Library Catalogs Example 3

Civil War Books via University of California's MELVYL Online Catalog

1. TELNET session to: MELVYL.UCOP.EDU

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Screen 2: Keyword search on "women civil war"

Search request: F TW WOMEN CIVIL WAR
Search result:  32 records at all libraries

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 1. CHANG, Ina.                     A separate battle : women and the... 1991
 2. Civil War women : American women shaped by conflict in stories by... 1988
 3. Civil War women : the Civil War seen through women's eyes in... 1990
 4. CLINTON, Catherine, 1952-       The other civil war : American... 1984
 5. COOKE, Miriam.                  War's other voices : women writers... 1987
 6. CULPEPPER, Marilyn Mayer.       Trials and triumphs : women of the... 1991
 7. HALL, Richard, 1930-            Patriots in disguise : women... 1993
 8. HAMAND, Wendy F. 1955-
      Neither ballots nor bullets : women abolitionists... 1985. DISSERTATION
 9. HAMAND, Wendy F. 1955-
      Neither ballots nor bullets : women abolitionists... 1987. DISSERTATION
10. HOLLAND, Mary A. Gardner.       Our army nurses; interesting... 1895
11. JONES, Jacqueline, 1948-        Freed women? : black women, work,... 1980
12. LEONARD, Elizabeth D.           Yankee women : gender battles in... 1994
13. LEONARD, Elizabeth Davis.
      Northern women of the Civil War : gender systems... 1992. DISSERTATION

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Screen 3: Sample Record

Search request: F TW WOMEN CIVIL WAR
Search result:  32 records at all libraries

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13. DISSERTATION
Author:        Leonard, Elizabeth Davis.
Title:         Northern women of the Civil War : gender systems and pressure
                 points / by Elizabeth Davis Leonard. 1992.
Description:   x, 346 leaves ; 29 cm.

Notes:         Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 1992.
               Bibliography: leaves 334-346.

Subjects:      California. University, Riverside. Dept. of History --
                 Dissertations.
               Women -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
               United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
               United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal
                 narratives.
               United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work.
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Synonyms that you can use instead of END are:

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                                                                     TSCHUSS

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choice screen.

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