Research Guides: Applied Science and Technology Abstracts and Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective: Applied Sci & Tech

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Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (HW Wilson) (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts™ contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 800 core English-language, scientific and technical publications back to 1983.

Content includes coverage of a wide variety of applied science specialties—acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear and civil engineering, computers and informatics and much more.
Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective: 1913-1983 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
The Applied Science and Business Periodicals Retrospective (1913-1983) database contains resources for the history of business and industry with more than 4.5 million articles from 2,000 periodicals. This source allows a combined search of three periodical indexes which includes the Industrial Arts Index, Applied Science and Technology Index Retrospective and the Business Periodicals Index Retrospective.

Topics covered in the Industrial Art Index (1913-1958) includes the aviation industry, the start of commercial air travel, urban mass transit, the Great Depression and the Atomic Age. The Applied Science and Technology Index Retrospective (1959-1983) covers various subjects from acoustics to transportation and waste management. The Business Periodicals Index Retrospective (1959-1982) covers topics such as acquisitions and mergers, communication, publishing, tourism, and other business topics.

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