HIS 200 - Doing History: An Introduction: Civil War, 1861-1865

This section contains e-books and print encyclopedias and handbooks specific to the Civil War.

This section explains searching for books by title, author and subject in Milner's Online Catalog and includes key subject terms related to the era of the Civil War.

This section offers links to major databases in history with which to locate journal citations and the complete text of articles.

This section describes how to search for diaries, interviews, correspondence and oral histories in Milner's Online Catalog. Also included are databases containing major historical newspapers, popular magazines, U.S. government documents, legal sources and additional full text documents and collections,

When materials needed are not held within Milner Library's collections, this section explains how to request items from other libraries.

The Chicago Manual of Style is used by History students to cite their sources. This section contains links to the full text of the Chicago Manual as a well as a quick guide and the print volume.

This section includes major government publications from the Civil War era including the War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.