Florida

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Finding Articles 2.1 Databases and Indexes 2.2 Journals 2.3 Newspapers 3 Finding Books & Media 3.1 Library of Congress Classifications 3.2 Subject Headings 4 General Reference Works 4.1 Encyclopedias 4.2 Guides 4.3 Guidebooks 4.4 Bibliographies 4.5 Almanacs/Handbooks 4.6 Biographies 4.7 Directories 4.8 Dissertations and Theses 4.9 Catalogs 4.10 Chronologies 4.11 Atlases/Maps/Gazetteers 4.12 Statistics 4.13 Histories 4.14 Images 4.15 Legal Information 4.16 Primary Resources 4.17 Miscellaneous 5 Websites 5.1 General 5.2 Government 5.3 Organizations 6 Help

Introduction

This research guide is intended for both undergraduate and graduate students needing information about Florida, including Florida history, culture, and government.

This guide focuses on general reference books, journals, and online resources available at the FSU Libraries. It also includes relevant Library of Congress classifications and subject headings to help researchers locate additional materials.

Finding Articles

Databases and Indexes

• America: History and Life (1954-present)

U.S. and Canadian history, from prehistory to the present.

• Florida Documents Index

Identifies publications housed in the Florida Documents Collection at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). The collection includes public documents distributed by the State Library of Florida since 1967 under the Florida Public Documents Depository Program.

• History Resource Center (pre-colonial – present)

Provides integrated access to over 1,000 historical (primary) documents, more then 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journals.

• Lexis-Nexis Academic

Full-text national and international newspaper coverage of general news. Additionally, there are full text news magazines, legal and business information, and more.

• PALMM Collections

PALMM (Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials) is a growing group of online collections containing full text material, photographs, maps, and/or bibliographic information on topics relevant to Floridians.

Journals

Links to electronic versions are provided if available.

• Florida Historical Quarterly STROZIER Periodicals 973.05 F636

• Florida Trend STROZIER Special Coll. Florida 330.5 F6361

Newspapers

Links to electronic versions are provided if available. See also the Florida Newspapers wiki.

• Access World News

Select “Florida Newspapers” for 18 full text newspapers.

• Florida Newspapers

Links to the websites of Florida newspapers.

• Lexis-Nexis Academic

Search for full text Florida newspapers by selecting the “Guided News Search” tab. In “Step One” select “U.S. News;” in “Step Two” select “Florida News Sources;” and next either pick from the “Source List” or complete the search form.

• Tallahassee Democrat STROZIER Newspaper Collection: latest in Popular Periodicals Reading Area; Microfilm: STROZIER Micromaterials Film NP 23; Subject Index for 1986-1997: STROZIER Reference AI21.F57

Finding Books & Media

Books and media resources about Florida can be found in two main ways: by searching the online FSU Library Catalog and by browsing the aisles at Strozier.

When searching the online catalog, a basic search will let you search by keyword, title, author, subject or call number. An advanced search will let you search by a combination of these fields, as well as by format, language, location, and date. Searching by the subject headings listed below may also be helpful.

When browsing the aisles, the majority of books on Florida will be on the third floor, while the media resources will be on the ground floor in the Digital Media Center. The Library of Congress classifications listed below may be helpful when browsing the aisles.

Library of Congress Classifications

The following Library of Congress classifications may be useful when browsing the shelves at Strozier Library for additional materials on Florida. The majority of the 'F's are on the third floor. Additional materials (such as government documents, micromaterials, media, and reference books) may be found on the ground floor and the first (main) floor.

• F 306-320 --- United States history: Florida
• KFF 0-599 --- Law of the United States: Florida

Subject Headings

The following subject headings may be useful when browsing the online FSU Library Catalog. To browse by subject heading, select Subject from the Browse Organized Lists drop-down menu, type the subject heading in the search box, then click the Go box.

• Architecture -- Florida
• Florida -- Biography
• Florida -- Climate
• Florida -- Description and travel
• Florida -- History
• Florida -- Maps
• Florida -- Politics and government
• Indians of North America -- Florida

General Reference Works

When an item's location line reads STROZIER Reference, then the item is located on the first (main) floor of Strozier Library and can only be used in the library. When an item's location line reads STROZIER Documents, then the item is located on the ground floor. When an item's location line reads STROZIER Ready Reference, then the item is located at the first (main) floor reference desk.

