Morris Library

Welcome to Morris Library, your research hub at SIU Carbondale! Access about 115,000 journal subscriptions 24/7 from your device and 3 million books on our shelves. Our cutting-edge online system and expert librarians will help you become a research pro, so you can nail assignments and impress professors. From quick fact-checks to deep dives into academic databases, we've got you covered. Scroll on to get started!

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Last Updated: Feb 04, 2025, 11:30 AM

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  • Applications Open for the Emma Smith Hough Library Research Scholarship Awards

    Morris Library is accepting applications for the Emma Smith Hough Library Research Scholarship Awards from SIU undergraduate and graduate students.

    The library will award three scholarships for papers or other creative works based on exceptional use of library resources. The application period for 2025 ends Friday, March 7. Learn more about the awards and requirements at our scholarship page.

    black and white photograph of Emma Smith Hough, showing an older white woman with a halo of graying hair, an assured smile, and wearing a plaid blazer and a triple strand of pearls..
  • Black History Month

    From Sojourner Truth to Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bessie Coleman (pictured) to Beyoncé, we have mountains of resources on Black history for you: books, original materials, digital archives, documentaries, and multimedia presentations that'll make history come alive. Take a look at some of what we have to offer you.
    Bessie Coleman, an early airshow pilot, poses on the wheel of her stunt biplane. She is a Black woman in a long, dark dress wearing a leather helmet and a proud, serious expression.
  • African American History in Southern Illinois

    Our Special Collections Resource Center is devoted to gathering and preserving materials related to the African American history of Southern Illinois. Sandwiched between the former slave states of Kentucky and Missouri and on main routes of the Underground Railroad and the Great Migration, Southern Illinois occupies a unique position in the history of African Americans. Home to antebellum free Black communities such as Lakeview (Pond Settlement) and Miller Grove and a stopping place for African Americans moving north after the Civil War and during the Great Migrations of the 20th century, the region has a long and rich history of Black activism and community building. Take a peek into the collections.
    Black and white quarter-plate ambrotype photograph showing an African American Union soldier in uniform, wife in dress and hat, and two daughters wearing matching coats and hats. The soldier was originally unidentified but may be Sergeant Samuel Smith of the 119th United States Colored Infantry. In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau of U. S. Colored Troops. This image was found in Cecil County, Maryland, making it likely that this soldier belonged to one of the seven USCT regiments raised in Maryland. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010) This is the only known photograph of an African American Union soldier with his family.
  • Black Resource Center

    In concert with the campus Black Resource Center, we've gathered some of our materials on Black history and culture into a helpful online guide. Get a glimpse of what we have for you.

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  • Research Buffs

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  • Inclusive Collection

    The Inclusive Collection highlights books featuring topics, authors, characters, perspectives, experiences, and expertise that members of systemically marginalized and excluded communities of people bring to every genre and discipline.
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