Central Library Bibliographies Pathfinders Brochures and Research Guides

Central Library - Bibliographies, Pathfinders, Brochures and Research Guides

The Central Library Sections have professional library staff that prepare and maintain up-to-date bibliographies, pathfinders (overview guides to resources in the Library), information brochures, and research guides on special topics. These are being published onto our Web site as they are updated and prepared. Some of these guides are published here in PDF format, and may have links to online versions or the item records in our Catalog. Some of these guides may be developed and co-published with other organizations, groups, and/or libraries.

Please contact the Central Library section of your interest to speak with the staff directly about these materials, or your research topic.

Central Library Pathfinders & Documents

American Ethnic Groups: American Indians (PDF: 176K)
Animated Painting (PDF: 52K)
Andy Warhol's Dream America (PDF: 34K)
Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape (PDF: 2.1MB)
Baseball: Selected Resources at Central Library (PDF: 225K)
Business Reference and Marketing Resources (PDF: 91K) Brochure Format | (PDF: 179K) Pathfinder Format
Children's Health: Resources for Parents and Their Kids (PDF: 275K)
College and University Resources (PDF: 179K)
Community Storytelling (PDF: 59K)
Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga, & Anime (PDF: 120K)
Dead Sea Scrolls (PDF: 106K)
Dear Miss Breed Bibliography (PDF: 1.75MB)
Genealogy: Online Research (PDF: 247K)
Georgia O’Keeffe and the Women of the Stieglitz Circle (PDF: 2.0MB)
Golf (PDF: 70K)
Government Documents (PDF: 148K)
Image Makers and Rule Breakers: French Art, 1860–1960 (PDF: 60K)
Impressionist Giverny (PDF: 89K)
Islam (PDF: 282K)
Jazz, America’s Art Form (PDF: 32K)
Job Search Web Sites(PDF: 160K)
Key Baseball References: User Guide (PDF: 148K)
Latin American Art History (PDF: 34K)
Lewis & Clark (PDF: 230K)
Mexican Americans (PDF: 116K)
National American Indian Heritage Month: Recommended Reading (PDF: 100K)
Paper Traces: Latin American Prints and Drawings from the Museum's Collection (PDF: 91K)
Personal Views: Regarding Private Collections in San Diego (San Diego Museum of Art) (PDF: 90K)
Rainmaker, and other Stories of San Diego Water History
Rebuilding and Repairing Your Home After a Fire (PDF: 116K)
Refugee Voices: Africa (PDF: 104K)
San Diego SABR Baseball Research Center brochure (PDF: 1.59MB)
Successful Business Plans (Tideline) (PDF: 302K)
Telephone Directories: An Online Resource Guide (PDF: 297K)
Tips for Teachers (Youth Services) (PDF: 132K)
U.S.-Mexico Border Region (PDF: 209K)
Young Art 2007 (PDF: 32K)

Internet Public Library (IPL) Pathfinders - If you can't find what you need in the above listing, try the Pathfinders at the Internet Public Library. IPL Expert Guides intended to help you get started doing research on a particular topic, both online and at the San Diego Public Library.

* This PDF brochure is designed to print as a trifold two-page document.

Library Catalog

Online Catalog Search Tips (PDF: 77K)

You may find our "Hot Topics" valuable when doing research. "Hot Topics" are short guides developed by the San Diego Public Library to cover events and issues that have recently received significant attention in the news. The Library's aim is to provide patrons with listings of books, magazine articles, and web sites that will help them learn more about each topic. New "Hot Topics" are posted periodically.

You may also wish to see if our Workshop Tutorials and Classes online may have information on San Diego Public Library resources about your topic or research area.