Free Access to Alexander Street's Civil War Collections

[pambryda]

Free access through 4/30/08 to various databases. Just FYI.

http://alexanderstreet.com/resources/civilwar.access.htm

Pam Kingsley-Bryda

[paulcalloway]

Re: Free Access to Alexander Street's Civil War Collections

Great research tools - do you know what they charge for membership? I looked around and didn't find it.

[pambryda]

Re: Free Access to Alexander Street's Civil War Collections

Fraid not - DH got the notice, and says they're hoping that educators will encourage their libraries to pick up a subscription.

Pam Kingsley-Bryda

[Becky Morgan]

I've found several good things there. This seems to be the root of the Gettysburg guide program, among other things:

http://staging.lincolnandthecivilwar.com/viewarticletext.asp?webhitsfile=us18640101000013%2Ehtm&xpath=%2FTEI%2E2%5B1%5D%2Ftext%5B1%5D%2Fbody%5B1%5D%2Fdiv1%5B12%5D&xml=US%5C1864%5C18640101%2Exml&titleid=US&volumeid=1864&issueid=0101&pagerange=0066ad%2D0076a&restriction=

Edited to say: Drat, the link won't access the issue directly. It's The United States Service Magazine, vol. 1, January 1864.

[Emmanuel Dabney]

Re: Free Access to Alexander Street's Civil War Collections

I must agree that this is a great resource. I did not know for example, Davis sent a commissioner to D.C. in the early days of the Confederacy.

Very great and interesting resources which I hope all on the forum are reading.

[Micah Trent]

Re: Free Access to Alexander Street's Civil War Collections

Have been reading on this for several days now. I can't stay off of it. So much information. Folks, tap into these excellent FREE resources while you can.

[col90]

Re: Free Access to Alexander Street's Civil War Collections

Hmm...I guess I posted this in the wrong place......I put the information up about this resource a week ago..hope people do use it, since it is an excellent resource, and free through the end of April. I believe they only market to libraries and consortium, so I'm not sure you could subscribe as an individual.

Colleen