Research Tools
Style Guides
Professors in the History Department generally prefer Chicago or Turabian style for creating citations and organizing a research paper.
Chicago Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue)
Purdue University's online guide.
The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)
Call Number: Reference LB2369 .C57 2010
Use it online!
The granddaddy of style guides.
The granddaddy of style guides.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations : Chicago Style for Students and Researchers
Call Number: Reference LB2369 .T8 2007
Chicago style was designed for book publishers; Turabian re-interprets it for scholarly papers.
Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age (4th ed.)
Call Number: Reference Desk LB2369 .H33 2006
Diana Hacker's respected guide also has a handy online companion where you can quickly see citations and sample papers in APA, MLA, Chicago, and CSE styles.
Databases
- ARTstor An amazing collection of digital images. Note that in Advanced Search, you can limit by country and range of dates (say 400 to 1400 C.E.). JSOTR also has an
"Illuminated Manuscript" collection .
Books
These are the best places to get started with your research. Check these out first!
Call Number: Reference D118 .H235 2010
This book is a guide to books and primary sources for key individuals and events in Medieval history. You would be doing yourself a favor by starting your research here!
Call Number: Reference D 114 .D5 1982
The best place to start all Medieval research. (Dr. Adamo uses this!)
Use it online!
This resource, though not at as through as the Dictionary of the Middle Age, it does includes many topics:art and architecture, medicine, and law, archaeology, ecclesiastical history, languages and literature.
This resource, though not at as through as the Dictionary of the Middle Age, it does includes many topics:art and architecture, medicine, and law, archaeology, ecclesiastical history, languages and literature.
Call Number: Reference DA129 .C67 2004
How to talk Medieval!
Call Number: online
Publication Date: 2001
Covers the different civilizations and peoples of Medieval times; includes biographical essays on significant individuals of the era and it includes primary sources.
Use it online!
Use it online!
Call Number: Reference: U37 094 2010
Call Number: Reference CB 351 .E53 2008
This is a good source for starting comparative research as it includes information on Europe, Asia, the Islamic world, and the Americas.
English Historical Documents
Call Number: Third Level DA 26 .E55 v. 1–4
The first four volumes of this 12-volume set, published in the 1950s, cover the period from 500 to 1485. These amazing books are stuffed with pre-Internet extras: maps, genealogical tables, diagrams.... A rich trove of primary sources.
Call Number: Reference HF1001 .T7 2000
The peoples, places, technologies, and intellectual concepts that contributed to trade, travel, and exploration during the Middle Ages.
Call Number: Reference DL 65 .C85 1994
Colorful and comprehensive, with maps and copious illustrations. Colloquial rather than scholarly in its approach; use the index and the glossary to zero in on specific events and people.
Call Number: available online
From Oyinkan Abayomi to Khaleda Zia, from Abolition to the YWCA, these four volumes provide a comprehensive view of history and women.
Use it online!
Use it online!
Call Number: online
This is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history.
Use it online!
Use it online!
Primary Sources
- Internet Medieval History SourcebookAll things medieval, from Fordham University. See also their Medieval Islamic section.
- The Labyrinth Categorized access to online sources in medieval studies.
- NetSerf A directory of links to Web-based articles about medieval studies.
- Catalogue of Digitzed Medieval ManuscriptsIf you know Latin, this is invaluable. If you don't, it still provides many excellent examples of actual medieval manuscripts.
- EuroDocs | Medieval and Renaissance EuropeA wealth of online sources for European history, with links to facsimiles and transcriptions. Arranged by collection, but you can use the search box to good advantage.
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