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Wayfinders for our collections, tools, and servicesHistory of science and technology: Print Resources
A guide to collections in the Stanford Libraries, featuring the Silicon Valley Archives
Books and Serials
Below are detailed instructions on how to search for specific books, journals, and periodicals. Underneath these instructions are a few examples of books related to the Silicon Valley Archives.
Search for Books and Serials
1. Visit SearchWorks.
2. Enter a search term (e.g., the name of an author or title) into the search box.
3. A results list will show all items from anywhere in the library that matches your term.
4. Click on Source Type > Book/Journal/Periodical in the left column to limit your results to archival collections.
5. Click on a title in the search results to see more information about the collection.
What the Dormouse Said by ISBN: 0670033820Publication Date: 2005-04-21While there have been several written histories of the personal computer, a well-known technology writer has created the first ever to spotlight the unique political and cultural forces of the 1960s that gave rise to this revolutionary technology.
Troublemakers by ISBN: 9781451651522Publication Date: 2017-11-07Acclaimed historian Leslie Berlin's "deeply researched and dramatic narrative of Silicon Valley's early years...is a meticulously told...compelling history" (The New York Times) of the men and women who chased innovation, and ended up changing the world. Troublemakers is the gripping tale of seven exceptional men and women, pioneers of Silicon Valley in the 1970s and early 1980s.
The Code by ISBN: 9780399562181Publication Date: 2019-07-09The true, behind-the-scenes history of the people who built Silicon Valley and shaped Big Tech in America Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest days of the commercial Internet. There she saw firsthand how deeply intertwined Silicon Valley was with the federal government--and always had been--and how shallow the common understanding of the secrets of the Valley's success actually was.
