History 436: Civil War and Reconstruction, U.S. 1861-1878
Dr. Dana Weiner

Primary Sources

What are primary sources? Finding Primary Sources on the Web? Evaluating primary sources.
An instructional page about how to idenitfy, find and evaluate primary sources.

UA Library Catalog:

- On the keyword search page, type your major search topic into the top line.

- On the second line, change "Any Field" to "Subject."
- Type any of the following into the Search Box:

Sources, Interviews, Personal Narratives, statistics, diaries, correspondence, biography, Archives

You can search more than one of these by putting "or" between words, e.g. sources or personal narratives or interviews

WorldCat
The worl'd larges union catalog of books, manuscripts and other materials held in libraries worldwide.

- On the keyword search page, type your major search topic into the top line.

- On the second line, change "Any Field" to "Subject."
- Type any of the following into the Search Box:

Sources, Interviews, Personal Narratives, statistics, diaries, correspondence, biography, Archives

You can search more than one of these by putting "or" between words, e.g. sources or personal narratives or interviews

MAPS are also primary sources. To find maps:

- Search by country name or region [subject] and Maps [subject] and limit by dates
- Atlases of historical maps can be found by:

searching the country or region [subject] and historical geography [subject] and maps [subject]

e.g. baja [subject] and maps [subject] and after 1900 before 1930 germany [subject] and historical geography [subject] and maps [subject] (finds historical atlases)

Articles: Web Access to all Through UA Library:

America: History & Life (From EBSCO) [TIPS] Alert!
History of the United States and Canada, all time periods.

JSTOR
Fully searchable and full image of complete runs of major periodicals in history, economics, sociology, African American studies, American Indian Studies, Feminist & Women's Studies and more.

Nineteenth Century Masterfile (Poole's Plus) (1802-1906)
Index to American and British publications,the New York Times (1863-1905), New York Daily Tribune (1875-1906), and government publications (1774-1881). Links to some full text.

INCLUDES ARTICLES WRITTEN DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

Periodical Archives Online..Full Text
Periodicals Archive Online contains over 400 journals, published between 1802 and the 1990s, representing over 1.2 million articles. Periodicals Archive Online continues to add new titles, to give undergraduate and graduate students, university faculty and libraries access to a growing collection of the most historically respected journals in the humanities and social sciences

INCLUDES ARTICLES WRITTEN DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

Readers Guide Retrospective A general index to popular American magazines, 1890 to 1982. No full text. INCLUDES ARTICLES WRITTEN DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

WEB - Full Text of Primary Resources for the Civil War and Reconstruction Era

American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900 Web access through UA Library.
Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing in 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically -significant periodicals.

Black Thought and Culture African Americans: From Colonial Times to the Present Web Access through UA Library
Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans, includes interviews, diaries, journal articles and letters.

Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe Web access through UA Library
Index to Government hearings, reports and the Serial Set from 1789- present. Digitized full text is not complete for Hearings.

Nineteenth Century in Print Web access through UA Library
Collection of over 1,500 digitized books from the 19th century in all subject areas, and full-text of 23 periodicals including: Scientific American, Scribner's, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, and The Galaxy. Periodical titles cover the dates 1815-1901.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 [TIPS] Web access through UA Library
A collection of women's diaries and correspondence. It is searchable by author, keyword and phrases, historical events, and personal life events, such as marriage, death of husband or child, age, religion, race and occupation.

Periodical Archives Online..Full Text Web access through UA Library
Periodicals Archive Online contains over 400 journals, published between 1802 and the 1990s, representing over 1.2 million articles. Periodicals Archive Online continues to add new titles, to give undergraduate and graduate students, university faculty and libraries access to a growing collection of the most historically respected journals in the humanities and social sciences

NEWSPAPERS for the Civil War and Reconstruction era

America's Historical Newspapers Web Access through UA Library

A digitized collection: early American newspapers including titles from all 50 present states. Includes: Early American Newspapers, Series 1 (1690 - 1876), Early American Newspapers, Series 2 (1758 - 1900) and Early American Newspapers, Series 3 (1829 - 1922).

Proquest Historical Newspapers
(New York Times, 1851-2002, LA Times, 1881-1985, Atlanta Constitution,1868-1925, Chicago Tribune, 1849-1985, Washington Post, 1877-1989)

Web access through the UA Library

Full text and full image searching and retrieving of all these newspapers simultaneously.