| 1. GUIDED TOUR
A basic 10 minute guided tour that shows the major features of the database is available. Please CLICK here for more. 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 INTRODUCTION The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries provides sophisticated searching across large numbers of primary documents, as well as table of contents access to a wide array of primary sources. It also provides a database of battles and events. For novices who wish to get quick access to key documents, we recommend using the Tables of Contents and the Simple Search tools. For scholars who wish to conduct in-depth searches we recommend using the Advanced Search, Memoirs Search, Diaries Search, and Letters Search tools. 2.2UNDERSTANDING THE STRUCTURE OF THE DATABASE There are three basic ways to use the database.
The Search tools are divided into five separate categories, all of which search the texts in the database and return documents:
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| 2.4 BROWSE NAVIGATION BAR
The Browse Navigation Bar lets you move around the Browse tools. It works in the same way as the Search Tool bar. When
using these tools, the Tables of Contents are expanded and the Full Text
Searches are collapsed. You can toggle between the two by clicking
Tables of Contents or Full-Text Search. The Browse tools are divided into seven separate categories, all of which provide quick access to specific documents within the database.
2.5 NOTES ON MARK-UP CONVENTIONS Materials in the database have been transcribed using original spellings and grammar. In some documents spelling is inconsistent, even within a sentence. For more information on mark-up conventions, contact the Editor. PhiloLogic, a suite of software developed by the ARTFL Project at the University of Chicago in collaboration with The University of Chicago Library's Electronic Text Services, provides sophisticated searching of a wide variety of large encoded databases on the World Wide Web. It is an easy to use, yet powerful, full-text search, retrieval, and reporting system for large multimedia databases (texts, images, sound) with the ability to handle complex text structures with extensive indexed metadata. PhiloLogic in its simplest form serves as a document retrieval or look up mechanism whereby users can search a relational database to retrieve given documents and, in some implementations, portions of texts such as acts, scenes, articles, or head-words. This same document retrieval mechanism serves as the basis for defining a corpus in a full-text search. One can, for example, either retrieve all documents in a database written by women from 1935 through 1945 or one can search for words or phrases within database which fit those criteria. The typical PhiloLogic search is broken down into five distinct stages: 1) defining a corpus (i.e. limiting a search), 2) word expansion, 3) word index searching, 4) text extraction, and 5) link resolution and formatting (e.g., SGML to HTML conversion). In other words, after defining a corpus (or one may search an entire database), one can execute a single term, phrase or proximity search. By looking up indices of the word(s) in a relational database, PhiloLogic extracts blocks of text containing the search term(s) with links to larger blocks of text. These extracts are formatted to display on a Web browser and sometimes include links to images, sound recordings, other texts, or even other databases. In addition to simple word and phrase searches, users can perform more sophisticated searches by using extended UNIX-style regular expressions for complex wildcard searching and, in some implementations, morphological and orthographic expansion. All of these mechanisms to expand words can be combined using Boolean operators such as OR (the vertical bar "|") and AND (a space) within a variety of searching contexts. Its functions were originally designed for scholarly research in databases of literary, religious, philosophical, and historical collections of texts as well as important historical encyclopedias and dictionaries. PhiloLogic handles notes so as not to interfere with phrase searching. Users can easily search words with diacritics (either by specifying accents or ignoring them by typing in uppercase) and non-Romanized scripts. At present there are some fifty databases on the Web under PhiloLogic containing languages such as ancient Greek, Latin, Hindi, and Urdu as well as nearly all Western European languages. PhiloLogic can also be set up to recognize or ignore manuscript notations such as different brackets, which can indicate spurious text or editorial emendations. Because the software recognizes typical text structures as real data objects, it understands units, such as words, sentences, paragraphs, sections, and pages, permitting very flexible searching and retrieval of these textual objects. Other full-text engines on the market search for strings of characters. Rather than searching for two words within the same sentence or paragraph (intellectual units), other engines must search for two words within a certain number of characters regardless of sentence or paragraph. With PhiloLogic scholars always know where they are in a given text since pagination can be displayed along side other objects. Such a high degree of indexing can lead to decreases in speed, PhiloLogic indexing has been maximized such that it is still incredibly fast on the Web. For more information on PhiloLogic, contact Catherine Mardikes, ETS Coordinator, The University of Chicago Library.
