LibraryGuides: Inventors & Inventions: Finding Books On Inventions

Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Modern Everyday Inventions by Fred E. H. Schroeder; Eve Browning; David J. Cole
Call Number: REF 609.04 C67
ISBN: 0313313458
Publication Date: 2003
20th Century inventions
Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Ancient World by Robert E. Krebs; Carolyn A. Krebs
Call Number: REF 509.3 K87
ISBN: 0313313423
Publication Date: 2003
Inventions from prehistory to the Middle Ages
Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Robert E. Krebs
Call Number: REF 509.4 K87
ISBN: 0313324336
Publication Date: 2004
Inventions of this seminal period included guns and modern wheelbarrows.
Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions and Discoveries of the 17th Century by Michael Windelspecht
Call Number: REF 509.032 W72
ISBN: 0313315019
Publication Date: 2001
Covers both inventions of tools and scientific discoveries of the era.
Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 18th Century by Jonathan Shectman
Call Number: REF 509.033 Sh3
ISBN: 0313320152
Publication Date: 2003
Early modern discoveries and inventions are covered.
Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 19th Century by Michael Windelspecht
Call Number: [REF 509.034 W72
ISBN: 0313319693
Publication Date: 2003
Covers the explosion of scientific discovery and invention in the 19th century.
Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things by Charles Panati; Cha Panati
Call Number: REF 031 P19p
ISBN: 0060964197
Publication Date: 1989
Inventing the 19th Century by Stephen Van Dulken
Call Number: REF 609.034 V28
ISBN: 0814788106
Publication Date: 2002
Organized alphabetically by invention, this book includes one page histories and descriptions for a variety of common and unique items with patent numbers and illustrations.
Inventing the 20th Century by Stephen Van Dulken; Andrew Phillips
Call Number: REF 609.04 V28
ISBN: 0814788084
Publication Date: 2000
Similar to Inventing the 19th century this book also includes brief descriptions of each decade, setting the historical context for various inventions. Unlike Inventing the 19th century, this book is organized chronologically rather than alphabetically. Use the index to find specific inventions.
Milestones in Science and Technology by Ellis Mount
Call Number: REF 500 M86
ISBN: 0897746716
Publication Date: 1993
Brief entries on important inventions, in alphabetical order from Abacus to Zoology.
A History of Technology by Charles Joseph Singer
Call Number: REF 609 Si6
Publication Date: 1957-1959
Five volumes covering historical periods from ancient empires to the first half of the 20th century. Each volume is indexed separately.
Milestones in Health and Medicine by Anne S. Harding
Call Number: REF 610.9 H21
ISBN: 1573561401
Publication Date: 2000
Alphabetically-arranged reference on important medical developments in history
How Products Are Made by Gale Research Staff (Contribution by); Neil Schlager (Contribution by)
Call Number: REF 670 H837
ISBN: 0787624446
Publication Date: 1994-
This multi-volume resource covers hundreds of manufactured products, foodstuffs and materials. Use the index in the last volume to find specific items.

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Finding Books on the Shelf

Call number label showing Location code, Dewey number, and author number Chemeketa Community College library uses the Dewey Decimal System.

Every book has a Dewey Decimal call number that's used to keep books organized and to find them on the shelf
Call numbers group books on the same subject in the same location on the shelf; for example, all of the books with the 551.21 number are about volcanoes
Because there is often more than one book with the same Dewey Decimal number, the first letters of the author's last name and additional numbers are included.

The book with the call number illustrated (REF 423.1 Up8) is located in the Reference collection in the call number area 423.1 and the author's last name is Upton.

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