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 own 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.

Data can provide quantitative information about Chicago's neighborhoods and their resources or lack thereof. Data can also be used to inform an argument, add statistics to make a story more credible, or to backup personal experience.