.

Academic Search Complete
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This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, law, mechanical engineering, psychology, religion & theology, and other fields.

Inspec
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Provides access to the world's scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, information technology, production, and manufacturing and mechanical engineering.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
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Covers emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processess, and observational and experimental methods.

SocINDEX
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Covers all subdisciplines of sociology, including criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, political sociology, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many others.

Compendex
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A comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database that covers the entire spectrum of engineering in depths, with abstracts from over 2,600 international journals, conference papers and proceedings, and technical reports.

IEEE Xplore
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Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, IEEE and IEE journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published since 1988, and all current IEEE standards; brings additional search and access features to IEEE/IEE electronic library users.

Full-Text Electronic Journals 

Technology in Society
http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/journal.cgi?issn=0160-791X
Technology in Society, an international journal, covers a range of interdisciplinary fields identified by the terms: technology assessment, science, technology and society; management of technology; technology and policy; the economics of technology; technology transfer, appropriate technology and economic development; ethical and value implications of science and technology; science and public policy; and technology forecasting. A focus common to all these fields is the role of technology in society - its economics, political and cultural dynamics; the social forces that shape technological decisions and the choices that are open to society with respect to the uses of technology.

IEEE Technology & Society Magazine
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The impact of technology (as embodied by the fields of interest in IEEE) on society, the impact of society on the engineering profession, the history of the societal aspects of electro-technology, and professional, social, and economic responsibility in the practice of engineering and its related technology.

Technological Forecasting & Social Change
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00401625
A major forum for those wishing to deal directly with the methodology and practice of technological forecasting and future studies as planning tools as they interrelate social, environmental and technological factors.

Books, Reference, and Media

The Clermont College Library has a variety of relevant sources available in the reference and circulating collections. Since the topic of technology in society can be represented by many different disciplines no one area contains all the possible sources.

Some suggestions include the BJ section for ethics, the HN57 section for social issues, and the Q section for a variety of items across the science and technology fields.

The following reference sources may be of interest:

Using the online catalog (http://uclid.uc.edu/search/X) you can find items on your topic by performing a KEYWORD search using key concepts.  If you prefer, you can perform a SUBJECT search in the catalog for:

You may also limit your location to Clermont. However, be aware that this limit would eliminate the numerous electronic books and resources from the results.

Web Resources

IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology 
http://www.ieeessit.org/

Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America 
http://www.resna.org

Google Web Directory: Issues 
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues

Yahoo's Issues & Causes 
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes

Updated 8/2010  Kathleen Epperson