Research Facilities

Ball State's Bracken Library holds more than 1.8 million volumes and volume

equivalents of books, periodicals, microforms, audiovisual materials, microcomputer

software, government publications, maps, music scores, archival records, and other

information sources. On campus, students can undertake original research using the

Sir Norman Angell Papers, the Stoeckel Archives, and the collection at the Center

for Middletown Studies. Primary research also can be pursued at several readily

accessible institutions in Indianapolis, Bloomington, Cincinnati, Columbus, and

Chicago.

The Richard Burkhardt Building, the location of the Department of History, also

houses the Social Studies Materials Center for students involved in the social

studies program. Computer laboratories located in this building and elsewhere on

campus offer students access to microcomputers and the university mainframe

computer.

Medieval Court Roll Database
Manuscript/Microfilm Resources