Lincoln Assassination


The following resources will help you in your search for information on the Lincoln Assassination.

 Online Databases

Associated Press Photo Archive
AP photographs and graphics from the mid-1800s to the present.

Discovering Collection
Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.
 

EBSCO Host - History Reference Center Access newspaper and magazine articles from the past (Select Timeline U.S. History (1800 - 1860). Select Advanced Search to enter multiple keywords.
Student Resource Center Gold - Offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts

 Internet Sites  

  Abraham Lincoln's Assassination: http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln.html

Abraham Lincoln's Assassination - Assassination Theories: http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln74.html

The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Assassins: http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/burnett/lincoln4.htm#cornered

Famous American Trials - The Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators - 1865: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/lincolnconspiracy.html

Ford's Theatre National Historic Site: http://www.nps.gov/archive/foth/index2.htm

Library of Congress - Lincoln Papers - Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrintr.html

Lincoln Assassination Papers: http://www.footnote.com/viewer.php?image=6390472

New York Times Article - "President Lincoln Shot by Assassin" April 15th 1865: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C00E0D91F30EE34BC4D52DFB266838E679FDE

Surratt House Museum - Proceedings of the Conspiracy Trial: http://www.surratt.org/su_docs.html

Wet With Blood - The Investigation of Mary Todd Lincoln's Cloak: www.chicagohistory.org/wetwithblood/


If you don't find what you're looking for in any of the sites above, try your 
own keyword search using the following tips...

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.yahoo.com, or www.google.com, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "Abraham Lincoln", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites about the Abraham Lincoln as opposed to all of the sites containing the word Abraham plus all of the sites containing the word Lincoln.
     
  4. If you would like to search for something specific about a the Abraham Lincoln, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma, followed by a space and you other search term.  For instance; if I wanted to find out about the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, I would enter the following:
     

    "Abraham Lincoln", assassination, "conspiracy theories"
     

  5. Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     
  6. Be sure to critically evaluate Internet sources.  UC Berkley Library's Evaluating Webpages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask is an excellent source to help you critique the quality of websites in the following areas:
  7. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on the Internet, online databases, or print material, you must cite every resource you used.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
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