Selected Medieval History Resources

Databases
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*360Search
Use 360 Search to search the Rhodes library catalog, selected databases and online journals simultaneously.

  • *ArtStor
    ARTstor is a non-profit organization created by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. As part of its ongoing effort to become a community resource, ARTstor is developing a rich digital library that will offer coherent collections of art images and descriptive information as well as the software tools to enable active use of the collections. The ARTstor Library′s initial content will include approximately 300,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology.
  • *ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
    Combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA′s online collection of major religion and theology journals. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 416,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journals (571 currently indexed), more than 210,000 essay citations from over 15,700 multi-author works, and more than 432,000 book review citations. This database begins in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century. Online Journals.
  • *Dictionary of National Biography
    An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain′s past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000.  
  • *EEBO - Early English Books Online (1473-1700)
    Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
  • *Historical Abstracts
    Your complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). This database is packed with annotated references to information on topics from the Renaissance to Tiananmen Square -- over half a million entries in all. Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts has long been recognized as the leading bibliography for historical study in the world. Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database, making this a historical periodical database unmatched in breadth.
  • *Oxford Islamic Studies
    Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur′anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information on Islam.
  • *Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition (1982 -)
    Electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad.
  • *WorldCat
    The world′s most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 42 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes holdings information from the world′s libraries. Now includes the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus.

Online Journals
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Online Reference Sources
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Websites

Documents, Texts, Images

  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library
    The mission of the CCEL is to build up the church by making classic Christian writings available and promoting their use.
  • Dscriptorium
    DScriptorium is devoted to collecting, storing and distributing digital images of Medieval manuscripts (D is for Digital).
  • Domesday Book (National Archives) ; Focus on the Domesday Book
  • Florilegium Urbanum
    The aim of Florilegium Urbanum is to provide a considered selection of primary source texts illustrative of various aspects of medieval urban life, and to present those texts in modern English. The texts have been translated from the original Latin or Anglo-Norman French, or converted from Middle English; the language of the original is indicated in the header for each document.
  • Historical Texts - British Museum
    Includes Bede′s History; Magna Carta; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • Index of Medieval Medical Images (UCLA)
    The Index of Medieval Medical Images project began in 1988 and aimed to describe and index the content of all medieval manuscript images (up to the year 1500) with medical components held in North American collections. The goal of this 2001 pilot project was to make a substantial sample of the images and descriptions available via a searchable database on the Web.
  • Internet Medieval History Sourcebooks Project
    The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.
  • Lumninarium: Anthology of Middle English Literature
  • Online Medieval and Classical Library
    The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) is a collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization.
  • ORB: On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
    The ORB is an academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. All articles have been judged by at least two peer reviewers. Authors are held to high standards of accuracy, currency, and relevance to the field of medieval studies. Links are provided to other Medieval websites: Labyrinth, Netserf, Argos, WWW Virtual Library/Medieva.
  • Pre-18th Century Documents (Avalon Project, Yale)
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