Provides overviews, state-of-research articles, and key resources for topics ranging from urban segregation and gentrification to architecture and city planning.
Regularly updated annotated bibliographies. University of Chicago Library subscribes to many sections of Oxford Bibliographies Online such as African Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Atlantic History, Buddhism, Childhood Studies, Chinese Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Environmental Science, Geography, International Law, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Latin American Studies, Medieval Studies, Military History, Music, Political Science, Renaissance and Reformation, Social Work, and Sociology.
A useful, step-by-step guide to researching the history of "ordinary" buildings from the Chicago Landmarks Commission. Targets owners of single-family houses, but the process is applicable to other types of buildings.
Listeners can post new questions here, which the Curious City staff will consider taking on. Past answers to questions about Chicago and its history are searchable.