Databases
- Cambridge Histories This link opens in a new windowHistorical overviews and contextual essays from leading scholars on topics across a broad range of time periods and geographies. Chapters can be downloaded as PDFs and are printable.
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Authoritative guide to reliable peer-reviewed resources and scholarship in African Studies, Buddhism, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and Political Science. Bibliographies are selectively curated and annotated by expert academics and offer high-level overviews that provide non-experts with a point of entry into unfamiliar areas of study.
- Bloomsbury Cultural History This link opens in a new windowAn authoritative survey of a wide range of subjects throughout history. Each subject is looked at in Antiquity, the Medieval Age, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Age of Empire and the Modern Age and thematic coverage is consistent across all periods so that users can either gain a broad overview of a period or follow a theme through the ages.
Encyclopedias
Dictionary of the Middle Ages by Call Number: Main Library & Main Reference D114 .D5 1982ISBN: 0684167603Publication Date: 1982-11-01
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages by ISBN: 9780198662624European history, society, and culture from 500 to 1500 A.D. including the Byzantine Empire, Islamic dynasties, and Asiatic peoples of the era. Over 800 contributors.
