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 PATHFINDERS
Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media 
on a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they 
begin their research project.

Civil War

To find books in the MHS Media Center, Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop. Type in the topic you want to search. If you don't already have a topic, you can find some lists of books by looking at the following keywords:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Names such as Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis, or Abraham Lincoln
Famous Civil War battles, e.g. Gettysburg, Shiloh, or Fort Sumter

Some titles we have are:

355.1 HAY

 Haythornthwaite, Philip J. Uniforms of the Civil War in Color. New York: Sterling, 1990
641.5973 CIV Civil War Recipes: Receipts From the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book.  Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1999.
973.7
DEF		 DeFord, Deborah H. African Americans during the Civil War. New York: Chelsea House, 2006.
973.7
MCN		 McNeese, Tim. Civil War Battles. New York: Chelsea House, 2009.
973.7 SLA

Slavicek, Louise Chipley. Women and the Civil War.  New York: Chelsea House, 2009.
973.7
VOL

Volo, Dorothy Denneen. Daily Life in Civil War America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
REF
973.6
SEL		 Selcer, Richard. Civil War America: 1850 to 1875. New York: Facts on File, 2006.

REF
973.7
AME  

The American Civil War: A Multicultural Encyclopedia (7 vols.). Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1994.

REF 973.7 ENC Encyclopedia of Civil War Biographies (3 vols.). Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2000. 

SELECTED WEB SITES

CivilWar.com
 http://www.civilwar.com/
A comprehensive collection of photos, diaries, documents and other Civil War information.

The American Civil War
 http://www.us-civilwar.com/
Includes Civil War era food and music, description of Civil War battles, and a Civil War timeline, among other things.

The American Civil War Homepage
 http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Contains numerous links to many different Civil War websites on subjects ranging from food to different regiments from many states.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: US Civil War
 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook27.html
Numerous links to many Civil War primary sources, such as Lee’s terms of surrender, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and second inaugural address, and other documents.

Civil War@Smithsonian
 http://www.civilwar.si.edu/home.html
Explore the Smithsonian Civil War exhibit online.

The History Place: US Civil War: 1861-1865
 http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
View a Civil War timeline and read about various critical battles in the war.

Sites recommended by Mrs. Hughes:

http://americancivilwar.com

http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/Battles/bystate.htm

 http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm

http://www.civilwarhome.com/records.htm

http://www.civilwarhome.com/Battles.htm

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

http://www.massachusettscivilwar.com/histories.asp

http://www.nps.gov

http://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/index.html

You can also search for information on individual battles, people, and/or topics with sites such as...

http://www.nps.gov/gett

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/siege-vicksburg.htm

http://www.robertelee.org/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ug18.html

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CivilWar/CampLife.htm

http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/civilwar.html

http://www.civilwarhome.com/slavery.htm

http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/soldier.html


CIVIL WAR: 150th  CELEBRATION:

http://www.civilwar.org/150th-anniversary/

http://sonofthesouth.net/

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/exhibitions.html

http://www.nps.gov/civilwar150/

ONLINE RESOURCES

   InfoTrac® PowerSearch
     Contains databases of magazine articles, biographical resources, literature, health and
     business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and
     Gale Biography In Context.

history in context Take a look at the Gale U.S. History in Context database.

eLibrary  [in library]  [from home]
Full text database of magazine and newspaper articles, TV and radio transcripts, pictures, and maps.

    ProQuest (Massachusetts Newsstand)
     Newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current), 
     Boston Herald (1991 - current), and several other Massachusetts newspapers.

CITING SOURCES

Using these links indicates the user is leaving 
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.
Edited by Media Staff
12/06/10
Date last edited
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