Civil War (U.S.) Research Guide:

• Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)   Provides full text for nearly 4,600 publications, including nearly 3,500 (scholarly) peer-reviewed journals.
• America: History And Life   Periodical index of U.S. and Canadian history.
• American Civil War Letters & Diaries   Original letters, diaries, memoirs from the Civil War.
• American Memory   Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
• ArchiveGrid (RLG)   Archival collection descriptions from thousands of libraries, museums, and archives. Researchers can learn about the items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
• Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective   Full text of major articles from 2,500+ issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury & the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865.
• HarpWeek: The Civil War Era, Reconstruction and Gilded Age   Web Access Agreement - HarpWeek: The Civil War Era, Reconstruction and Gilded Age I, II, III & IV (1857-1901) (Full Text Search available from 1857 through 1912)
• Heritage Quest (UMI)   Assembles every extant U.S. federal census, banking and military records, genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials.
• JSTOR   Back issues of nearly 800 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. Coverage is from the first issue to 3-5 years prior to the current year.
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries   Scope is from Colonial times to 1950. A detailed record of clothing, food, amusements, work, & religious activities.
• Original Sources   A compilation of thousands of historical sources, including original documents, eyewitness accounts, and classical historical accounts. Materials are arranged in 8 major categories: World History; U.S. History; Science and Mathematics; Social Science; Literature; Political Science and Law; Language; Philosophy & Religion.
• ProQuest Direct (UMI)   Index to 4,000+ periodicals, many full-text. This link searches multiple databases, including Research Library, ABI/Inform, Dissertations & Theses, & ProQuest Newspapers.