Pathfinder for Inventors

 

This guide is designed to help you find information about inventors using Internet and/or print resources. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list; rather, it is intended to be a useful starting point for those wishing to find quality information about the topic.

 

If you would like to learn more about inventors and their inventions, follow the links on this pathfinder.  It will help you find information in your school library and on the Internet about occupations.

 

Print Resources

 

There are several excellent books about inventors and inventions.  A few of the books are listed below.  To locate more books, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the online library catalog.

NON-FICTION BOOKS

 

Call Number               Title of Book

92 FAR                        Philo T. Farnsworth : the life of television's f

920 JEF                       American inventors of the 20th century

92 BEL                        Alexander Graham Bell : an inventive life

920 AAS                     Twentieth-century inventors

92 EAS                            George Eastman : bringing photography to the people

920 NOR                      American computer pioneers

920 LOM                           Invention and technology

608 MUR                    Weird & wacky inventions

SUGGESTED KEYWORDS AND PHRASES

Inventions

Inventors

 

REFERENCE BOOKS

R 031                           General Encyclopedias

R 503                           Science Encylopedias

 

 

Online Resources—Internet Sites

 

The Web sites listed on this page have been previewed and selected for this topic.  If additional information is needed, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the Internet.

 

OLYMPIA DATABASES:  Facts on File or Electric Library or EBSCO

http://inventors.about.com/od/biographysites/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/

Innovative Lives - www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/ilives

 

 

GOOGLE SUGGESTED KEYWORDS AND PHRASES

 

Inventor+invention+biography  (Montgolfier+balloon+biography)