History of the Civil War and Reconstruction: Reconstruction Era: Websites

Find Reliable Websites

• Britannica Academic On your article page, click on Related for links to recommended websites.

• SweetSearch History, A Search Engine for Students searches only credible websites approved by research experts. (Note: Disregard Advertisements that may appear at the top of your search result list.)

• Google Limit your search to reliable domains by including the phrase AND site:edu OR site:gov  (edu for educational institutions in the U.S.; gov for U.S. and U.S. state government entities) 

• Find information on individual cases that were consolidated into the Civil Rights Cases (decided 1883) by following this example:

• Note that universities may allow their students to use the edu domain. If there is a tilde (~) in the URL, it may be a personal student page which is not monitored by the institution. In this case it may not be a reliable site.

• Click here for more information on finding high quality, reliable websites.

CITING WEBSITES IN NOODLETOOLS

PLEASE NOTE: Do not copy and paste complete citations from web pages if given. NoodleTools cannot generate footnotes from copies and pasted citation.

Remember: a website is an online source you discover through Google (or another search engine) as opposed to a subscription database you access through the library.

To cite a source on a website, choose Website.

• Websites can contain many kinds of sources including: Reference articles, ebook content, journal articles, primary sources, newspaper articles, speech transcripts, images, etc.
• If you can determine it, select the source type from the list under Website in NoodleTools.
• If it's not clear what type of source it is, choose Webpage.

If you would like help evaluating a source, see (or email) Mr. Padgett, Ms. Taylor, or Mr. Previti.
We're happy to help!