Research Assistance

We offer research assistance at the Reference Desk and through Ask-A-Librarian. We also offer research assistance in Special Collections via email and in-person research appointments.

Oral Histories

A sound recording or transcription of a planned interview with a person whose memories and perceptions of historical events are to be preserved as an aural record for future generations. Also refers to a historical work (published or unpublished) based on data collected orally, often retained in the archives and special collections of large libraries (example: Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel). (From the ODLIS).