Research Tools

Civil War Battles

U.S. History -- Mr. Mausolf

Print Resources

A selection of print materials from the library collection are on reserve in front of the circulation desk.

Online Databases

Choose Historical Newspapers from the PRHS Research Tools SideBar.

(Under Publication, choose New York Times)

 Other Online Resources

American Civil War Collection -- Letters (University of Virginia Library)

http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/#Letters

Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War

http://www.civilwarletters.com/

Letters About the Civil War

http://www.civilwarhome.com/letters.htm

The History Place -- Civil War Timeline with Quotes and Photos

http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/

Civil War Related Web Links -- Diaries, Letters, Stories and Recollections

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/links/links6.htm

The Valley of the Shadow, Two Communities in the American Civil War

http://www.iath.virginia.edu/vshadow2/

The American Civil War -- Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs

http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/diaries.htm

Selected Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress, American Memory)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/

Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society (Library of Congress, American Memory)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html

The American Civil War Homepage

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html

Citations 

Use NoodleBib to cite your primary and secondary sources. Remember to cite all of your images and maps, too.

(Choose NoodleBib from the PRHS Research Tools SideBar.)

 Primary and Secondary Sources

What are Primary Sources?

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/psources/source.html

The Basics -- Primary and Secondary Sources

http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/research101/basic03.htm

Defining Primary and Secondary Sources

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/008-3010-e.html