History Pathfinder: Renaissance & Reformation

Indexes

An index is a specialized database that organizes information about the locations of articles in journals/magazines, reports and newspapers; and book chapters, papers in conference proceedings, and book reviews. Indexes provide the complete bibliographic citation of an article, including the title of the article, author, name of the journal, volume number, the pages of the journal in which the article can be found, and a short summary, or abstract, of the article. Some indexes are in book form, and some are electronic databases. Some eletronic databases, including America: History & Life, do NOT provide the complete text of articles. For tips on how to effectively search databases, and how to find journals that are not available on-line, contact your librarian, or consult How to Find Materials on History in the Waidner-Spahr Library .


Historical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts covers materials treating all aspects of world history, except the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present.

Humanities Full Text
Covers journal articles in the humanities, archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, history, journalism and communications, linguistics, literature, music, performing arts, and religion.

Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective
A bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals.

JSTOR
An interdisciplinary archive of over 600 journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Project Muse
Search journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. You can use this database to find out what libraries own material you might need.



 Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Dictionaries and encyclopedias are helpful in finding basic information about your topic area. They may also serve as sources of inspiration to you as you search for new topics to research. The following list is not comprehensive. Search the library catalog for more encyclopedias and dictionaries. Refer to How to Find Materials on English in the Waidner-Spahr Library for tips on how to best perform a search, or contact your librarian for assistance.


Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation
REF CB359 .B47 2004

The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
REF CB361 .C27 2003

The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
REF CB361 .R25 2003

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
REF CB361 .E52 1999

A Concise Encyclopaedia of the Italian Renaissance
REF DG445 .C66 1981

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
REF BR302.8 .O93 1995

Chronology of European History, 15,000 B.C. to 1996
REF D11 .C57 1997



Biographies

Print:

Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation
REF PA8500 1974 Suppl. 1985

Research Guide to European Historical Biography, 1450-Present
REF CT759 .R47 1992

Electronic:

Dictionary of National Biography
Biographies of people who shaped the British Isles.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index is the first place you should look when seeking biographical information on any living or deceased person worldwide. It is an electronic index to over 13 million biographical entries in 3,400+ biographical reference works.

 

Atlases/Maps

Augsburg Historical Atlas of Christianity in the Middle Ages and Reformation
REF G1796 .E4 A5 1967

The Times Atlas of European History
REF G1797.21 .S1 T5 1994

Historical Atlas of East Central Europe
REF G2081. S1 M3 1993



Primary Resources

Print:
Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
REF Z6621 .B4213 1984

Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada
REF Z6620 .U5 R5 1961

Electronic:
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Documents in law, history and diplomacy. From B.C. through the 21st century.