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Background and reference sources
Article resources
Suggested database for articles about Stanford University and the Silicon Valley, tech entrepreneurs, women in technology.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[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.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
Engineering Library (Terman) » Stacks » QA76.9 .W65 W66 2006
2nd ed. New York, NY : McGraw Hill, 2000.
Green Library » HAS-DIGIT (Lane Room) (non-circulating) » QA76.5 .F697 2000
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.
Green Library » HAS Stanford History (Lane Room) (non-circulating) » TK6545 .T47 G55 2004
New York : John Wiley, c2000.
Green Library » Stacks » HD62.37 .S56 2000
Newly rev. and expanded. New York : HarperBusiness, c1996.
Green Library » HAS California History (Lane Room) (non-circulating) » HD9696 .C63 U51586 1996
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Green Library » Stacks » HC59.72 .H53 S29 2006
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Green Library » Bender Room (non-circulating) » HC107 .C22 N677 1996
[Lausanne] : Hervé Lebret, c2007.
Green Library » Stacks » HC107 .C23 H5347 2007
New York : Routledge, 2012.
Business Library » Stacks » HB615 .C527 2012
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.
Tech. People. Money. We bring you news on what matters in the tech business world.Twitter: @venturebeat
Your source for technology, science, security, entertainment, design and business news.Twitter: @wired
A radically different kind of venture fund.Twitter: @googleventures
Follow this hashtag on Twitter #goodgirlsgonegeek
Providing resources and programs to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and advance technical women.
- Twitter: anitaborg_org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anitaborginstitute
Multimedia resources
Palo Alto, CA : Panalta, Inc., 2005.
Media & Microtext Center » Ask at Media Microtext desk » ZDVD 9298
In 1957, Fairchild Semiconductor became the third company in Silicon Valley.
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2005.
Media & Microtext Center » Ask at Media Microtext desk » ZDVD 15759
Based on the book, "Fire in the Valley."
Palo Alto, Calif. : Hewlett-Packard Development Co., c2005.
Green Library » Media & Microtext Center (Lower level)
History of HP.
New York, NY : Ambrose Video Pub. ; [S.l.] : Distributed by RM Associates, [2002?]
Media & Microtext Center » Ask at Media Microtext desk » ZDVD 16377
Includes interviews of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Based on the book, "Accidental Empires".