Using the JHU Catalog

To find information about an Author:

- Try a Subject Search on the author's name.  Medieval authors often are known by first name (e.g., thomas aquinas).  For later authors put last name before first name (e.g., chaucer, geoffrey).
 
- Try a Subject Keyword Search on the author's name (word order is not important) (e.g., margery kempe).
 
To find information about a specific Work:

- Try a Subject Keyword search on some specific words from the title (e.g., summa theologiae).
 
- Try a Advanced Keyword search on the author's name and a word from the title (e.g. aquinas and summa).

- Try a Subject Search search on the name of the author and look for the subject heading "Criticism and interpretation" (e.g., Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179 -- Criticism and Interpretation).

- Try scanning the Subject headings retrieved for one that includes the specific work for which you are  looking. These usually come at the end of the subject list for that author (e.g.,  Julian, of Norwich, b. 1343. Revelations of divine love).

For books on a Topic, Movement or County:

- Try a Subject Search on the movement or country (e.g., scholasticism, or france--history-- medieval period). 

- Try a Subject Keyword Search or Title Keyword search(e.g. scholasticism or medieval women).
 
General Tips:       

- Whenever you find a record for a book that is right on the money, use the Subject Headings in the record to redirect your search to other books with that  same subject. Just click on the Subject heading.
  
- Contents of journals are not listed.  Use a specialized Index.