New Civil War Database

This month, the Florida Electronic Library added Sources in U.S. History Online: The Civil War to their online database collection. This database consists of approximately 450 primary source documents selected for their relevance to the study of the Civil War. The collection includes information on:

• military history
• diplomatic history
• cultural history
• legal history
• area specialties including southern history, African-American history, health care and medical history, and the history of technology

The Florida Electronic Library's databases and services are available free of charge to any Florida resident with a public library card, and can be accessed from any home, workplace, public school, or public library in Florida, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

You can access the Florida Electronic Library's databases at http://www.flelibrary.org/resources/licensed.cfm.