| 1 | Academic Search Premier
Description: Indexes journals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies and education.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1975-present
Use to locate: Articles
 Full-text available for many items. |
| 2 | Archdiocese of Chicago
Description: Includes links to the archdiocesan archives, Office of Catholic Education and a guide to the archdiocese.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Web Sites
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| 3 | Chicago Ancestors
Description: From the Local and Family History department at the Newberry Library, historical information about Chicago from a variety of sources browseable or searchable through a map interface.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Web Sites
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| 4 | Chicago Crime Statistics and Reports
Description: Current statistics from the Chicago Police Department. Figures are reported by district number, not by neighborhood. Includes a district map.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Government documents, Statistics & Data Sets
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| 5 | Chicago Daily News Historic Photographs
Description: Over 55,000 images of urban life between 1902 and 1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily News, then one of Chicago's leading newspapers.
Restrictions: None
Dates Covered: 1902-1933
Use to locate: Archival materials, Images
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| 6 | Chicago Defender
Description: Historically important African American newspaper. Back issues available on microfilm.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Journals, Newspapers
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| 7 | Chicago Fact Book
Description: Facts and figures on Chicago business, housing, employment, health care, weather, and many other topics. For neighborhood data from the 2000 Census, similar to the Chicago Community Fact Book, look on this site under Community Areas.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Statistics & Data Sets
Full-text available for many items. |
| 8 | Chicago History Museum
Description: Formerly the Chicago Historical Society; offers excellent online exhibits.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Archival materials, Web Sites
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| 9 | Chicago Imagebase
Description: Maps, images, and other neighborhood and historical data to study the city, from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Images, Maps, Web Sites
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| 10 | Chicago Public Library
Description: Access to online databases and information about the Chicago Public Library's collections and 79 locations.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Web Sites
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| 11 | Chicago Reader
Description: Independent weekly published since 1971 with features, arts and entertainment guide, apartment listings and more. Searchable archive online but with article delivery costs; print and microform available at Lincoln Park Library.
Restrictions: None
Search for this resource in the library catalog
Use to locate: Journals, Newspapers
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| 12 | Chicago Tribune - Historical Edition
Description: Contains full text and page images of the entire contents of the Chicago Tribune, including classified ads, advertisements, obituaries, and comics.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1849-1985
Use to locate: Articles, Images, Newspapers
Full-text available for many items. |
| 13 | Consortium on Chicago School Research
Description: The Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) at the University of Chicago conducts research that can inform and assess policy and practice in the Chicago Public Schools.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Web Sites
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| 14 | Digital Illinois
Description: Digital collections from libraries, historical societies, museums, and other cultural institutions in Illinois
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Archival materials, Audio, E-books, Images
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| 15 | Egan Urban Center
Description: Information and research on the Chicago metropolitan area, including education, community and urban development and policy issues.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Web Sites
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| 16 | Encyclopedia of Chicago
Description: Photographs, biographies, essays, art, music, maps and documents on all things Chicago.
Restrictions: None
Search for this resource in the library catalog
Use to locate: E-books, Encyclopedias
Full-text available for many items. |
| 17 | Illinois Harvest: Chicago
Description: Extensive collection of full-text books and pamphlets related to 19th and early 20th century Chicago, digitized by the Open Content Alliance.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Archival materials, E-books
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| 18 | Lincoln Park Architectural Photographs
Description: 200 historical buildings, including landmark domestic residences, commercial sites, and churches constructed in a variety of historical styles.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Archival materials, Images
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| 19 | Lincoln Park Neighborhood Collection
Description: Digitized documents from the Lincoln Park Conservation Association and other Lincoln Park neighborhood collections held in the DePaul University Archives, documenting community growth beginning with the redevelopment plans of the 1950s.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Archival materials
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| 20 | Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area
Description: Socioeconomic data from the 1990 Census (and earlier decades) and detailed histories of the city's 77 neighborhoods.
Restrictions: In library use only
Book: Click for call number & campus
Use to locate: Books, Government documents, Statistics & Data Sets
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| 21 | Metro Chicago Information Center
Description: Annual MCIC survey of 3,000 respondents per year covers employment, demographics, crime, transportation, disabilities, political attitudes, leisure activities, charitable giving and religion.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Maps, Statistics & Data Sets
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| 22 | Picturing Chicago
Description: Hundreds of black and white photographs of Chicago, browseable by neighborhood. All Chicago community areas and most micro-neigborhoods are represented here.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Images
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| 23 | Sanborn Insurance Maps - Illinois
Description: Provides digitized maps for most cities and towns in Illinois. The large scale plans chart the growth and development of these communities.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1867-1970
Use to locate: Maps
Full-text available for many items. |
| 24 | Social Sciences Abstracts
Description: Indexes social science, business and political journals; with abstracts.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1983-present
Use to locate: Articles, Reviews
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| 25 | State of the Nation's Cities
Description: A database on 77 US cities and suburbs from the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Statistics & Data Sets
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