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| 3. FINDING TOOLS
3.1 FIND SOURCES The Find Sources tool lets you find all the original works in the database that match your specific criteria. For example, you can find out all the sources published by the Pennsylvania Historical Society or see whether a particular edition is included. Practical Example:
Note: For a detailed discussion of the fields in Find Sources see the section on Fields and their Descriptions below. 3.2 FIND AUTHORS The Find Authors tool lets you find authors in the database that match your specific criteria. For example, you can find all the authors in the database that were born between 1820 and 1830. Practical Example:
Note: For a detailed discussion of the fields in Find
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3.3 FIND EVENTS DAY-BY-DAY The Find Events Day-by-Day tool lets you find events in the database that match your specific criteria. For example, you can find all events in the database that occurred in February 1864. This events database is comprised of the complete text of E.B Long's The Civil War Day-by-Day.. Practical Example:
Note: For a detailed discussion of the fields in Find
Events see the section on Fields and their Descriptions
below. 3.4 FIND BATTLES The Find Battles tool lets you find battles in the database that match your specific criteria. For example, you can find all the battles in the database that were fought in 1861 with fewer than 1,000 casualties. Practical Example:
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| 4. SEARCHING
4.1 SEARCH OVERVIEW There are two basic kinds of searching in the database.
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| 4.2 FULL-TEXT SEARCHING
4.2.1 Full-Text Searching Full-Text Searching is when you search for specific words or phrases that occur in the texts themselves. PhiloLogic supports wildcard characters and Boolean (logical) operators, which are modeled on UNIX regular expressions to perform "pattern matching" in full-text searching. Pattern matching allows identification of a large number of words corresponding to a defined pattern. Wildcard characters can be useful, for example, in identifying cognates made obscure by affixes and vowel weakening, inconsistencies due to irregular orthography, and variations on account of word inflection as well as for discovering potential emendations for uncertain readings. The most commonly used regular expression operators (wildcard and Boolean) are listed below. 4.2.2 Wildcard Characters in Full-Text Searching
Note: If you are using wildcard characters and would like to see a full list of the words matching your search-term, then run your search as a Frequency by Author search. The results page of a Frequency by Author search lists all the terms found in a database that match your search-term. 4.2.3 Wildcards and Boolean Operators in Full-Text Searching
4.2.4 Punctuation and Full-Text Searching
4.2.5 Selecting a Search Option PhiloLogic at this time offers two kinds of searches: "Single Term and Phrase Search," which is set up as the default, and "Proximity Searching in the Same Sentence or Paragraph." One may select and deselect a search option by clicking on the "radio" buttons. For a fuller discussion see the PhiloLogic
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| 4.3 FIELD SEARCHING
4.3.1 Searching in Specific Fields When entering search terms in bibliographic fields, as opposed to the full text search box, use the following Boolean operators: uppercase AND, OR, and NOT. One can use a NOT operator by itself (e.g., in the Type field enter: NOT editorial). It must be the first term in the box with no spaces preceding and it cannot be used with other Boolean operators 4.3.2 Advanced Field Searching with Regular Expression Operators As in full text searching, one can use regular expression operators for more specialized searching. The caret sign (^) at the beginning of a word anchors the match at the beginning of the entry (e.g., ^child will find the personal event "Childbirth," but not "Adoption of Child). One can also use the verticle line (|) as a Boolean operator OR. With this operator one can exclude two terms from one's search (e.g., NOT adams|burr). 4.3.3 Punctuation and Spacing in Fielded Searching When entering terms, punctuation and spacing must match exactly that in the fields. The following marks of punctuation produce a "Nothing found" message: ampersand (&), parentheses, question mark, and double quotes (""). If necessary for searching, replace the mark of punctuation with a period, which stand for any single character.
