Research Guides

Research Guides are lists of important information sources in specific subject areas.

Alphabetical List of Research Guides

Research Guides for the following subject areas were created by librarians to assist the researcher in using the collections.

Area and Cultural Studies:

• Black History Month at SIBL 2008
• Gay and Lesbian Studies
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Native American Studies
• Women's Studies
• Women's History Month

Arts & Humanities:

• Architecture: Research Guide
• Art History
• Auction Sales Indexes: Books, CD-ROM's and On-line Services
• Book Reviews
• Christianity and Church History
• Classics
• Comic Books
• Costume and Fashion History: A Guide to Resources
• Decorative Arts
• Detective, Mystery, and Suspense Fiction
• Empire and Regency Styles
• From the Daguerreotype to the Polaroid: An Introduction to Photographic Processes
• History of Books and Printing
• Jewelry
• Literature, English and American
• Louisa May Alcott
• Mormon History
• Nietzsche: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
• Occult Sciences and Parapsychology
• Philosophy
• Photography Collection: A Research Guide
• Pottery
• Prints
• Science Fiction
• Shakers and Shakerism

Business and Industry:

• Business Plans
• Company Information
• Costume and Fashion History: A Guide to Resources
• El Comercio Internacional
• Financial Services
• Hispanic Heritage Month
• Howard Hughes, Entrepreneur and Inventor: a Selected Reading List
• Industry Specific Directories
• Industry Surveys
• International Statistical Yearbooks
• International Trade
• Market Research
• Patents and Trademarks
• Real Estate Resources at SIBL
• Restaurant Management Resources
• Small Business
• Worldwide Business Directories

Education & Employment:

en Español:

• El Comercio Internacional

Government and Law:

• Government
• Keeping Current on Elections
• Legal Materials on the Web (New York State & Federal)
• Patents and Trademarks

Health & Medicine:

• Health & Medicine - Referrals

History & Social Sciences:

• Biographical Resources
• Black History Month at SIBL 2008
• Christopher Columbus and Early European Exploration
• Culinary History
• Genealogical Research at The New York Public Library
• Keeping Current on Elections
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Menu Collection of The New York Public Library
• Modern European History
• Mormon History
• Napoleonic Era: A Research Guide
• Obituaries, Death Notices, and Guides to Burial Places of Notables
• Sociology

Libraries and Book Trade:

• BOOKS: Sources for Book Values and Book Collecting

Reference:

• Dictionary Catalog
• How Do I Find a Book?
• How to Find Periodicals
• Library Lingo
• Newspapers
• Quotations
• Using the Library's Online Catalog

Science & Technology:

• Acoustical Engineering
• Apparel, Fashion and Textiles
• Biotechnology and Medical Engineering
• Black History Month at SIBL
• Building and Construction
• Building Maintenance
• Celebrating Women In Computer Science - - Ada To Ellen
• Climatology and Climatological Data
• Cosmetics
• Digital Photography Bibliography
• DNA, Genetics and Related Topics
• Earth Day Bibliography
• Einstein in the Library
• Geology/Earth Sciences
• Green Building Bibliography
• Hurricane of 1938
• Inventors Guide to NYPL Resources
• Mathematics
• Natural History
• Researching a Scientist
• Science and Technology
• Standards
• Tsunami Resources at SIBL