Top Civil War Databases
- Oxford Bibliographies Online - Military History This link opens in a new window
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Annotated bibliographies on a myriad of military history related topics. - America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Historical scholarly journals, magazines, books and more covering the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Suggested Topics in Oxford Bibliographies Online for This Class
Oxford Bibliographies Online is a valuable research tool because it provides an expert-curated list of books, articles, and primary sources on a wide range of topics in Military History. It takes the guesswork out of your research and enables you to immediately select and find the best source materials for your project.
Try using the links supplied below to navigate to several relevant bibliographies on the U.S. Civil War. If you want to use a more general topic page such as "Artillery," "Cavalry," or "Tactics" try using a Ctrl + F search for words like "Civil War" or "Gettysburg" to quickly find what you need.
General History Databases
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Historical scholarly journals, magazines, books and more covering the entire world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. - Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window
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A collection of periodicals, academic journals and other current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. - ProQuest Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
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Search full-text periodicals covering social sciences disciplines, including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology..
Multidisciplinary Databases
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles spanning a wide range of fields and going as far back as the 1800s. Coverage for most journals ends 3-5 years ago. - Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Articles from scholarly and professional journals, magazines, and newspapers on a wide range of subjects, many full text. - SAGE Premier This link opens in a new window
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Electronic access to over 645 peer-reviewed journals spanning subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, technology, and medicine.
Ken Burns - The Civil War (Documentary)
Using Oxford Bibliographies
Navigate an individual topic's bibliography using the "In This Article" list on the left as needed or use the search box on the left to search within the bibliography/article.
Search the Kreitzberg Library
If you find a citation in the Oxford Bibliographies article for an item that you'd like to use in your research project, you can use WorldCat Discovery to quickly check the Library's collections for the item. Click the + next to the "Find this resource" bolded words beneath the citation (shown below) and then click on the WorldCat Discovery logo.
The link will open a basic search page in a new tab. Copy the title of the book or article and paste it into the search box. (Tip: use quotation marks to search for the title as a phrase.)
Format Filter
Searches for a book title will likely return results for book reviews published in journals and magazines. Use the Format filter to limit your results to books.
Searching Libraries Worldwide
To expand your search beyond our collections, select Libraries Worldwide under the Held By filter.
Requesting Books from Other Libraries
If you're able to visit the library in person, you can request print book from libraries worldwide by clicking the title to open the item details, then the Request through Interlibrary Loan button.
