Resources for Patrons

SHSMO Resources

Newspapers

• Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers
• Newspapers on Microfilm
• Missouri Digital Newspaper Project

Digital Collections

• Plat Maps of Missouri
• Missouri Historical Review, 1906-2018
• All Digital Collections
• Born Digital Repository

More Resources

• Research Guides by Topic Area
• Online catalog – includes the collections of SHSMO
• Missouri Society Directory - a list of local historical societies, museums, and genealogical societies
• Manuscript Collections
• All SHSMO Collections

Outside Resources

Genealogical and Historical Research

• Ancestry Library
• Bureau of Land Management
• FamilySearch (SHSMO is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library)
• Find a Grave
• Fold3 – collections of original military records (SHSMO login required)
• Hathi Trust – collections of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world
• JSTOR – journals, primary sources, and books
• Newsbank
• Newspapers.com (SHSMO login required)
• Missouri Death Certificates – Missouri State Archives
• Missouri Digital Heritage
  •  1850-1880 Federal Census Agricultural Schedules for Missouri
  • 1850-1880 Federal Census Manufactures/Industry Schedules for Missouri
• Rumsey Map Collection – 150,000+ rare maps of North and South America
• St. Louis Post Dispatch Obituary Search
• University of Missouri Digital Library