Technical paper describing the engineering properties of individual fibers from spider dragline silk under uniaxial tension, transverse compression and torsional deformation. Authors: Frank K. Ko and others.

Comprehensive article about spider basics, structure and growth. Description of the spidersilk spinning process and web structures. From How Stuff Works. Author: Tom Harris.

Article about the history, processing, characteristics and applications of silk. Author: Amy Willbanks.

Short article about the history of silk and silkworm cultivation, the manufacture of silk yarns, and the characteristics of silk fabrics. Author: Rodney R. Baird.

Short classroom paper dealing with stress-strain curves and Young's modulus of spider silk. Edited by M. Beals and others.

Short article about the chemical composition, physical properties, history and applications of spider silk. From the pages of The Spider by Ed Nieuwenhuys.