MDVL 1450: Heroes and Villains of the Middle Ages Class Guide

Overview

The library has many resources that can help with your assignments for this and other classes. For a more complete list of resources
see the

Medieval Studies
Art
Music
History
Religion
Arts & Humanities
and other guides.

Books

WestCat/Library Catalog
WestCat is one of the historic names for WMU's official online library catalog. This catalog is used to identify books (including online books), government documents, journals, videos, sound recordings, slides and other items that the University Libraries has in its collections. WestCat can be searched by title, author, subject heading, keyword, call number, and more.

WorldCat Comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries around the world. Contains millions of records in hundreds of languages. Nonbook materials include (among other publication formats) the titles of journals and magazines, manuscripts, maps, electronic resources, websites, computer programs, musical scores, films, slides, sound recordings, conference proceedings, and videotapes. Items located through WorldCat must be requested through Interlibrary Loan unless they are also listed in the WMU libraries catalog, WestCat.

Article Indexes

Medieval Studies is interdisciplinary, so you may want to look for materials in indexes for other subject areas such as Art,Music, History, Religion, Arts & Humanities, etc.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) The Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database that indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Coverage is from 1975 to the present.

MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
Z 7006 .M64 (Ref. Index Shelves) (1921-present)
Indexes periodicals and series, monographs, book collections, dissertation abstracts, Festschriften (books written to honor a particular scholar), and other sources. Areas covered include modern languages and literature, folklore, linguistics, literary themes, genres, and related topics across national literatures and other classified boundaries. Covers from 1963 to the present. Updated 9 times per year.

International Medieval Bibliography An index to articles in journals and other publications about Europe, the Middle East and North Africa within the dates 400-1500 AD. Coverage: 1967-present. To search, click Enter Databases, then the GO button.
Print: Z 6203 .I62x (Ref) 1967-2004

Iter - Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance A non-profit research project enables more access to published materials about the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through online bibliographic databases. Includes books and articles.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages Contains peer-reviewed articles covering Dioceses; Prelates; Peoples, Tribes or Cultures, Scholastic authors, and more during the period 300 to 1500 CE. Click Enter Databases, then scroll down to the International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages and click the GO button.

Oxford English Dictionary PE 1625 .O86 (Ref)
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is an historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. It provides not only the current meanings of words, but also traces their development through time. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world, making the OED a unique historical record. Click "Enter OED Online" and start searching.

Dictionary of Old English Covers the vocabulary of the first centuries (600-1150 A.D.) of the English language (A-G is currently available). The DOE complements the Middle English Dictionary (which covers the period 1100-1500 A.D.) and the Oxford English Dictionary, the three together providing a full description of English vocabulary.

Dictionary of Old English Corpus This database gathers 3037 individual texts comprising a complete record of Old English. Arranged as a contextual dictionary, words or word fragment searches lead to hits everywhere these appear in an OE text.

Middle English Compendium This connects three major Middle English electronic resources: the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as providing links to other digital collections and catalogs.

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Phone: 269-387-5207
Last updated: September 2008