British Library Collections on the History and Culture of Science, Technology and Medicine

This is yet another fine booklet in the BLSRIS’s series How to Find Information. It is concise and well priced at £10. This one concerns source material in the history and culture of science, technology and medicine. Needless to say, it is not a catalogue of holdings, rather a guide to various BL departments which specialize in these source materials: Humanities and Social Sciences, Newspaper Library, SRIS, Document Supply Centre, Department of Western Manuscripts (of which the compiler is affiliated), the Map Library, Oriental and India Office Collections and the National Sound Archive.

Ms Summers makes passing reference to...