Research Guides: Maine History: Tips

Call number ranges for Maine history

You can browse the shelves in these call number ranges for Maine history:

F1 - F15	New England local history
F16 - F30	Maine local history. For Maine before it seceded from Massachusetts in 1820, also consult F61 - F75, Massachusetts local history.
	New England bibliographies
Z1291 - Z1292	Maine bibliographies
Govt Doc Maine	Maine government publications, town and county reports

Library of Congress Subject Headings

A sampling of terms to use in a subject or keyword search of Compass, MaineCat, WorldCat, the catalogs of other libraries, or America: History and Life. (Of course, you would substitute the name of your place.) Because some catalog records may include variations on these subject terms, do a keyword search to maximize retrieval of records. Example:
brunswick AND (maine OR me) AND history

Maine -- History
Maine -- History -- 19th century
Cumberland County (Me.) -- History
Brunswick (Me.) -- History
Brunswick (Me.)
Brunswick region (Me.)
Brunswick Naval Air Station (Me.)
First Parish Church (Brunswick, Me.)
Bowdoin College
Architecture, Domestic -- Maine -- Brunswick
Brunswick (Me.) -- Climate
Brunswick (Me.) -- Commerce -- History
Brunswick (Me.) -- Directories
Brunswick (Me.) -- Telephone directories
Brunswick region (Me.) -- Telephone directories
Brunswick (Me.) -- Biography
Brunswick (Me.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Brunswick (Me.) -- Description and travel
Brunswick (Me.) -- Economic conditions
Brunswick (Me.) -- Genealogy
Brunswick (Me.) -- History
Brunswick (Me.) -- Religious life and customs -- 19th century
Brunswick (Me.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century