If you have questions or problems using these resources, you can contact the library via the Ask Us page or contact your subject specialist librarian:
Patrick Williams
315.443.9520
jpwill03@syr.edu
Below are some (very) in-depth backround research materials from a wide variety of subjects and disciplines:
Patrick's Poetry Prompt Generator
Poem prompt generator made for Found Poetry Review's 2016 National Poetry Month IMPROMPTU series. Topics selected from the Library of Congress Children’s Subject Headings. Books selected from HathiTrust Digital Library (serials scanned from the New York Public Library’s holdings with publication year of 1916).
Search within subjects with the Subject (Keyword) limiter in the calalog's Advanced Search interface.
Add terms like Dictionary or Encyclopedia to your searches to find reference books (also, visit the reference section on the 2nd Floor).
Visit the OVERSIZE section at the end of the call number range on each floor.
SU Libraries' Location of Materials Map.