Books & Articles

NUsearch This link opens in a new window
NUsearch is the main search tool for Northwestern University Library, combining the library catalog with a wealth of other databases and online collections.

Search one or more of the following SUBJECT HEADINGS in NUSearch to find books about Chicago history, politics, culture, and more.

Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic Conditions

Chicago (Ill.) -- History

Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual Life

Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and Government

Chicago (Ill.) -- Race Relations

Chicago (Ill.) -- Social Conditions

OR look for and click on relevant subject headings in the records for books of interest that you find when searching in NUSearch.

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Journal Articles

PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Index focusing on public affairs, public and social policies and international relations. Provides references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistics, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, and more. Covers 1914 to present.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Sociological Abstracts provides citations and abstracts to international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Content coverage includes culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, race and ethnicity, social change and economic development, and more. 1952-Present. Individual publication coverage varies by title.
America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
America: History & Life is an index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes journals from 1964 to the present and also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage but also included are abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
Urban Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides citations covering areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Covers1973-present.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature, including pedagogy, counseling and psychology. Covers 1966-present.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citations with abstracts from more than 1,100 journals in political science and related disciplines. Coverage is international in scope, combining the former Political Science Abstracts and ABC POL SCI databases.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database, including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources. Subject coverage : Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Engineering ; Life and Health Sciences ; Social Sciences, Psychology and Economics ; Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Google Scholar
Broadly search for scholarly articles and other literature, across many fields and subjects.

Keyword Search tip

In most library databases and NUsearch, you can use search connectors like AND and OR to provide a more precise way to search.

AND finds the intersection of two words or two topics.

OR finds either term by itself, or both terms in the same search

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