Subject
Research Guides
Interdisciplinary Studies:
City of Boston
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links forces that have shaped the history, urban planning and architecture of Boston.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| The Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History | REF E169.1.E624 2001 |
| Dictionary of American History | REF E174.D52 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of Multicultural America | REF E184.A1 G14 2000 |
| The Encyclopedia of New England | REF F4.E53 2005 |
| A Short History of Boston | REF F73.3.A45 2004 |
| Boston A to Z | REF F73.36.O37 2000 |
| Universal Atlas of Metropolitan Boston & Eastern Massachusetts | REF G1234.B6 U58 1995 Atlas case |
| Encyclopedia of American Social History | REF HN57.E58 1993 |
| Handbook of American Women’s History | REF HQ1410.H36 2000 |
| Encyclopedia of Urban Planning | REF HT 166.E5 |
| American Art A Cultural History | REF N72.S6.B55 2001 |
| Boston Architecture, 1975-1990 | REF NA735 .B7 M541 1990 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject. For books on Boston, do a subject keyword search for “Boston”, then use the list of limits on the right to narrow your results. For books on particular topics (which may include information about Boston), search using words or word combinations such as:
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Or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers E (United States History), F1-75 (United States Local History), GA (Cartography), HN (Social History and Conditions; Social Problems), HT (Communities, Classes, Races), J (Political Science), N (Visual Arts), and NA (Architecture).
Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- American National Biography: full-text biographies of influential Americans.
- NewsBank: local newspapers: Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Worcester Telegram.
- Expanded Academic/InfoTrac: journal articles, search by name or subject
- LexisNexis: newspaper articles from papers such as the Boston Globe.
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page.
- American Memory Project
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
- Photographs, maps, and other items from the Library of Congress collections - Boston Historical Society and Museum
http://www.bostonhistory.org/
- Includes large online collection of photographs - Museum of Afro-American History
http://www.afroammuseum.org
- Good collection of links under “About the Museum” - The Massachusetts Historical Society
http://www.masshist.org/welcome/
- Includes large online collection of historic material - Rose Kennedy Greenway
http://www.masspike.com/bigdig/parks/greenway.html
- MTA’s website for the project, including maps - Boston.com – Finishing the Big Dig
http://www.boston.com/...finishing_the_big_dig/
- Provides background and current information on the project - Great Projects: the Big Dig
http://www.pbs.org/greatprojects/tour/bigdig_1.html
- PBS program about the Big Dig