Areas of Research
The beginnings of operant research
Skinner invented the operant chamber in 1930 while he was attending Harvard to get a masters degree in psychology.
Selected Historical Publications
The Behavior of Organisms: A Blog Entry
Books
The Behavior of Organisms was published in 1938 and chronicled his research over the past 8 years using the operant chamber and another of his inventions that changed the field, the cumulative recorder.
People
Here is a timeline about B.F. Skinner http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/95600