Research a certain topic:

• Persons or families (e.g. Martha Jefferson or Lewis family)
• Subjects (e.g. Palladian architecture)

OR

Locate a specific item:

• Book (e.g. Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose)
• Article (e.g. article by Bill Beiswanger in Magazine Antiques)
• Letter (e.g. letter from Jefferson to Robert Skipwith)
• Quote (e.g. "wolf by the ears")
• Web site (e.g. Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition Online)