Abraham Lincoln Resource Guide

  1. Circulating Books (titles that may be borrowed) held by Atlantic Cape on Abraham Lincoln are shown here:
    1858: Abraham Lincoln
    E458 .C425 2008     		Lincoln and the First Shot
    E471.1 .C95
    Abraham Lincoln, by some men who knew him
    E457.15 A15    		 Lincoln and the Radicals
    E459 .W5
    Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
    E457.4 .S36 (v. I-II)    		 Lincoln and the Tools of War
    E491 .B7
    Dark Union
    E457.5 .G87 2003    		 Lincoln at Gettysburg
    E475.55 .W54 1992
    Forced into Glory
    E457.2 .B44 2000    		 Lincoln Finds a General
    E470 .W765 (v. I-V)
    House of Abraham
    E457.25 .B47 2007    		 Lincoln Nobody Knows
    E457 .C96
    Inside Lincoln’s Cabinet
    E415.9 .C4 A3    		 Lincoln Reconsidered
    E457.8 .D69 1989
    Judging Lincoln
    E457.2 .W69 2002    		 Lincoln the Lawyer
    E457.2 .D57 2007
    Lincoln and Douglas
    E457.4 .G84 2008    		 Lincoln Unmasked
    E457.2 .D55 2006
    Lincoln and his Generals
    E470 .W78    		 Lincoln’s Commando
    E467.1 .C98 R6
    Lincoln and his Party in the Secession Crisis
    E440.5 .P856    		 Mr. Lincoln & the Negroes
    E457.2 .D7
    More books on this topic can be located by searching the library’s book catalog by SUBJECT or SUBJECT KEYWORD. Examples of some major subject headings to search include:
    • EX-presidents
      LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865
      PRESIDENTS -- United States
      SLAVES -- Emancipation -- United States
      UNITED States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  2. Reference Books are located in the center of the library, on the lower level. These books are for library use only and may not be checked out. Examples of titles providing information on topics relating to Abraham Lincoln are:
    • The American Heritage Pictorial Atlas of United States History
      Reference G 1201 .S1 A4 1966
    • The Encyclopedia of the American Civil War
      Reference E 468 .E53 2000 v. 1-5
    • Facts About the Presidents
      Reference E 176.1 .K3 2001
    • The Lincoln Encyclopedia
      Reference E 457.92 1950
    • The Presidency A to Z
      Reference JK 511 .P775 1992
    • The Slave Trade
      Reference HT 985 .T47 1997M
  3. Electronic Books: Through netLibrary, students, faculty and staff can access electronic books. At present, there are over 4000 titles, in a variety of subject areas. Visit our Research Databases for instructions on accessing netLibrary.
  4. Periodical Articles: Magazine, newspaper and journal articles may be found by searching one of the full-text periodical databases listed below.
    • EBSCOhost includes the full-text of over 1,000 magazine and journal articles.
    • Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe offers full text articles frommajor dailynewspapers

      All library databases can be accessed off campus.
      Please contact the library for login instructions.

  5. Interlibrary Loan is a free service available to all students, faculty and staff wishing to obtain a book or journal article from another library. See the Circulation Desk for details.
  6. World Wide Web. Some Web pages pertaining to Abraham Lincolnare listed below. Additional web pages can be found by performing a search in Alta Vista, Google, Yahoo, etc.

Research Assistance

The reference desk and circulation desk staffs are happy to help you locate and borrow books, use the library’s databases and search the Web. Stop by the library or to call us at 609-343-4951. You may also send us your question via the ASK A LIBRARIAN. In addition, you may also access a professional librarian 24 hrs/day through: http://www.qandanj.org.