When starting research on any topic, it's crucial to get in the habit of questioning the sources that you find. Of each source, ask:
As a Northwestern Academy student, you will have access to e-books, news, reference, and scholarly journal articles that we have in the library's collections that are available electronically through the NUSearch, the library's search engine. Log in with your NU Net ID and password to get access from home.
The information sources on this page are generally considered to be primary sources, in that they provide first-hand accounts, data, or evidence of different phenomenon, events, people, and ideas within the city of Chicago. These sources are awaiting your scholarly analysis!
Local newspapers are a great place to learn about stories that might exhibit courage, conflict, families, the power of communities, or movements. NUL provides access to the following newspapers with your NU NetID and password.
Below are freely available Chicago news outlets that also feature stories of local interest.
Data can provide quantitative information about Chicago's neighborhoods and their resources (or lack thereof). You can use data to inform an argument, add statistics to make a story more credible, or to backup your own personal experience.
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