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Reference Sources (Background)
The following list gives some representative United States history reference sources and is not exhaustive.
Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia. (2004)
Ref. E628 .H37 2004
The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference. (2002)
Ref. E468 .L58 2002
The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Student Companion. (2001)
Ref. E468 .B319 2001
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History. (2000)
Ref E468 .H47 2000
The Atlas of the Civil War. (2004)
Ref E468 .W754 2004
Who Was Who in the Civil War. (1988)
Ref E467 .S56 1988
Finding Books
Works on the Civil War are classed in E456 - E655.
MaconCat
The library's online catalog, providing access to books, journals, music, and movies in the library.
WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Books and articles not owned by our library can be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Allow sufficient time for processing. Average turnaround time is 3-5 days for articles and 3-14 days for books, excluding holidays and weekends. Submit ILL requests well in advance of deadlines.
Locating Articles (Databases & Indexes)
Academic Search Complete
OmniFile (HUM) (1984 to date; some full-text)
Articles from scholarly and popular sources from around the world. Be sure to select subject area: HUM at the bottom of the search screen.
Project MUSE (generally late 1990s to date)
Full-text database covering over 300 journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
JSTOR (dates vary by journal, full text)
An archive of over 400 journals in many disciplines.
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective (November 1860 - April 1865)
Full-text and images of Civil War era newspapers.
Harp Week (Civil War and Reconstruction)
Electronic full-text access to Harper's Weekly: 1857-1912.
Richmond Daily Dispatch (1860-1865)
Electronic full-text access to primary Richmond newspaper during Civil War years.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (citation only, 1980 to date)
Provides citations to articles from journals in the arts and humanities.
Websites
American Civil War Homepage. (University of Tennessee)
Links to images, websites, biographical information, and historical documents.
Civil War Maps (Library of Congress, American Memory Project)
Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society.
Digital collection of images from the New-York Historical Society archival collection.
Selected Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress, American Memory Project)
The Valley of the Shadow. (Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia)
Compares and contrasts the Civil War experiences of people in Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia through thousands of orginial documents.
Evaluating Sources
Evaluating Sources (R-MC)
Is it PRIMARY or is it SECONDARY? (R-MC)
Is it POPULAR or is it SCHOLARLY? (R-MC)
Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet (University of Alberta Libraries)
Citing Sources
Citing Full-Text from Library Databases (R-MC)
Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper (Duke University Libraries)
Choose the type of source you want to cite to see examples in MLA, APA, Chicago and other styles.
Citation Styles Online! (Bedford St. Martin's)
Includes examples of citations of various online sources in MLA, APA, Chicago and other styles.
KnightCite (Calvin College)
Automatically formats citation information according to MLA, APA, or Chicago styles.