LibGuides: US American History: Civil War and Reconstruction Research: Home

Getting Started Researching

Good Places to Start a Search:

	Overviews and Encyclopedia Sources Primary Sources
	Overviews and Encyclopedia Sources
	Primary Sources Contextual Articles
	Primary sources
	Primary Sources (curated teaching collection)
	Primary sources
	Primary sources
	Primary sources
	Primary sources

Be an Active Researcher

Search as Strategic Exploration
1. Keyword generation
Research as Inquiry
1. Iterative
2. Build on what you just learned
Scholarship as Conversation
1. Which scholars are involved and how much?
2. What are the scholars arguing about?
3. How have the arguments ebbed and flowed over time?