Nobel Prize Awards


This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Nobel Prizes are awarded annually to persons who have made contributions for the benefit of mankind in the fields of physiology or medicine, physics, literature, chemistry, peace, and economics. The Swedish inventor, Alfred B. Nobel established the awards in 1901 under the terms of his will. Today, the Nobel Prize is administered through the Nobel Foundation.  Each award consists of a gold medal, a diploma, and a gift of money.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources


Guides

Schluck, H. [et.al.]. Nobel:the man and his prizes.
        WZ 100 N63s 1951


Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Fox, Daniel M., Marcia Meldrum, and Ira Rezak (eds.). Nobel laureates in medicine or physiology: a biographical dictionary.
        REF WZ 112 N624 1990

Kurian, George T. The Nobel scientists : a biographical encyclopedia.
        Q 141 K874 2002

Magill, Frank N. (ed.). The Nobel Prize winners: physiology or medicine.
        REF WZ 112 N623 1991

McGuire, Paula (ed.). Nobel Prize winners. Supplement, 1987-1991 : an H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary.
        REF AS 911 .N9 N623 1992

Rich, Mari, et al (ed.). Nobel Prize winners. 1997-2001, Supplement: an H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary.
        REF AS 911 .N9 N623 2002

Schlessinger, Bernard S. and June H. Schlessinger (eds.). The Who's who of Nobel Prize winners, 1901-1995.
        REF AS 911 .N9 W53 1996

Thompson, Clifford (ed.). Nobel Prize winners. 1992-1996, Supplement: an H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary.
        REF AS 911 .N9 N623 1997

The World almanac and book of facts.
        REF AY 64 W (see most recent edition for current award winners)


Textbooks

Felman, Burton. The Nobel prize : a history of genius, controversy, and prestige.
        AS 911 .N9 F44 2000

James, Laylin K. (ed.). Nobel laureates in chemistry.
        QD 21 N623 1993

Lagerkvist, Ulf. Pioneers of microbiology and the Nobel prize.
        QW 11.1 L134 2003

McGrayne, Sharon B. Nobel Prize women in science: their lives, struggles, and momentous discoveries.
        REF WZ 112 B477 1993

Nobel lectures: including presentation speeches and laureate's biographies.
        W 9 N62 v.1-3,5-6 1967-1993


More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject heading: Nobel prize
Nobel prize-biography
History of medicine

Selected journals

Bulletin of the history of medicine
Lancet
Mayo Clinics proceedings
Medical history


More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject heading: History of medicine - periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

Wilson Biography Indexes (Off-campus login required)

Suggested subject headings: Nobel prize winners
Nobel, Alfred Bernhard

MEDLINE Index Medicus Database On-Campus  /  Off-Campus

Suggested subject headings: Nobel prize
History of medicine, modern
History of medicine, 20th cent.

Academic Search Premier On-Campus / Off-Campus

Search using keywords: Nobel prize
Nobel foundation
Nobel lecture
Nobel prize in medicine
Nobel prize in physiology
Nobel prize in physics
Nobel prize in chemistry
Nobel prize in literature
Nobel prize in economics
Nobel peace prize

Newspaper Source Publications On-Campus / Off-Campus

Search using keywords: Nobel prize
Nobel foundation
Nobel prize in medicine
Nobel prize in physiology
Nobel prize in physics
Nobel prize in chemistry
Nobel prize in literature
Nobel prize in economics
Nobel peace prize

Selected journal articles

Charlton B. G. Why there should be more science Nobel prizes and laureates-And why proportionate credit should be awarded to institutions. Medical Hypotheses. 2007; 68 (3):471-473.

Cosimi, A. B. Nobel Prizes in Medicine in the Field of Transplantation. Transplantation. 2006; 82 (12):1558-1562.

Crawford, E. Nobel : Always the winners, never the losers. Science. 1998 Nov 13; 282(5392):1256-1258.

Norrby, E. et al. Polio and nobel prizes: Looking back 50 years. Annals of Neurology. 2007; 61 (5):385-395.

Shampo, MA. The lady laureates in science and medicine. Mayo Clinic proceedings. 2000 Nov; 75(11):1215-20.

Somme S et al. The Nobel Prize and why there is a prize in physiology or medicine. American Surgeon. 2001 Jul; 67(7):718-9.


More reference sources

Ljunggren, Beng, et al. The Nobel prize in medicine and the Karolinska Institute: the story of Axel Key and Alfred Nobel.
        WZ 112 L486 2002

Webster, Valerie J. (ed.) Awards, honors, & prizes. p. 559
        REF AS 8 A82 v.2 2001


Specialized sources

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 601-984-1690
           University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
           Robin Rockhold, Ph.D., rrockhold@pharmacology.umsmed.edu

The Nobel Foundation
           Postal Address: The Nobel Foundation, P.O. Box 5232, SE-102 45 Stockholm, Sweden
           Street Address: Sturegatan 14, Stockholm
           Tel.: +46 (0)8 663 09 20
           Fax: +46 (0)8 660 38 47


Selected electronic sources

The Official Website of the Nobel Foundation
http://www.nobel.se/

The Nobel Channel
http://www.nobelchannel.com/

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
http://www.nobelprizes.com/


Author: Sarah Adcock. Revised by Gabriela Johnson
Copyright 1999, Rev. 2001, 2003, 2007 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Last Updated: May 29, 2007.