Civil War Pathfinder

Athena – to locate books on the American Civil War using the automated catalog type, CIVIL WAR in the search box. For some sub-topics try locating general books on the larger subjects and look in the index for further information. Atlases and Almanacs are located by the vertical file as well as in the Reference Section.

Camden County Library Catalog – www.camden.lib.nj.us

Go to “Library Catalog” username: librarylink

You can search the catalog and/or reserve a book/s for pick up.

Reference Section:

R 973.7 BOW The Civil War Almanac

R 973.7 BOW The Civil War: Day by day: an illustrated almanac of America’s bloodiest war

R 973.7 FAU Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War

R 973.7 KAT The Civil War Source Book

R 974.02 RIC United States History to 1877

Other Dewey Sections:

973.6 Middle 19^th Century, 1845-1861

973.7 Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 (Civil War)

973.8 Later 19^th Century, 1865-1901 (Period of Reconstruction)

Beck’s Virtual Library: Go to the “Beck Home Page” then go to “for students”. Click on “Beck’s Virtual Library”. You can find the following subject headings by following the “Library Links” page of the Library Home Page.

Subscription Services: (passwords are on screen)

EBSCO (magazines)
Reference Suite
World Book Online
Grolier Encyclopedias
Student Resource Center

Places to Start on the Internet:

Kid’s Click
Schoolwork.UGH
The Internet Public Library
Research-It!
The Virtual Reference Desk

Social Studies:

The History Net
The History Channel
HyperHistory Online
Smithsonian Home Page

Other Websites:

The American Civil War Homepage

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

The American Civil War

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

American Civil War

http://www.americancivilwar.com/civil.html

Bibliographic Resources:

· http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/referec.html

(Go to bibliographic citations)