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida Reference F311 .E53 1997

• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States STROZIER Reference E156 .W67 2001

Guides

• Florida Legal Research: Sources, Process, and Analysis LAW Library KFF75 .R69 2002

• Guide to Florida Archives and Manuscript Repositories STROZIER Reference CD3171 .D85 1999

• Guide to the History of Florida STROZIER Library F311 .G85 1989

• Searching in Florida: A Reference Guide to Public and Private Records STROZIER Reference Z1271.R62 1982

Guidebooks

• Flora of Florida DIRAC SCIENCE Reference QK154 .W85 2000

• Florida: Off the Beaten Path STROZIER Special Collections Florida F309.3 .G55 2001

• Florida: the Ecotraveller’s Wildlife Guide STROZIER Special Collections Florida QL169 .S86 2002

• Florida Trend’s Great Florida Restaurant Guide STROZIER Special Collections Florida TX907.3.F6 F475

• Florida’s Birds: a Handbook and Reference DIRAC SCIENCE Reference QL684.F6 K35 1990

• Florida’s Museums and Cultural Attractions STROZIER Reference F309.3 .B365 1998

• Fodors…Florida STROZIER Reference F309.3 .F63 2001

• Fodors…South Florida STROZIER Library F319 .M6 .F64 2002

• Hiking Trails of Florida’s National Forests, Parks, and Preserves STROZIER Special Collections Florida GV199.42.F6 M65 2001

• Old Florida: Florida’s Magnificent Homes, Gardens, and Vintage Attractions STROZIER Special Collections Florida NA730.F6 G76 2003

• Paddler’s Guide to the Sunshine State STROZIER Special Collections Florida GV776.F56 H84 2001

Bibliographies

• The American South: A Historical Bibliography STROZIER Reference F209 .A45 1986

• A Bibliography of Florida STROZIER Reference F311 .S47 1993 (v.1-3); STROZIER Special Collections Reading Room F311.S47 1993 (v.1-4)

• Bibliography of Florida Archaeology through 1980 STROZIER Documents Florida F306 .F53 no.1, 1986

• Florida History: A Bibliography STROZIER Reference Z1271 .H35

Almanacs/Handbooks

• Almanac of Florida Politics STROZIER Reference JK4430 .M53 2000, latest at Reference Desk

• Florida Almanac STROZIER Reference AY 146.H6 F53 2004-05, latest at Reference Desk

• The Florida Handbook STROZIER Reference F306.F597 2003-04, latest at Reference Desk

Biographies

• Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who

Comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

• Dreamers, Schemers, and Scalawags STROZIER Library CT229 .M38 1994

• Florida Biographical Dictionary: People of all Times and all Places Who Have Been Important to the History and Life of the State STROZIER Special Collections Florida Reference CT229 .F57 1993

• Florida Lives: the Sunshine State Who’s Who… STROZIER Reference F310 .T7 [1966]

• Florida Women of Distinction STROZIER Special Collections Florida F310 .C68

• The Southerner, a Biographical Encyclopedia of Southern People, Featuring Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana… STROZIER Reference F208 .S6

• Twenty Florida Pirates STROZIER Library F311.5 .M37 1994

• Who’s Who and What to See in Florida STROZIER Reference F310 .W56

• Who’s Who and Why of Successful Florida Women STROZIER Reference F310 .W565

• Who’s Who in Florida STROZIER Reference F310 .W57

• Who’s Who in the South and Southwest STROZIER Reference F208 .W65

Directories

• 411 Online Telephone Directory (State of Florida)

• Complete Guide to Florida Foundations STROZIER Reference AS911.A2C65 2002

• Directory of Florida Industries STROZIER Reference T12.D5 2004

• Florida Business-To-Business Sales & Marketing Directory STROZIER Reference HC107.F6 F44434 2002/03

• Florida Education Directory 1999-2000 STROZIER Ready Reference L903.F5 A3 1999-2000

• Marth’s Florida Guide STROZIER Reference HE7791.F63 M3 1999

Dissertations and Theses

• Dissertations and Theses. Electronic Database (citations and full text: 1861 to present)

Covers doctoral dissertations completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master’s theses and foreign language dissertations. Dissertations completed since 1997 are available in fulltext.

Catalogs

• University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collections

The Cuban Heritage Collections may be searched separately in the University of Miami Library online catalog.

• State Library Catalog

• P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History

In Advanced Search, limit by location to this library.

Chronologies

• Chronology of the Most Important Events Connected with Florida History During four Hundred and Seventeen years, 1513 to 1930 STROZIER, Special Collections Florida F311 .R222

• Timeline from the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of Florida

Atlases/Maps/Gazetteers

• Atlas of Florida STROZIER Ready Reference G1315.A83 1996

• An Atlas of Maritime Florida STROZIER Maps G1316.P5 A8 1997

• Florida Atlas and Gazetteer STROZIER Maps G1315 .D4 1997

• Florida Place Names STROZIER Reference F309 .M673 1995

• Historic Maps of Florida, 1836-1900

Digital maps from the Library of Congress’ American Memory collection.

