Chicago Resource Guide

Once home to the Algonquians and the Potawatomies among other Native American tribes, Chicago was settled by French explorers in the late 1700s. Since that time, the city that was named after a stinky onion continues to draw to it people from all nations who have made this city both notorious for its rough politics and gangsters—such as Al Capone—and famous for its contributions to the nation’s cultural and economic growth and expansion.

This evolving guide offers a variety of resources in the areas of History, Politics, Culture & Arts, Movies, Transportation, Media and more.

Here are some quick web resources to get you started:

• City of Chicago’s Web Portal – your connection to city government as well as other resources throughout the city
• Chicago Transit Authority – get where you want to go
• Encyclopedia of Chicago
• University of Chicago Press Books about Chicago

If you have a resource you’d like to suggest, email the Chicago Studies Program.