SubjectsPlus: HIS 233: Medieval Europe
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New Cambridge Medieval History
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D117 .N48 1995
A multi-volume history of the medieval period.
Provides full text of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly entries.
Shorter Cambridge Medieval History
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D117 .P75
American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature
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Ref D20 .A43x 1995
Searchable database of images applicable to different times, cultures and disciplines. Also includes local Physics and Botany image collections. Use individual log-in for off-campus access.
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Atlas of the Medieval World
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Burling Ref D117 .M35 2004
Historical Abstracts with Full Text 
Covers world history after 1450, except for the U.S. and Canada. Includes some full text. Includes articles from over 2,000 journals, books, collections, and dissertations.
Humanities International Complete
Covers a diverse range of subjects from the humanities, including archaeology, art, classics, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature and religion. Some full text is included.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Coverage varies. Some full text. Resources for the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) citations in journals(1784-), books, reviews; a finding list of Renaissance humanistic manuscripts; etc.
Complete full text backfiles of several hundred scholarly journals in the Arts and Sciences, Health and General Sciences, and Ecology and Botany, except for the most recent two to five years.
Access to the full-text of over 350 scholarly electronic journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
Provides full-text of many books no longer under copyright, and allows searching of the contents of many more titles.
Includes collections of primary source material. Many collections are digitized; other materials may be ordered through ILL and will typically arrive in about three days.
Rise of the Medieval World
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CT114 .R57 2002
"Beginning in 500 with the fusion of classical, Christian, and Germanic cultures and ending in 1300 with a Europe united by a desire for growth, knowledge, and change, this volume provides basic information on the significant cultural figures of the Middle Ages. It includes over 400 people whose contributions in literature, religion, philosophy, education, or politics influenced the development and culture of the Medieval world. While focusing on Western European figures, the book does not neglect those from Byzantium, Baghdad, and the Arab world who also contributed to the politics, religion, and culture of Western Europe."--BOOK JACKET
Catholic Encyclopedia
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BX841 .C25 1913
The classic 1913 edition.
Catholic Encyclopedia (Online)
The full-text of the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Dictionary of the Middle Ages
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Ref. D 114 .D5 1982
A scholarly encyclopedia for the medieval period.
New Catholic Encyclopedia
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Burling Ref BX841 .N44 2002
The most recent edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Chronicles of the Vikings
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DL65 .P26 1995
Translations of texts from the Viking period.
English Historical Documents
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DA26 .E55x 1996
History of Medieval & Renaissance Europe: Primary Documents
Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations
Links to medieval texts and sources on the Web, both of short "classroom sized" extracts and full documents.
Medieval Iberia
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DP97.4 .M43 1997
Texts from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish sources.
Paston letters and papers of the fifteenth century
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DA240 .P294 2004
A collection of primary sources from one family in England.
Center for Research Libraries Topic Guide: Medieval Studies
A guide to resources available from the Center for Research Libraries. Materials may be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan for extended periods.
A guide to electronic resources in medieval history.
Library of Congress Recommended Sites for Classical and Medieval History
A list of reference resources that can supplement work in Classics, including among its recommendations: The Bryn Mawr Classical Review, the Internet Classics Archive, and Perseus -- which has searchable full-text access to the Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.
This is the central catalogue for the WWW-VL network of indexes to Historical materials on-line. It is intended for general public use, but its coverage and selection of sites concentrates on creating a facility useful for those pursuing historical research on-line. An extremely comprehensive index of links, it covers nearly every geographic area and many subjects
Chicago Manual of Style
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Perm Reserve Z253 .U69 2003
The style manual commonly used for History.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab Style Guides: Chicago/Turabian Style
This style guide contains information on the Chicago Manual of Style method of document formatting and citation. These resources follow the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, which was issued in September 2010.
A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases.
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