History 405A: Medieval Europe - Fall, 2007
Professor P. Milliman
What it Covers:
Records for books, journals and other materials held by the UA Library. It does NOT include articles.
Search Suggestions:
- Type your major search topic in the top box.
- Change the drop down box on the second line to “Subject.”
- Type any of the following into the Subject search box: For the period of Medieval History use any of these terms:
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For this time period, you need to limit to the word: Sources or possible correspondence for that small slice of literate individuals of the period.
What it Covers:
The world’s largest union catalog of books, manuscripts and other materials held in libraries worldwide. It has over 60 million records. The InterLibrary Loan request form is part of the database.
Search Suggestions:
- To be effective use the same terminology as used in the UA Library Catalog.
Change the drop down box that says, “Keyword” to “Subject” - Type the topic you want on the top line.
- Type in the next line: Sources OR Narratives OR Diaries OR [other terms that are used for primary source materials.]
What it Covers:
This contains hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data and the tools to actively use those images. Images are contained that are relevant to the times and place of this period.
Search Suggestions:
- Click on the “Launch” button. It is located on the extreme right hand side of the page.
- On the next page, type your search topic in the Basic Search box. OR, you can Browse by ARTstor classification or ARTstor geography.
- Right click on links to open images.
Medieval and Early Modern Period Historical Sources
What it Covers:
A guide to the sources in the UA Library.
What it Covers:
A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities, 500-1600
Search Suggestions:
- The section, “Cartularium,” includes primary sources. It includes translated resources. You may need to Right click to open documents.
SECONDARY SOURCE MATERIALS:
The best places to search for recent articles from academic journals that you can use for your class paper are listed below. All of these are indexes, which means they will give you a citation to an article in a journal on your topic and sometimes will also link directly to the actual article. To find the journal you will need to either:
- Link directly to the journal article from the index or database (listed below)
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- If there is a link to Article Linker
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- You may be linked to the actual article or
- Linked to a page that repeats your citation (journal title, volume, issue, page and date) and then links to the UA catalog
- If there is a catalog record, look for the journal call number
- Find the journal by call number in the library stacks and then find the article.
- Or, you can request a digitized copy of an journal article in the Library. There is a link to Document Delivery.
- Or if the UA library does not own the journal you need, there is a link to the InterLibrary Loan Request form.
- If there is no link to Article Linker, open another browser window and search the library catalog for the journal title.
Sources for Medieval Europe Include:
International Medieval Bibliography[TIPS]
What it Covers:
Articles and books on European and North African Middle Ages.
Search Suggestions:
- Click on “Enter Databases”
- On the next screen, click on “Go.”
- The editors have their own unique system of classification. An effective way is to combine terms:
- Combine concepts by entering a term in the Full Text box and then browsing in the list of subject terms and choosing on to options in the list of terms. Enter it in the Subject box.
- You can use Boolean operators: AND, OR, & NOT, plus * ? “”
What does it cover:
Articles and books on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Journal indexing begins with volumes published in 1784.
What does it cover:
Fully searchable and full image of complete runs of the major periodicals in history, economics, sociology, Asian, African and Latin American studies. Will not include the most recent few years of a journal, but in a few cases links to Project Muse.
What it Covers:
Fully searchable and full image of more current issues of major scholarly journals. In some cases links to older issues in JSTOR.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
What it Covers:
Citations to journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. No full text.
What it Covers:
Index to literature of all traditions, with special strength in Judaism and Christianity. Includes book reviews.
Humanities International Index Complete
What it Covers:
A database index of the humanities literature, with abstracts and some full-text of articles in archaeology, art, classical studies, folklore, history, journalism, language and literature, linguistics, performing arts, political criticism, philosophy, and religion.
What it Covers:
Index to books and articles about the Islamic world, including Muslim areas of Asia and Africa and Europe, plus Muslim minorities in the rest of the world.
What it Covers:
Index to Jewish Periodicals is the definitive index on Jewish history, activity and thought. This covers materials about historical periods from ancient times onwards.
Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur aus allen Gebieten des Wissens (IBZ) [TIPS]
What it Covers:
Index to articles in world history as covered in European and U.S. publications. Many of the articles are in English.
Royal Historical Society Bibliography
What it Covers:
An online bibliography which provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation exist.
PHILOSOPHY RELATED SOURCES:
What it Covers:
Indexes journals and some books.
ART RELATED SOURCES:
What it Covers:
Broad coverage of over 300 arts journals, including topics relevant to this class.
For Assistance Contact:
Librarian for History
307-2780