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| 5. FIELDS AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS
5.1 LIST OF ALL FIELDS THAT CAN BE SEARCHED Here is a summary table of all fields in the database, showing which tool they can be found on. Detailed descriptions can be found below. |
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| Age When Writing | X | X | X | ||||||
| Allegiance | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Author | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Battle Description Keyword | X | ||||||||
| Battle Location | X | ||||||||
| Battle Name | X | X | |||||||
| Campaign | X | ||||||||
| Cause of Death | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Confederate Losses | X | ||||||||
| Confederate Missing in Action | X | ||||||||
| Confederate Troop Size | X | ||||||||
| Confederate Wounded | X | ||||||||
| Day of Week | X | X | |||||||
| Day Started | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Description of day | X | ||||||||
| Document Type | X | X | |||||||
| Duration | X | ||||||||
| Editor or Translator | X | ||||||||
| Educational Level | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Ethnicity | X | ||||||||
| Gender | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Leaders | X | ||||||||
| Marital Status (When Writing) | X | ||||||||
| Military Rank | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Military Status | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Month Started | X | ||||||||
| Month Written | X | X | X | ||||||
| Occupation | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Overall Losses | X | ||||||||
| Parental Status (When Writing) | X | ||||||||
| Personal Events | X | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | X | ||||||||
| Place of Death | X | ||||||||
| Publisher | X | ||||||||
| Race | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Recipient Gender | X | ||||||||
| Recipient Relationship | X | ||||||||
| Recipient | X | ||||||||
| Record Number | X | ||||||||
| Religion | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Residence | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| School (s) Attended | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Search Texts | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Source Subject | X | ||||||||
| Source Type | X | ||||||||
| Subject Headings | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Survived War | X | X | |||||||
| Theater | X | ||||||||
| Title | X | ||||||||
| Troop Size | X | ||||||||
| Union Losses | X | ||||||||
| Union Missing in Action | X | ||||||||
| Union Troop Size | X | ||||||||
| Union Wounded | X | ||||||||
| War Events | X | ||||||||
| Where Sent | X | ||||||||
| Where Written (Geographical) | X | X | X | ||||||
| Where Written (Setting) | X | X | X | ||||||
| Winner | X | ||||||||
| Year of Birth | X | ||||||||
| Year of Death | X | ||||||||
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| Year Written | X | X | X | X | |||||
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| 5.2 FIELD DESCRIPTIONS WITH SAMPLE SEARCHES
Description: This is the number of days before the author died. It is calculated from the day of writing and the author's death date. In the case of diary entries it is rounded to within 30 days. It is not used with memoirs, where the date of writing is unclear, nor when a date cannot be determined. How to use this field: Key in the number of days or range of days in the box # of Days to Death. For example, 5 or 40-50. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.2 Age at Death
Description: This is the age when the author died and is calculated from their birth and death dates where they are available. This field can be searched using Advanced Search and Find Authors only. How to use this field: Key in the age or range of ages in the box Age at Death. For example, 35-45. Practical Example: See Age When Writing. Note: To search for occurrences of letters or diaries where we have been unable to determine the author's age, key in 9999 in the field box.
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Description: This field is the age in years of the author when a document was written. How to use this field: Use this field when you want to restrict a search to materials written by an author at a particular time in their lives. It is particularly useful for examining changing perspectives over time, to explore differences in the vocabulary and preoccupations of the young and the old. Practical Example:
Note: To search for occurrences of letters or diaries where
the author's age is not known, key in 9999 in the field Box.
5.2.4 Allegiance
Description: This field indicates the allegiance of the writer
- Confederacy, Union, neutral, switched or not indicated.
How to use this field: Use this field to restrict your search
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5.2.5 Author
Description: This is the name of the author of the letter,
diary, or memoir. The same official form of the name is used for display
regardless of the form the author used at the time of writing.
How to use this field: Use this field to analyze word usage or
materials written by a particular author. To see if a particular author
is included in the database, go to the Table of Contents: Authors.
Names are entered surname, first name, middle name or initial.
