Chicago Public Library will host the Overdose Prevention and Response with Chicago Recovery Alliance (CRA) virtual event Tuesday, August 31 at 11:00 a.m.
It’s a Landslide: 5 Articles About Presidential Elections
You won't find cliffhangers, squeakers or hanging chads here. Travel back in time to these indisputable presidential election victories. Read the actual front-page news articles or, in some cases, browse the entire newspaper (including the advertisements) to see what else was going on at the time. You can read these articles using CPL's Online Resources, but…
Just In Time For Your Women’s History Month Homework Assignment
Use the Person Search feature in the Biography in Context online resource to compile a list of notable people by occupation (Yes, “feminist” is listed as an occupation). You can limit your list by nationality, ethnicity, gender, date of birth or date of death. My search (occupation - feminist and nationality - american) produced over 100 names, including Betty Friedan, Margaret Sanger…
Find Obituaries in Chicago Newspapers
A paid obituary is a death notice in the newspaper paid for by family or friends. A news obituary is an article written by the newspaper staff about the death of a celebrity or newsworthy person. The Chicago Tribune (1985 to present) does not include every paid obituary published in the print edition of the Chicago Tribune. Paid obituaries…
The Three Faces of the Chicago Tribune
Yes, we have three versions of the Chicago Tribune on Online Resources A-Z…
It’s a Virtual Outlet Mall for Archives
Search the ArchiveGrid to find the personal and professional papers of the famous and not-so-famous stored in archives at institutions around the country. ArchiveGrid provides links to finding aids and websites for each archive indexed. Some of the results might be surprising. You will find ArchiveGrid on Online Resources A-Z. Here are some simple, Chicago-related examples to show how…
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