FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Some of these indexes are print and some electronic.  Access the electronic resources from the PLU library home page:  (http://www.plu.edu/~libr).  Some electronic resources require a username and password.  A few indexes that might be useful:

America History and Life (ref. Z1236.A48) A scholarly index to journals and research in United States and Canadian History.  .

JSTOR -- an archival database with 117 core scholarly journals in the arts, social sciences, sciences and 7 general science journals starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s and some even to the 1600s.  JSTOR provides the full text (in PDF format) of all journal content. You can retrieve specific articles, browse individual journals, or search by topic. As this is an archival service, current issues (usually the latest 3 to 5 years) are NOT available. Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

New York Times Historical (1851-1999) This database offers full-text and full-image articles for the New York Times dating back to the 1851. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF® files.   Off campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

REFERENCE BOOKS

ABC-CLIO companion to American reconstruction, 1862-1877 (ref. E668.R53 1996)

Afro-Americans in the Civil War: from slavery to citizenship (ref. E185.I6 1979 vol.2)

American periodicals, 1741-1900: an index to the microfilm collections--American periodicals 18th century, American periodicals, 1800-1850, American periodicals, 1850-1900, Civil War and Reconstruction  (ref. Z6951.H65)

Annals of America (ref. E173.A793)

Black Women In America: An Historical Encyclopedia (ref. E185.86.B542 1993)

Chronology of world slavery (ref. HT861.R63 1999)

Civil War dictionary (ref. E468.B7 1962)

Dictionary of Afro-American slavery (ref. E441.D53 1988)

Documents Of American Constitutional & Legal History  (KF4502.D635 1989)

Encyclopedia Of The United States In The Nineteenth Century (ref. E169.1.E626 2001)

Gale Encyclopedia Of Multicultural America (ref. E184.A1G14 1995)

Historical dictionary of the Civil War (ref. E468.J777 2002)

Historical encyclopedia of world slavery (ref. HT861.H57 1997)

Historical guide to world slavery (ref. HT861.H59 1998)

In freedom’s footsteps: from the African background to the Civil War (ref. E185.I6 1979 vol.1)

Library of Congress Civil War desk reference (REF E468.L58 2002)

Macmillan encyclopedia of world slavery (ref. HT861.M24 1998)

Makers Of Nineteenth Century Culture: 1800-1914 (ref. CT119.M36 1982)

Notable Black American Men (ref. E185.86.N68 1999)

Photographic History Of The Civil War (ref. E468.7.M64)

Quest For Equality: From Civil War To Civil Rights (ref. E185.I6 1979 vol.3)

Wages of war, 1816-1965: a statistical handbook (ref. U21.2.S57)

INTERNET RESOURCES

The Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have the best information for

all situations.   Use the Internet only for supplemental information.  Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet"  (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).

American Civil War Resources (http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar/)

American Women's History: A Research Guide (http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html)

Antebellum South (http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Weblinks/AHAP_Weblinks11.htm)

Avalon Project (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm)

Brooklyn in the Civil War (http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/civilwar/cwdoc025.html)

Official Records Of The Union And Confederate Navies (http://www.wtj.com/archives/acwnavies/)

Pearce Civil War Collection (http://www.nav.cc.tx.us/library/civilwar/full_text.htm)

United States History: Primary Sources Online (http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/reference/bibl/hist.html)

United States History (http://www.plu.edu/~libr/web/ushistory.html)

BEYOND PLU

PLU belongs to a consortium of small private colleges and universities.  This consortium includes: St. Martin's College, Northwest University, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, and University of Puget Sound.  You may check materials out from these libraries using your PLU ID.

You may also order articles and books from PLU's Interlibrary Loan.  Staff at the Reference Desk will assist you with your ILL orders.

http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/hist353

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