Practical Example: Find all mentions of Fort Sumter in Mary
Chesnut's writings. Description: This is the place where a battle was fought. The place name is often, but not always, the battle name. You will be able to either see details of the battle, or link to records written about the battle from this search. If you are searching for all the records from a State, please use the full State name rather than the State abbreviation. How to use this field: Use this field to find information about where specific battles were fought.. Practical Example:
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Description: This field indicates the battle name and includes alternate names for battles. The display name for the battle will be the same regardless of which alternate name is searched. You will be able to either see details of the battle, or link to records written about the battle from this search. The phrase "Battle of" has not been included in battle names. This version of the field is available only in the Find Battles screen. In Advanced Search this field also contains other historical events that occured during the American Civil War. How to use this field: Use this field to find information about specific battles. Practical Example:
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Description: This field allows you to search the controlled vocabulary of causes of death. It is a controlled field with a special vocabulary. These terms can be seen by clicking the Terms button to the right of the search box. This field is found in Find Authors and all the Search Texts screens except Simple Search. How to use this field: This field can be used to find authors who died a certain way (e.g. from wounds, in battle, or illness). Practical Example:
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Description: This field indicates the number of soldiers lost in a particular battle. How to use this field: Use this field to find battles with specific casualty figures. Practical Example:
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5.2.11 Confederate Missing in Action Description: This field indicates the number of soldiers reported missing in action. How to use this field: Use this field to find battles in which a specific number of soldiers have been reported as missing. Practical Example:
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Description: This field indicates the number of wounded in a particular wounded. How to use this field: Use this field to find battles according to how many soldiers were wounded during in a bootlegger battle. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.14 Day of Month
Description: This contains the day of a month in numerals. It is not used for diaries and memoirs. How to use this field: The main use of this field is to determine what was written on a specific day or days. It should be used with caution, because the field can only be used with letters (see note below). Do not key in anything other than numerals into this field. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.15 Day of Week
Description: This field contains the day of the week on which a battle or event started. How to use this field: The main use of this field is to determine what was written on a specific day or days. It should be used with caution, because the field can only be used with letters (see note below). Do not key any numerals into this field. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.16 Document Type
Description: This field details the type of document. Every item in the database has been categorized as Letter, Diary, or Memoir. How to use this field: This field can be used to restrict a search to include letters, diaries, or memoirs only. Practical Example:
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Description: This field is a controlled field used to search for battles based on their duration. How to use this field: Use this field to find battles that lasted a certain amount of time. Practical Example:
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Description: This field describes the compiler, editor, translator or author of the source title. The name is entered surname, first name, followed by a comma, and the abbreviation of the function filled (i.e. ed., comp., tr., introd., notes) if not the author. How to use this field: This field is only available in the Find Sources section of the database. It allows users to find works translated or edited by specific individuals. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.19 Educational Level
Description: This field describes the level to which an author was educated. How to use this field: Use this field to find authors based on their educational level. Note: Use "Not indicated" to find occurrences where we have been unable to determine the author's educational level. Practical Example:
Note: To see what Educational Level terms are available click the Terms button. Copy terms that you want and paste them into the box. Be careful to delete any extraneous spaces or semicolons and replace them with the appropriate Boolean operator. |
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Description: This field describes the national origin of an authors family. If an author is Black, but no specific origins are known, African is the ethnicity. Ethnicity can be double headed to reflect a multi-ethnic background (e.g. Jewish and Russian). This field is available in the Find Authors search and all Search Text options except the Simple Search. How to use this field: Use this field to find all authors of a specific ethinicity. Practical Example:
Note: Ethnicity is a controlled vocabulary field. For a list
of ethnicities, click on the Terms button to the right of the
search box. Use your browser back button to go back to the search
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| 5.2.21 Event Description/Battle
Description/Description of Day
Description: This field provides the description of a day's events from E.B. Long's Civil War Day-by-Day or battle descriptions written by our Editors. How to use this field: Use this field to search the full text of the day-by-day descriptions of the years during the Civil War. Practical Example:
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Description: This is the gender of the author. How to use this field: This field is available in Find Authors and all Search Texts fields except Simple Search. This field is useful for analyzing the differences between how men and women write to each other and about major events of the day. You may choose M (male), F (female) or ALL from drop down box. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.23 Leaders
Description: This field provides the names of commanders of battles. How to use this field: This field is only available in the Find Battles search. Use this to find battles commanded by specific people. Practical Example:
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Description: This describes the marital status of the author at the time of writing. How to use this field: This field is only available in the Advanced Search section of the database. It is useful for analyzing differences in vocabulary between married and unmarried individuals in describing events of the day. Practical Example:
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Description: This provides the author's military rank at the time of writing. Authors whose ranks are unknown are represented as Not indicated. Authors who were civilians, and thus did not hold any rank, are shown with the rank Not applicable. How to use this field: This field can be used to analyze the language used by differing ranks within the various armies.. Practical example: Find all writings by Major-Generals.
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Description: This field details an author's military status. How to use this field: This field can be used from Find Authors and all Search Text screens except Simple Search. |
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Description: This is a composite field to be used in conjunction with the Year in the Find Battle screen. How to use this field: This field can be used to find battles fought at a specific time of the year. Practical example: Find battles fought between March and July of 1863.
