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Money for "Nothing" : The Rhetoric of the Silicon Valley

PWR 1GWT - Winter 2014 - Instructor: Trump, W.
Last Updated: 20-Mar-2014

A guide to resources for PWR 1GWT:  Money for "Nothing" : The Rhetoric of the Silicon Valley. Topics include connectedness between Stanford and Silicon Valley; analysis of some aspect of a particualr place or institution in Silicon Valley; arguments about the role of gender in the Valley; a study of Silicon Valley's relationship to Washington DC and national politics; the idea of a "digital divide"; or the stories generated in and around Silicon Valley.

Background and reference sources

Article resources

Suggested database for articles about Stanford University and the Silicon Valley, tech entrepreneurs, women in technology.

ABI/INFORM [electronic resource].
Global ed. [Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI]
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Covers over 1,600 leading business and management publications. Over 350 English-language titles from outside the U.S. Also includes articles on 60,000 companies,  and the Wall Street journal. Coverage from 1923 forward.
Engineering village [electronic resource].
Hoboken, N.J. : Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
May be useful for background information.  Provides citations and  brief abstracts to journal articles and conference proceedings in all fields of engineering including computer science, electrical engineering and software development.  Find it at Stanford links enabled to help locate the full-text.
Web of science core collection.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Index to scientific and technical articles and conference proceedings. Provides citations and brief abstracts to journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in science, technology and medicine and allied historical fields from prehistory to the present.  Check here for papers on current innovations by the people who are inventing.
Access world news [electronic resource] : the ultimate news archive.
Chester, Vt. : NewsBank, inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues.
America, history and life with full text [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Industries,
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
May be useful for background on innovation.  Provides full text coverage of the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
This database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature. ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.

Books

Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument.

Women and information technology : research on underrepresentation / edited by J. McGrath Cohoon and William Aspray.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
Engineering Library (Terman) » Stacks » QA76.9 .W65 W66 2006
Fire in the valley : the making of the personal computer / Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine.
2nd ed. New York, NY : McGraw Hill, 2000.
Green Library » HAS-DIGIT (Lane Room) (non-circulating) » QA76.5 .F697 2000
Fred Terman at Stanford : building a discipline, a university, and Silicon Valley / C. Stewart Gillmor.
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.
Green Library » HAS Stanford History (Lane Room) (non-circulating) » TK6545 .T47 G55 2004
Champions of Silicon Valley : visionary thinking from today's technology pioneers / Charles G. Sigismund.
New York : John Wiley, c2000.
Green Library » Stacks » HD62.37 .S56 2000
Accidental empires : how the boys of Silicon Valley make their millions, battle foreign competition, and still can't get a date / Robert X. Cringely.
Newly rev. and expanded. New York : HarperBusiness, c1996.
Green Library » HAS California History (Lane Room) (non-circulating) » HD9696 .C63 U51586 1996
The new argonauts : regional advantage in a global economy / AnnaLee Saxenian.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Green Library » Stacks » HC59.72 .H53 S29 2006
Regional advantage : culture and competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 / AnnaLee Saxenian.
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Green Library » Bender Room (non-circulating) » HC107 .C22 N677 1996
Start-up : what we may still learn from Silicon Valley / Hervé Lebret.
[Lausanne] : Hervé Lebret, c2007.
Green Library » Stacks » HC107 .C23 H5347 2007
Chance and intent : managing the risks of innovation and entrepreneurship / edited by David L. Bodde and Caron H. St. John.
New York : Routledge, 2012.
Business Library » Stacks » HB615 .C527 2012
Impact : Stanford University's economic impact via innovation and entrepreneurship / Charles E. Eesley, Assistant Professor in Management Science & Engineering; and Morgenthaler Faculty Fellow, School of Engineering, Stanford University William F. Miller, Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management Emeritus; Professor of Computer Science Emeritus and former Provost, Stanford University and Faculty Co-director, SPRIE.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)

Selected web resources

Web, Twitter, Facebook

What is being invented right now in Silicon Valley? What are the trends for women in technology? To find out you need to be online and connected.  Here are some suggestons.

VentureBeat
Tech. People. Money. We bring you news on what matters in the tech business world.Twitter: @venturebeat
Wired
Your source for technology, science, security, entertainment, design and business news.Twitter: @wired
Google Ventures
A radically different kind of venture fund.Twitter: @googleventures
She++: Inspiring women to empower computer science
Follow this hashtag on Twitter #goodgirlsgonegeek
Anita Borg Institute
Providing resources and programs to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and advance technical women.
  1. Twitter: anitaborg_org
  2. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anitaborginstitute

Multimedia resources

Fairchild, The Fairchild chronicles [videorecording]/ presented by Walker Research Associates in association with the Silicon Valley Archives, Stanford University Libraries ; directed by Rob Walker, produced by Rob Walker and Kevin Bomberry.
Palo Alto, CA : Panalta, Inc., 2005.
Green Library » Media & Microtext Center (Lower level) » ZDVD 9298
In 1957, Fairchild Semiconductor became the third company in Silicon Valley.
Pirates of Silicon Valley [videorecording] / a Haft Entertainment/St. Nick's production ; produced by Leanne Moore ; written and directed by Martyn Burke.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2005.
Green Library » Media & Microtext Center (Lower level) » ZDVD 15759
Based on the book, "Fire in the Valley."
Origins [videorecording] / director, Robby Kenner ; executive producer, Nonfiction Spots and Longform.
Palo Alto, Calif. : Hewlett-Packard Development Co., c2005.
Green Library » Media & Microtext Center (Lower level) » ZDVD 14880
History of HP.
Triumph of the nerds [videorecording] / written and presented by Bobert X. Cringely ; series director, Paul Sen ; series producers, John Gau, Stephen Segaller ; John Gau Productions and Oregon Public Broadcasting with RM Associates for Channel 4 and PBS.
New York, NY : Ambrose Video Pub. ; [S.l.] : Distributed by RM Associates, [2002?]
Green Library » Media & Microtext Center (Lower level) » ZDVD 16377
Includes interviews of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.  Based on the book, "Accidental Empires".