Researching by Subject

Library resources organized by academic subject. A useful starting point for researching a subject.

Browse Subject Guides

• Area Studies & Cultures
  • African and African-American Studies
    • African American Studies
    • African American Periodicals
    • African Studies
  • British and Irish Studies
    • British and Irish Studies
    • British Biographical Information
    • British Government Documents
  • Canadian Studies
    • Canadian Government Resources
    • Canadian Studies
  • East Asian Studies
    • Chinese Studies
    • East Asian Studies
    • Japanese Studies
    • Korean Studies
  • Eastern European and Slavic Studies
    • Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies
  • International Relations and IGOS
    • Non-Governmental Organizations
    • Inter-governmental Organizations
  • Judaic Studies
    • Jewish Studies
  • Latin American and Latino Studies
    • Iberian Studies
    • Latin American & Caribbean Studies
    • Latin American Materials in the Special Collections Library
    • Latino Studies
  • Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
    • Middle East Studies
  • South and Southeast Asian Studies
    • South Asian Studies
    • Southeast Asian Studies
    • Vietnam War Resources in Special Collections
  • Statistics
    • Foreign Historical Statistics
  • Western European Studies
    • European Studies Resources
    • French Studies Resources
    • German Studies Resources
    • Guido Mazzoni Pamphlet Collection (Special Collections Library)
    • Holocaust
    • Italian Studies Resources
    • Iberian Studies
• Engineering & Technology
  • Engineering
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Engineering Standards
    • Manufacturers' Catalogs
    • Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
    • Online Patent Resources
• Fine Arts
  • Classics
    • Classical Studies
    • Greek Manuscript Collection
  • Theater and Film Studies
    • Film Research at Duke
    • Film Reviews & Criticism
    • Shakespeare
    • Theater & Drama Resources
  • Visual Arts
    • Art History
    • Art History - a Graduate Guide
    • Arts Research
    • Caricature to Comic Strip
    • FOCUS 80S - Alexander the Great
    • Images Collections at Duke
• Humanities & History
  • Classical Studies
    • Classical Studies Resources
    • Classical Studies, Researching
    • Greek Manuscript Collection
  • History
    • General History
    • United States History
      • American Revolution Sources in the Special Collections Library
      • Civil War Materials in the Special Collections Library
      • Legislation into Law
      • Slave Letters in the Special Collections Library
      • Vietnam War Resources in Special Collections
    • Local History
      • Duke University History
      • Duke University Publications Index
      • Durham History
      • Durham, N.C. Area
      • North Carolina Historical Research
      • North Carolina Legal Materials
      • State Documents
    • Foreign Historical Statistics
  • Medieval and Renaissance Studies
    • Introduction to French History
    • Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  • Military Science
    • Military History
  • Music
    • Sheet Music in the Special Collections Library
    • William Grant Still Collection (Special Collections Library)
  • Philosophy
    • Resources in Philosophy
  • Religion
    • Religious Materials in the Special Collections Library
• Life Sciences
  • Biology
  • Biomedical/Bioengineering
  • Duke Environmental Leadership Program
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Medical Library Subject Guides
  • Plant Sciences
  • Primatology
  • Zoology
• Literature & Languages
  • Asian & African Languages and Literature
    • Chinese Studies
    • Japanese Studies
    • Jewish Studies
    • Korean Studies
    • Middle East Studies
    • South Asian Studies
  • Classical Studies
    • Classical Studies Resources
    • Classical Studies, Researching
    • Greek Manuscript Collection
  • English
    • American and British Literary Materials in the Special Collections Library
    • English Literatures
    • Shakespeare
  • Germanic Languages and Literature
    • German Baroque Collection Guide
    • Germanic Studies Resources
  • Linguistics
    • Linguistics
  • Literature
    • Books for Pleasure Reading
  • Romance Studies
    • French Literature
    • Spanish, Latin American, Brazilian, and Caribbean Literature
• Mathematics & Computing
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics/Decision Sciences

• Newspapers & Microforms
  • African-American Newspapers
  • African American Periodicals at Duke
  • American Newspapers and Microforms
  • American Newspaper Repository at Duke
  • American Periodicals Series
  • Asia
    • Currently Received East Asian Newspapers
    • Oriental Languages Newspapers
  • Early American Imprints
  • Foreign Newspaper Indexes
  • Goldsmith's-Kress Library of Economic Literature
  • Great Britain
    • 18th Century Britain
    • 19th Century Britain
    • 20th Century Britain
    • British Papers - Microform Collections
    • Early English Books
    • Tudor & Stuart England: 1485-1714
  • Indexes to Selected University Publications
  • Individual Microform Collections
  • Landmarks of Science
  • Manuscripta
  • Newspaper Subscriptions, Foreign
  • Newspaper Subscriptions, US
  • Newspapers from the U.S. Reconstruction Period: 1865-1877
  • North American Newspaper Indexes
  • North Carolina College Newspapers
  • Pre-Revolutionary America: Before 1763
  • Primary Source Material for African-American History
  • Revolutionary America: 1763-1789
  • Southern U.S. Newspapers
  • United States Census Materials: 1800-1900
  • Wright American Fiction
• Physical Sciences
  • Astronomy
    • Astronomy
  • Chemistry
    • Chemical Physical Properties
    • Chemical Ethics, Teaching
    • Chemistry Resources on the Web
  • Earth & Ocean Sciences (Geology)
    • Earth & Ocean Sciences (Geology)
  • Physics
    • Physics
• Reference
  • Citing Sources
  • City Directories
  • Durham N.C. Area
  • Evaluating Web Pages
  • Financial Aid
  • Genealogy
  • Graduate Study
  • Job Hunting
  • Jobs Abroad
  • Library of Congress Classification System
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Style Manuals and Citation Guides
• Social Sciences
  • Business
    • Business
  • Data
    • Subject Index of Data Collections
  • Economics
    • Economic Data, US
    • Economics
    • Globalization & Economic Competitiveness
    • Trade Statistics
  • Education
    • U.S. Education Statistics
  • International Relations and IGOs
    • European Union
    • International/Transnational Relations
    • Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Law
    • Introduction to the U.S. Legal System
    • Law School Library Research Guides
    • Legislative Process
    • North Carolina Legal Materials
  • Political Science and Government
    • All about Voting: What Duke Students Need to Know
    • Canadian Government Resources
    • Federal Documents
    • International/Transnational Relations
    • Introduction to the U.S. Legal System
    • Legislative Process
    • Political Science
    • Primary Sources for International Relations
  • Psychology
    • Psychology
    • Psychology: Films and Videos
  • Public Policy
    • International/Transnational Relations
    • Primary Sources for International Relations
    • Public Policy, US
  • Women's Studies
    • Women's Studies

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