• Road Atlas, United States, Canada, and Mexico STROZIER Reference Map Case G1201.P2 R345 2002

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Florida

• Water Resources Atlas of Florida STROZIER Maps G1316.C3 W3 1998

Statistics

See the Florida Statistics wiki.

Histories

• African American Heritage of Florida (eBook)

• Architecture of Leisure: the Florida Resort Hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant STROZIER Special Collections Florida NA7820 .B73 2002

• A Brief History of Florida

A concise history by the Florida Office of Cultural and Historical Programs

• Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, 1871-2001 STROZIER Special Collections Florida QC945 .W55 2002

• Florida’s Colonial Architectural Heritage STROZIER Special Collections Florida NA730.F6 G67 2002

• Florida’s First People: 12,000 Years of Human History STROZIER Library E78.F6 B76 1994

• Florida's Space Coast: the Impact of NASA on the Sunshine State DIRAC SCIENCE Library TL4027.F52 J6377 2002

• Guide to Florida Prehistoric Animals DIRAC SCIENCE Reference QE747.F6 A52 1988

• A History of Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida F311 .T42 1999

• It Happened in Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida F311.6 .W75 2002

• Murder in the Tropics STROZIER, Special Collections Florida HV6533.F6 M33 1995

• New History of Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida F311.5 .N49 1996

• Pop Culture Florida Strozier Reference F316.2 G67 2000

• Tallahassee STROZIER, Special Collections Florida F319.T14 R62 2003

• Touched by the Sun STROZIER, Special Collections Florida F316 .M35 2000

• Swamp Song: A Natural History of Florida’s Swamps STROZIER Special Collections Florida QH105.F6 L37 1995

• WPA Life Histories from Florida

This Library of Congress website presents mostly first-person accounts of life in Florida collected during the Great Depression.

Images

• Florida Photographic Collection, Florida State Archives

This site provides more than 100,000 digitized photographs, including historical landscape scenes, buildings, and people from all parts of Florida and throughout Florida’s history, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. A 15-word caption accompanies each image. The digitized collection is searchable by subject, photographer, keyword, and date.

• PALMM Collections' Visual Collections and Aerial Photography Florida

Legal Information

The Law Library maintains additional links. Guides for legal research are available on the University of Florida’s Lawton Chiles Legal Research Center website.

Constitution:

• Florida Constitution - Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature

• Lexis-Nexis Academic - Select "Legal Research," then "State Codes."

Statutes/Code:

• Lexis-Nexis Academic - Select "Legal Research," then "State Codes."

• Florida Statutes – Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature

Case Law:

• Lexis-Nexis Academic - Select "Legal Research," then "State Case Law."

Session Laws:

• Laws of Florida – Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature

House and Senate Bills:

• 1998-present bills of the Florida legislature – Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature

Regulations:

• Florida Administrative Code – Florida Department of State website.

Courts:

• Florida Supreme Court Opinions – Florida Supreme Court website.

Primary Resources

Government documents from the state of Florida and the U. S. government may be found in the online FSU Library Catalog. Other resources for historical U. S. documents about Florida are American State Papers (1789-1838), and U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1980).

In addition, online databases such as those in the PALMM Collections, the Historical New York Times (1851-2 years ago), American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900, Documenting the American South, and History Resource Center contain text and photographs.

Other primary materials may be found with a subject keyword search of the FSU Libraries catalog for “Florida” along with “correspondence” or “interviews” or “personal narratives” or “diaries” or “oral history.”

The State Archives is another important resource, with some collections online in the Florida Memory Project.

Miscellaneous

• The Climate and Weather of Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida QC984.F6 H46 1994

• Ecosystems of Florida DIRAC SCIENCE Library QH105.F6 E26 1990

• Florida’s Megatrends: Current Trends in Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida HN79.F6 C65 2002

• Florida's Politics : Ten Media Markets, One Powerful State STROZIER Special Collections Archives JK4416 .H54 2004

• The Geology of Florida STROZIER Special Collections Florida QE99 .G47 1997

• National Hurricane Center

Websites

General

• Florida Information Locator

Contains an A-Z list of links and a search engine to websites about Florida, including state government.

• Visit Florida

The state’s official source for travel planning for Florida.

Government

• A-Z Directory

Links to mostly state government websites, by the State Library and Archives of Florida.

• Government Information on the Web—Florida Sites

FSU Libraries’ e-government webpage.

• MyFlorida.com

Official portal of the State of Florida.

Organizations

• Florida Chamber of Commerce

• Seminole Tribe of Florida

Help

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Lucy Patrick Head, Special Collections Florida State University Libraries 850-644-6167 lpatrick@mailer.fsu.edu

Sarah Buck Kachaluba Humanities Librarian Florida State University Libraries 850-645-1475 sbuckkachaluba@mailer.fsu.edu