The Suffolk Archives offers researchers a variety of tools to aid you in your research.

• Bibliographies are lists of works used to support or referred to by an author for research.
• Indicies are alphabetical lists of terms mentioned within a work followed by the page numbers where that term can be found.
• Finding aids describe a collection’s administrative, biographical, scope and content and container information. Administrative information describes where the collection came from, how the collection was processed, date ranges of materials and restrictions. Biographical information is included for personal maunscript collections. Scope and content notes give researchers detailed information about series hierarchy (how the collection is arranged) and contents (what is in each series), collection highlights, and occasionally topic terms and related subjects. Container information outlines box quantity and folders with in each box.
• Research topics are areas of strength within our holdings patrons may wish to consult for research.
• The Archives is developing subject guides to direct researchers to specific collections, series or other resources within our holdings about a subject. Please contact the Archives for more information.