Free Access to Alexander Street’s Civil War Collections
As you know, we here at Scenes from the Past and Casts from the Past love the Civil War. This is somewhat late, but it is good until the end of the month of April. Alexander Street Press has offered the rare chance to access their Civil War collections.
As we approach the bicentennials of both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, Alexander Street Press is offering free access to some of our most popular collections. Through April 30, 2008 you can explore three of our Civil War databases with no restrictions. As a bonus, we are also offering free access to two streaming music collections, which contain songs from the Civil War era.
No registration is required. Simply click on the links below to connect to the databases. When prompted to log in, use the following credentials:
username: american
password: bicentennial
This includes access to the following databases:
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
The American Civil War Research Database
The Illustrated Civil War (Newspapers and Magazines)
The Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
Hurry and take advantage of this free and rare access!