Selected Resources for:
Medieval Studies

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index  

http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html

A searchable index of feminist-oriented literary scholarship on the medieval period (450-1500 CE) in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Provides citations to journal articles, book reviews, and essays about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.

Humanities Full Text   

http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=HUMFT

1984- .

Indexes the major scholarly journals in the humanities since 1984, including medieval studies.

International Medieval Bibliography   

http://0-www.brepolis.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

1967- .

The IMB database comprises some 300,000 records, deriving from articles published in periodicals (journals) and in miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues) published world-wide. All subjects relating to the Middle Ages are included, within the date range 400-1500 AD. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Location: Z 6230.I63 1967-1978 and 1997

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance   

http://0-www.itergateway.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

400-1700.

A bibliography of articles and reviews drawn from over 300 medieval and renaissance journal titles(400-1700 A.D.). Indexes publications from the mid-1800's to the present.

Database of Latin Dictionaries   

http://0-www.brepolis.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

Online collection of Latin dictionaries, including Blaise - Patristic (Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs chrétiens , 1954, 1967, 2005) Firmini Verris Dictionarius (Dictionnaire médiéval latin-français , 1440) and Du Cange (Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, ed. 1883-1887).

Dictionary of the Middle Ages  

An excellent place to begin research on any topic related to the Middle Ages. This thirteen-volume encyclopedia is designed to be the basic reference work for all fields of medieval studies. In brief and extended articles, it covers the years 500 to 1500 CE, for all of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The bibliographies that accompany most articles stress English works but include key foreign-language texts and studies.

Location: Ref. D 114 .D5 1982

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages  

http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t179&subject=s11

Entries cover a wide range of topics including art, architecture, law, science, and religious, cultural, intellectual, and social history of fifth through fifteenth century Europe and Christendom. Articles also explore Islam, Judaism, and other beliefs and cultures. Bibliographies and some illustrations.

Online Medieval and Classical Library  

http://omacl.org/

Provides online access to authoritative modern English translations of some of the most famous and studied medieval texts.

Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies  

http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/

An extensive directory of links in medieval studies, covering graphics, texts, manuscripts, and other forms of media. Describes medieval culture in the British Isles, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, and Scandinavia. Addresses archaeology, arts and architecture, general medieval history, Latin, manuscripts, music, philosophy and theology, social and religious history, and the sciences.

Middle English Compendium  

http://0-www.hti.umich.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/mec/

1100-1500

The Middle English Compendium provides hyperlinks between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary (MED), a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse (based on the MED bibliographies), and other related electronic resources, including a collection of more than 50 Middle English texts.

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism  

Offers an introduction to authors and an overview of their works (literary, philosophical, religious, etc.), as well as criticism of those works. Includes a bibliography. The library has volumes 1-35, and material published after volume 35 can be found in part in the Literature Resource Center database.

Location: Ref. PN 610 .C53, v. 1-35; continued in Literature Resource Center.

RefWorks  

http://0-www.refworks.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/refworks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies.