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Civil War

Online Resources

Note: If you are using the following Electronic Resources outside the Library, you will be asked to enter your St. Charles library card number and PIN number. Use the barcode on the back of your library card and the PIN used with your card.

• Facts on File Curriculum Resource Center
Grades 6-12: Science projects and printable maps, flags, timelines and science diagrams.
Click on the Additional Facts on File Databases link at the top on the right to search American History Online. Select The Civil War and Reconstruction: 1860-1876 from the Topic Centers box.

• Encyclopaedia Britannica For Kids
All the resources found in Encyclopaedia Britannica, plus special online learning materials for students, in grades K-8.
Type American Civil War in the Search box.

• Grolier Online
Type American Civil War in the Search box.

• World Book Encyclopaedia
Features include timelines, maps, and interactive indexes. Incluye Encicopedia Estudiantil Halazgos.
Type American Civil War in the Search box.

websites

Note: When in the Library, access to the Youth Services selected Internet sites is available only to students who are registered with a signed Internet Use Permission Form on file.

• American Civil War

• The Underground Railroad

Library Catalog Subject Headings

Search these headings to find books available for check out:

Try your own search using the Super Search to search the library catalog and other electronic resources.

Youth Services Reference Collection

The following books are part of our Reference Collection and remain in the Library available for use when the Library is open.

General Encyclopedias at the Homework Center

Compton’s by Britannica
New Book of Knowledge
World Book Encyclopedia

Atlas Stand

J 911.73 NAT Historical Atlas of the United States

Civil War Resources J REFERENCE

355.1409 LLO Combat Uniforms of the Civil War
355.70951 ROB Encyclopedia of Historic Forts
920.073 MOS Profiles in American History. Vol. 4.
973 AME The American Scene. Vol. 3 & 4.
973 CHA The Military History of the United States
973 HAK A History of US. Book 6.
973 MON Monuments and Historic Places of America
973.7 AME The American Civil War
973.7 DAV Don’t Know Much About the Civil War
973.7 GRE National Geographic Guide to the Civil War Battlefield Parks
973.7 HIL American Civil War: Biographies
973.7 HIL Experiencing the American Civil War: Novels, Nonfiction Books, Short Stories, Poems, Plays, Films and Songs
973.7 SIL Landmarks of the Civil War
973.703 CIV The Civil War
973.70922 SIF Who Was Who in the Civil War
973.71 BIE Life in the North During the Civil War
973.7115 TUR The Underground Railroad In Illinois
973.73 ATL The Atlas of the Civil War
975.03 REG Life in the South During the Civil War

Questions?
Let Youth Services help. Feel free to ask us for help online or by phone at 630-584-9390.

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