Mr. Levin’s Hot Resources on the

Civil War

In our print collection

• Do a subject search using the on-line catalog. Type the following:

Reconstruction

United States—History—1865-1876—Civil War

Most books on the Civil War will be found in 973.7 in our collection and in any public library’s collection.

• Do a keyword search on the on-line catalog. Type the words Civil War.

• Check the American Heritage collection by using the red index.

• Check the specialized encyclopedias on the Civil War in the "Reference Aisle."

• Check the general encyclopedias.

Using the electronic information databases

The best ones to use are:

SIRS Researcher: Do a "Full-Text Articles" search on Civil War.

World Book: Do search on Civil War. Note: Hit F4 to get additional articles on the Civil War after you get to the first one.

Using the Internet

Try these hot web sites for information on the Civil War:

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/

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

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/

http://americancivilwar.com/