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'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="SpColl" /> &nbsp;[https://lib.asu.edu/hours/hayden Current Luhrs Reading Room hours]. <br>  
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="SpColl" /> &nbsp;[https://lib.asu.edu/hours/hayden Current Luhrs Reading Room hours]. <br>  


'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' &nbsp;{''Optional''} <br>
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'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
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=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


The '''Arizona State University Library, Special Collections, Carl Hayden Archives''' and the ''Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Index'' is a good place to look for early Arizona families.<ref name="DB15">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 15. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> The '''Luhrs Reading Room''' has indexes, guides, databases, and personal reference assistance for researchers.<ref name="SpColl" /> The '''Arizona Collection''' includes 8,000 feet of manuscripts; oral histories; 30,000 books; and 500,000 photos.<ref>[https://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/arizona.htm Arizona Collection] in ''ASU Libraries'' (accessed 15 February 2015).</ref> '''Special Collections''' houses rare books, manuscripts, and special interest collections such as the Laos Research Collection.<ref>[https://www.asu.edu/lib/speccoll/ Special Collections] in ''ASU Libraries'' (accessed 15 February 2015).</ref>
The '''Arizona State University Library, Special Collections, Carl Hayden Archives''' and the ''Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Index'' is a good place to look for early Arizona families.<ref name="DB15">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 15. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> The '''Luhrs Reading Room''' has indexes, guides, databases, and personal reference assistance for researchers.<ref name="SpColl" /> The '''Arizona Collection''' includes 8,000 feet of manuscripts; oral histories; 30,000 books; and 500,000 photos.<ref>[https://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/arizona.htm Arizona Collection] in ''ASU Libraries'' (accessed 15 February 2015).</ref> '''Special Collections''' houses rare books, manuscripts, and special interest collections such as the ''Laos Research Collection''.<ref>[https://www.asu.edu/lib/speccoll/ Special Collections] in ''ASU Libraries'' (accessed 15 February 2015).</ref>  


=== Tips  ===
=== Tips  ===
 
[https://lib.asu.edu/services/visitors Visiting the ASU Libraries].
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=== Guides  ===
=== Guides  ===


*[http://libguides.asu.edu/family_history Family History ASU Research Guide] getting started, databases, newspapers, websites.
*[http://libguides.asu.edu/family_history Family History ASU Research Guide] getting started, databases, newspapers, websites.  
*[http://libguides.asu.edu/cat.php?cid=1426 Library Guides - Browse by subject]
*[http://libguides.asu.edu/cat.php?cid=1426 Library Guides - Browse by subject]


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