Culpeper Star Exponent Friday, August 25, 2006 (http://ads.mgnetwork.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/starexponent.com/[email protected]?x) The Culpeper County Library, located in the Southgate Shopping Center, is the best place to start your quest to learn more about local history. The Museum of Culpeper History, located at 803 S. Main St., is another must-see. * The library has an online card catalog with 15 in-house computers. Patrons with home computers have remote access capability. * The library's Web site -- tlc.library.net/culpeper -- offers many reference helps, including access to full-text magazine articles through ebscohost and find-it-va, newspaper articles through newsbank, e-books through netlibrary, and research materials for tracing family history through heritage quest. * On-site services provide help for reference, local history, and genealogy. Microfilm holdings include back issues of Culpeper newspapers and old court records. The library, which subscribes to eight daily newspapers and over 100 other periodicals, also has a section devoted to local history. * For more information, call the library at 825-8691. The museum is a great place to learn about Culpeper's storied history. Its interactive displays provide information on everything from dinosaurs to modern events. * One of the museum's more popular exhibits chronicles Culpeper's role as a crossroads town in the Civil War. Several important Union and Confederate generals came through Culpeper during the war, and the Union army's 120,000 soldiers set up camp here during the winter of 1863-64. * The museum offers house tours, guest speakers and group tours. It also has a gift shop that carries a variety of books, CDs and other items of local interest. * Check out culpepermuseum.com or call 829-1749 to learn more.