Collections Catalogs and Guides
Online Catalogs
- Archives Catalog - manuscripts and government records
- ATLAS online catalog used since 1994; shared with other Topeka libraries
- Menninger Archives - catalog of the Menninger Foundation Archives
- Museum Catalog - collections of the Kansas Museum of History
- WorldCat via FirstSearch - shared international library catalog
Newspapers
- Kansas Newspaper Database (Microfilm and Electronic)
- Digitized Newspapers On Newspapers.com full access available in KSHS research room
- Newspapers.com partnership offsite access for Kansas residents
- Chronicling America free website for selected pre-1923 newspapers
- African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 online only available in KSHS research room
Genealogy
- Kansas Names Index
- Kansas Military Index
- Kansas Places Index
- Ancestry full access available in KSHS research room
- Ancestry partnership offsite access for Kansas residents
- Heritage Quest available offsite through State Library of Kansas web page
- Kansas Censuses
- Kansas directories
- Vital Records in Kansas
- Government Records for Genealogical Research
- Links for other genealogy sites
Online Collections
- Kansas Memory
- Archive-It - This curated collection represents a record of public and private organizations, corporations, societies and political offices web presence since 2015
- Territorial Kansas Online, 1854-1861
- Civil War on the Western Border
- Kansas Historical Collections (Transactions)
- Kansas Historical Quarterly
- Kansas History magazine
- Kansas state agency publications - made available by the State Library of Kansas
- Gale Research databases - available in KSHS research room
- Ebsco Research databases - available in KSHS research room
Guides to KSHS Collections
- Subject guides
- Architectural & engineering drawings
- Audio-visual material
- Books and magazines
- Online index to Kansas periodicals, 1978-1981; 2002-
- State Officials and their records
- Manuscripts
- Maps
- Photographs
- Permission and Use Fees
- Preservation & restoration of collections
- Federal publications
- State publications
- History Day Resources-2022