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Description: This field enables you to view all letters or diaries written within a particular month. How to use this field: Use this field when you want to restrict your searches to all letters or diary entries sent in a particular month or group of months. Practical Example:
Note: To locate materials where we have been unable to determine the month written, enter 9999 in the Month Written field.
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Description: This field describes the author's occupation, if any. How to use this field: Use this field to find documents written by an author in a particular occupation - for example, all Teachers. Note: All occupations throughout an author's life are entered. This is not tied to when the author is writing. An individual may have several occupations through their life. Practical Example:
To see what Occupation terms are available click the Terms button. Copy terms that you want and paste them into the box. Be careful to delete any extraneous spaces or semicolons and replace them with the appropriate Boolean operator. |
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Description: This field details the overall losses in battles. This is the combined number of Union and Confederate dead, wounded and missing. How to use this field: Use this field to find battles based on their overall losses. Practical Example:
Note: Open ended searches can be conducted by leaving one side of the dash open. A search for more than four thousand lost, where you want all the battles, key in 4000- to complete the search. A search of -1000 will return battles where the losses numbered less than 1,000. |
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Description: Use this field to find authors who have had children. How to use this field: This field is useful for analyzing language in documents whose authors are parents as opposed to authors who are not. Practical Example:
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Description: This is a controlled field that describes key events in an author's life. How to use this field: For a full list of all terms used in the database you can either go to the Table of Contents: Personal Events or you can click on the Terms button adjacent to the field. Use this field to restrict your search to documents pertaining to a key event, such as childbirth or the death of a spouse. Practical Example:
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Description: This field describes the location of the author's birth, if known. It is used only in the Find Author section of the database. It is an Optional field. How to use this field: Use this field to find authors born in a particular place or region. Note: Use "Not indicated" to find occurrences where we have been unable to determine the place of birth. Practical Example:
To see what Place of Birth terms are available click the Terms button. Copy terms that you want and paste them into the box. Be careful to delete any extraneous spaces or semicolons and replace them with the appropriate Boolean operator. |
| 5.2.34 Place of Death
Description: This field describes the location of the author's death, if known. It is used only in the Find Author section of the database. How to use this field: Use this field to find authors who died in a particular place or region. Note: Use "Not indicated" to find occurrences where we have been unable to determine the place of death. Practical Example:
To see what Place of Death terms are available click the Terms button. Copy terms that you want and paste them into the box. Be careful to delete any extraneous spaces or semicolons and replace them with the appropriate Boolean operator. |
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Description: This field indicates the name of the publisher of the source work. It is used only in the Find Sources section of the database. How to use this field: Use this field to find all source works by particular publisher. Practical Example:
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Description: This field indicates whether the authors was White, Black, Asian, American Indian or not indicated. How to use this field: Use this field to find all documents written by authors from a particular race or races. Practical Example:
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Description: This field is the gender of the person to whom the letter is addressed.. How to use this field: This field is available only in the Search Letters screen of the database. It s useful for analyzing the differences in vocabulary in letters written to people of the opposite gender. Practical Example:
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Description: This is the name of the person to whom a letter is addressed. How to use this field: This field is only available in the Search Letters section of the database. Practical Example:
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Description: This field contains the relationship of the addressee to the author. How to use this field: This field is only available in the Search Letters section of the database. Practical Example:
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Description: Use this field to find a document by it's record ID number. How to use this field: Use this field when you know the specific record ID number you are searching for. Note: Record numbers must be added "SXXXX-DXXX" in order to be found. Numbering conventions begin at 001. |
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Description: This field gives an author's religion. How to use this field: Use this field to find authors of a specific religion. It is useful for analyzing language and attitudes of adherents of different religions. Practical Example:
Note: To see a listing of all available religions, click the Terms button to the right. Use your browser's back button to return to the search screen. Be sure to delete extraneous spaces and characters such as semicolons. |
| 5.2.42 Residence
Description: This field provides information about where the author lived immediately prior to the Civil War. How to use this field: This field is useful for analyzing attitudes and views of authors from different parts of the United States. This field is available in the Find Authors search as well as all Search Texts screens except the Simple Search. Practical Example:
Note: A list of states as residences is available by clicking the Terms button to the right of the search box. Return to the search screen by using your browser's back button. Be sure to delete extraneous spaces and characters such as semi-colons. |
| 5.2.43 School(s) Attended
Description: This field details the names of the schools where author's were students. How to use this field: Use this field to search for authors who attended specific schools. This field is available in Find Authors and all Search Texts screens except the Simple Search screen. Practical Example:
Note: A list of schools is available by clicking on the Terms button to the right of the search box. Use your browser's back button to return to the search screen. Be sure to delete any extraneous spaces. |
| 5.2.44 Source Type
Description: This field details the type of source. How to use this field: This field can be used from Find Sources only to restrict a search to a type of source. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.45 Source Subject
Description: Use this field to find subject headings for particular sources. The subject terms for this field are general in nature. Practical Example:Find me all sources with War as a subject.
