College of DuPage Library

The following websites are a mix of Primary and Secondary Sources

See the Chicago History Fair resources for all things Chicago.

Architectural Chicago - Rise of skyscrapers

• Encyclopedia of Chicago – Skyscrapers - http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1149.html
• Chicago Architecture Foundation - http://www.architecture.org/architecture-chicago/buildings-of-chicago/ Select a data rage from far right side -

Al Capone

• Chicago History Museum http://www.chicagohistory.org/history/capone.html
• Encyclopedia of Chicago http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2214.html

Great Chicago Fire

• http://www.greatchicagofire.org/great-chicago-fire
• http://www.chicagohistory.org/history/fire.html

Chicago Crime

• Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930 http://homicide.northwestern.edu/ & review/overview of website http://bit.ly/1kmg2m4

Chicago: Sanctuary City

• Chicago Tribune current and historical databases. Try searching “Sanctuary City” or sanctuary and immigrant* or “public sanctuary”

Development of Education institutions

• Encyclopedia of Chicago – Schools and Education http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1124.html

Chicago's World's Fair - Columbian Exposition

• Encyclopedia of Chicago World's Columbian Exposition http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1386.html
• University of Virginia, Crossroads Project http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/wce/title.html
• Field Museum site http://worldsfair.fieldmuseum.org/

Evolution of Graffiti

• Encyclopedia of Chicago - Graffiti http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/535.html
• Chicago Tribune

Immigration to Chicago

• http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/chicagos-immigrants-break-old-pat...
• http://greatchicagostories.com/angelo/
• http://www.swedishamericanmuseum.org/

Cold War

• http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/310.html
• http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/are-there-fallout-shelters-left-...

Databases - Best Bets

• Academic Search Complete

Multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of academic areas.

• Academic OneFile

Multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of academic areas.

• History Study Center
  Primary and secondary history collections providing access to rare British, American and world history sources, full text articles and reference materials. Includes multimedia sources.

• JSTOR

Excellent source for credible scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. Articles in database were published between the early 1700s and between 1-5 years ago.

• Project MUSE

Project MUSE offers full-text current and archival articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.

• Credo Reference -encyclopedia that covers a wide range of topics

Newspaper Databases

• Chicago Tribune Historical - 1849-1889
  Digital images of the Chicago Tribune, cover-to-cover.

• Chicago Tribune 1989-Present
• HarpWeek
  Full-text articles and images from the 1857-1912 Harper's Weekly magazine covering the Civil War through the Gilded Age periods of American history.

• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2009)
  Digital images of the New York Times, cover-to-cover.

• New York Times 1980-Present

Select titles from Reference and General collections will be put in room 2032 for student use. Students can take photos or scan sections of the books.

Finding books in the Catalog

Use the COD Library's book catalog to find books & videos. Click on the "keyword" tab to search using multiple search terms and limit your results by material type (book, video), date, or language.

Information on ethnic groups

Information sources on immigration

Information on Chicago region