Below are suggestions for keyword and subject search terms for primary sources. Include "civil war" and 1861 in the search string to limit search results to the American Civil War. Personal narratives, diaries, correspondence, speeches, and sources are descriptors for primary sources in the Library's catalog. Note that groups of persons such as women, soldiers or nurses are generally used in the plural form. Use the links below as a starting point.
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND "personal narratives"
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND diaries
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND correspondence
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND women AND diaries
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND refugees AND "personal narratives"
- "civil war 1861-1865" AND "african americans" AND "personal narratives"
- "civil war 1861-1865" AND "german american" AND "personal narratives"
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND nurses AND diaries
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND nurses AND correspondence
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND nurses AND "personal narratives"
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND soldiers AND correspondence
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND soldiers AND diaries
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND soldiers AND "personal narratives"
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND speeches
- "civil war" AND 1861 AND sources
Presents a combined catalog of the catalogs of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat highlights publications available at Villanova University. Other items can be requested via an inter-library loan request form.
EZBorrow and Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loans are only available for books and journals which are not owned by Falvey. The EZBorrow service can be used for books which the library owns, but which are currently checked out. EZBorrow books are provided by a local library network and tend to arrive faster than interlibrary loans.