Library Guides: Louisiana Information Sources: A Guide: Home

Welcome

Welcome to the LOUISIANA INFORMATION SOURCES library guide!

This guide contains librarian-curated lists of resources, as well as search tips, to support interdisciplinary research on Louisiana.

Use the menu to the left to navigate to the sections that speak to your research needs.

Promotional poster for Wild Magnolias LP on Polydor Records, 1974, Hogan Archive poster and calendar collection HJA-095, Tulane University Special Collections.

Key Resources

Nola.com
Nola.com is the online content provider of The New Orleans Times-Picayune, Gambit/Best of New Orleans, and The Baton Rouge, Shreveport-Bossier City, and Acadiana Advocates.

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Times-Picayune & Daily Picayune: 1837-2017 (New Orleans, La.) - Readex/Newsbank
Access full text and full image of articles from The Picayune, the Daily Picayune, and the Times-Picayune (New Orleans) from 1837 through 2017.
Times-Picayune Collection: 20th Century (New Orleans)
Includes Times-Picayune content from 1989 to the present. Allows you to search and browse full-color scans of the print editions of the Times-Picayune, as well as Web Edition articles published on nola.com.

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC)
Special Collections encompasses the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, the Louisiana Research Collection, the Rare Books Collection, the Southeastern Architectural Archive, and University Archives. Its holdings are comprised of nearly 2,500 archival collections, over 100,000 volumes of rare books that date back to the 13th century, and other rare and unique materials that document the history, culture, and communities of New Orleans and beyond. Among the strengths of TUSC are Louisiana literature, Carnival history, New Orleans music and New Orleans jazz, local LGBTQ studies, history of the book, and the records of Tulane University.