Local studies

• About Local studies
  Introduction page with general information about the Local Studies Service.

• Books
  About the local studies book collections.

• Contact details
  Details of how to contact Local Studies librarians by FAX, email, phone or post.

• Digitisation projects
  The Local Studies service is involved with digitisation projects and aims to make its collections as accessible as possible.

• Directories
  The Library Service holds a large collection of street and trade directories. This page tells you more about directories available in the libraries.

• Education and local history files
  All libraries have local history files which bring together a range of resources on a variety of topics. This page lists those files.

• Ephemera and sales catalogues
  Details of the ephemera and sales catalogues held at Worthing library and how to access them.

• Family history
  Sources of information on families in Sussex and throughout the British Isles from the Middle Ages to the 21st century are available in all libraries.

• Maps
  Over 10,000 maps of all scales and many types and dates are available in the 10 larger libraries, namely Bognor Regis, Burgess Hill, Chichester, Crawley, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Horsham, Littlehampton, Shoreham-by-Sea and Worthing.

• Museums
  Contact details for local museums and information providers. Part of the Local Studies webpages.

• Mystery pictures
  Here we reproduce the mystery photos featured in past issues of West Sussex Connections, and some of your memories about where the photos might be. Can you put a name to a familiar place or face from the past?

• Newspapers
  About old newspapers and newspaper archives including the libraries at which they are kept and in what format (e.g. print, microfilm).

• Photographs and pictures
  The Library Service holds a large number of photographs, postcards, engravings and prints.

• Publications
  About the publications produced by the library service relating to local studies.

• West Sussex Record Office
  Information about the West Sussex Record Office. Links to the West Sussex Past Gateway and West Sussex Past Pictures. Part of the Local Studies webpages.