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| 5.2.46 Subject Headings
Description: This is a composite field consisting of all terms in the Name Subject field, Organization Subject field, Historical Events Subject field, Topical Subject field, Broad Subject field, and Geographic Subject field. How to use this field: This field can be used to find a wide range of materials, including specific places, people, and historical events. Practical example: Find all materials pertaining to Boston.
Practical example: Find all materials about the Battle of Stono Ferry.
Practical example: Find all materials pertaining to the U.S. Sanitary Commission
Practical example: Find all materials pertaining to alcohol and temperance.
To see what Subject terms are available click the Terms button. Copy terms that you want and paste them into the box. Be careful to delete any extraneous spaces or semicolons and replace them with the appropriate Boolean operator. |
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Description: Use this field to identify authors who did or did not survive the Civil War. Practical Example:
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Description: Lists the geographic areas in which the Civil War took place. The theaters were determined by the United States Park Service definitions. How to use this field: Use this field to find documents about a specific geographical region in relation to the Civil War. Practical Example:
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Description: Use this field to find sources by title. It is used only in the Find Sources section of the database. It is a mandatory field. How to use this field: Use this field to find sources with specific words in the title. Practical Example:
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Description: This field is used for the overall number (Confederate and Union combined) of soldiers at a Civil War action. How to use this field: Use this field to find battles in which a certain number of people fought. Practical Example:
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Description: Use this field to find documents that highlight events specific to life during a war. This field is available only in Advanced Search. How to use this field: Use this field when you want to search for people's personal experiences with events that happen as a result of military actions. Practical example: Find all documents that recount instances
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5.2.57 Where Written (Geographical) Description: This field is used to identify the location where letters or diaries were written. The names are standardized in an authority file. Generally specific localities will be used (e.g., Boston, MA, but there may also be state or regional locations used. State abbreviations for cities and towns are based upon the United States postal service two letter abbreviations. How to use this field: Use this field when you want to restrict your searches to materials written from a particular place. Practical Examples
Find me letters sent from the Yorktown, VA in 1862.
To see what Geographical terms are available click the Terms buttons. Copy terms that you want and paste them into the box. Be careful to delete any extraneous spaces or semicolons and replace them with the appropriate Boolean operator. Note: In the case of a diary where the location changes over a month, the where written at the beginning of the month is described. |
| 5.2.58 Where Written (Setting)
Description: This field describes the place the author is writing from (i.e., city, town, farm, shipboard, etc.). How to use this field: Use this field when you want to restrict your searches to all letters or diary entries written in a particular kind of place - e.g. shipboard. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.59 Winner
Description: The results of battles are found listed in this field. A battle was won by either the Union or the Confederacy, or it was inconclusive. How to use this field: Use this field to find battles won by a specific side during the Civil War. Practical Example:
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Description: This field displays the year a battle took place. How to use this field: Use this to find battles fought during a specific year. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.61 Year of Death
Description: This field describes the year of the author's death, if known. It is used only in the Find Author section of the database. It is an Optional field. How to use this field: Use this field to find authors who died in a particular year or period. Note: To search for occurrences where we could not ascertain the year of death, key in 9999. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.62 Year of Birth
Description: This field describes the year of the author's birth, if known. It is used only in the Find Author section of the database. It is an Optional field. How to use this field: Use this field to find authors who were born in a particular year or period. Note: To search for occurrences where we could not ascertain the year of birth, key in 9999. Practical Example:
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| 5.2.63 Year of Publication (Source)
Description: This field describes the year of the source's publication. It is used only in the Find Sources section of the database. How to use this field: Use this field to find sources that were published in a particular year or period. Practical Example:
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Description: This field describes the year in which the letter or diary was written. How to use this field: Use this field when you want to restrict your searches to all letters or diary entries written in a particular year or range of years. Practical Example:
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