Guidelines for Research
1) Search the databases and websites linked below for your topic. Remember to try alternate search terms.
2) When using a search engine to find additional sources, be critical of the sources you find.
Use the ABCs of website evaluation to determine if the source is credible:
A = Authority Who is the author or which organization created the website?
B = Bias Is the website biased by its creator's purpose or mission? What can you tell about the purpose of the site based on the domain name (.com, .edu, .gov, .org)?
C = Current Content Was the content created recently enough for your research needs?
3) Use NoodleTools to track your citations and take notes.
Email librarian with any questions or comments catherine.scholl@SHAbrynmawr.org
Websites
- Black Soldiers in the Civil War
Via the Civil War Trust
- Civil War
Via the National Park Service
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Via the Gilder Lehrman Institute
- Civil War Maps
Via the Library of Congress
- Civil War Primary Sources
Via the Library of Congress
- Emancipation Proclamation
Via BlackPast.org, provides historical context
- Emancipation Proclamation
Via PBS
- Emancipation Proclamation
Via the National Archives
- Emancipation Proclamation related websites
Via the Library of Congress
- Free Black Women during the Civil War
Via University of Maryland Libraries, includes primary source materials and historical information
- Gettysburg: Battle History
Via the GettysburgPA.gov
- Gettysburg: facts and interpretations
Via American Battlefields Trust
- Gettysburg: Turning Point of the Civil War
Via the Library of Congress
- John Wilkes Booth
Via Battlefields Trust
- Medical and surgical care during the American Civil War, 1861–1865
Via the National Institutes of Health
- Medicine in the American Civil War
Via CPR Certified, written by Dr. Mary Williams, R.N. D.C., highlights information about diseases and sanitation during the civil war
- Medicine in the Civil War
Via the American Battlefield Trust
- Native Americans in Civil War: 1865: Civil War general Stand Watie, Cherokee, surrenders last
Via the National Library of Medicine
- Native Americans in the Civil War- We Are All Americans
Via the City of Alexandria Virginia
Civil War Map
More Websites
- Overview of American Civil War
Via the American Battlefield Trust
- People of the Civil War
Via the National Park Service
- Prisons: Belle Isle Prison
Via Encyclopedia Virginia
- Prisons: Camp Douglas
Via Chicago's NPR (WBEZ)
- Prisons: Civil War Prison Camps
Via American Battlefields Trust
- Prisons: Civil War Prisons
Via National Park Service
- Significant Civil War Battles
Via PBS
- Spies of the Civil War
Via the National Park Service and includes women
- Technology
Via American Battlefields Trust
- Technology (Weapons) of the Civil War
Via the Smithsonian
- Technology: Was the Civil War High Tech?
Via The National Museum of American History
- US Civil War Internet History Sourcebooks
- Technology and Medicine of the Civil War
Via Scientific American
- Women's Roles on the Front
Via University of Maryland libraries
- Women in the Civil War (video)
Via the Civil War Trust
- Women in the Civil War, information and primary sources
Via the Digital Public Library of America
- Women Spies: Mary Jane Richards/Mary Elizabeth Bowser
Via the National Parks Service, video offers historical documents and discusses the mysteries surrounding this spy's life.
- Women Spies of the Civil War
Via the Smithsonian
- Women Who Fought in the Civil War
Via the Smithsonian