RESOURCES FOR HISTORY BUFFS Steven Browne Anne Shaughnessy April 4, 2012
Program goals: Describe the types of history resources available online Take guided tours of following resources: Salem History Ancestry Library Edition Gale Virtual Reference Library Chicago Tribune Historical Daily Herald Archives Encyclopedia of Chicago Illinois Digital Archives American Memory
Salem History
Salem History Electronic versions of print reference books published by Salem Press Covers American business, 20 th century by decade, sports, music, prominent people, and significant documents Biographical search is available Material may be searched or browsed Entries can be printed, emailed or saved
General search: Prohibition
People search: Al Capone
Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition Library version of Ancestry.com Mostly for genealogists but many resources are useful for history buffs Some full text entries are available Can be used only in the Library Easiest ways to search are via the Card Catalog and through the category Stories & Histories
ALE: Card Catalog
ALE: Stories & Histories
Gale Virtual Reference Library History ebook Collection
GVRL History ebook Collection Find articles in real reference books even when Library is closed! Read on computer or download to mobile device. Email it to yourself or print it. Browse other articles in the reference book.
Examples of GVRL Titles Art and Humanities through the Ages American Men and Women of Science Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms Americans at War Colonial America Reference Library Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Chernobyl Encyclopedia of India Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1849-1988)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1849-1988) Search every issue from 1849 through 1988 Good for world, national, and local history Social history fashion, recipes, lifestyles, crime Narrow searches to articles, obituaries, classifieds, movie reviews, editorials, photo standalone. View the whole page and leaf through entire issues. Search for street addresses (example 2317 Foster or 23** Foster ) Old fashioned spellings ( clew and altho )
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1849-1988)
Daily Herald Archives
Daily Herald Archives Collection of Daily Herald newspaper issues from 1901-2007 (1.9 million pages) Search by keyword or date Browse single issue Not a perfect database; results often problematic Can only be used in the library
Daily Herald Archives Search: Kensington Center/Rauenhorst
Daily Herald search: Fickert, 1974
American Memory from the Library of Congress
American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ Access written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. List view or gallery view available
American Memory
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Encyclopedia of Chicago http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ Full text of print edition of the landmark encyclopedia Content not in book maps, articles Thousands of historical resources including illustrations, photographs, maps, videos. Both lengthy essays and short entries.
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Illinois Digital Archives (www.idaillinois.org/cdm)
Illinois Digital Archives Statewide digital archive of photographs, books, postcards, posters, and manuscripts All materials deal with history of some area in Illinois Coordinated by the Illinois State Library Started in 2000 85 libraries and cultural institutions from across Illinois participate Significant topics: Abraham Lincoln, World War I and II, African-American history Collections may be searched or browsed Similar collections for other states and countries exist online.
IDA: Mount Prospect collections
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