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Spring 2006 Faculty: Nadia Altschul Librarian: Sue Waterman
This guide lists Web sites, reference tools, primary source collections, and research strategies that will be of use to students in Reconquest and Crusade 212.468. Please contact Sue Waterman with questions or comments about this guide. Students are welcome to schedule an appointment for additional assistance with research for this class or for assistance with any of the resources referenced on this guide.
Find Background Information on Spain
The Dictionary of the Middle Ages. (actually an encyclopedia) General Reference D 114 .D51 1982
The intellectual life of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. B Level : CB 351 .D271 1992
The mind of the Middle Ages, A.D. 200-1500: an historical survey. B Level : CB 351 .A7 1980
Medieval Iberia: an encyclopedia. General Reference : DP 99 .M33 2003
Historia crítica de la literatura española. 7 volumes D Level : PJ 1057 .A65 1969
Encyclopedia of the Crusades. General Reference : D 155 .A6 2003
Selected Web Sites
The Orb: online reference book for medieval studies
To search for books aboutSpain,use theAlphabetical Searchoption and set the search box toSubjects -- Library of Congress. Try any or all of the following Subject Headings:
Be sure to explore the other Subject Headings that show up on the screen around these searches.
You can use any of the above words, and any other words or names that describe your project, in a Keyword Search as well. For best results, do a Subject Keyword search, or a Title Keyword search.
Some articles are available in electronic full-text and some are not.
If you need to find out if the library has electronic access to a particular journal, consult the library's E-Journals Page.
If you cannot find electronic access, use the JHU Libraries Catalog to determine if the library has a print copy of the journal that you need. Use the Alphabetical Search option to search for the Journal Title.
You can always ask for help finding a journal article at the Information Desk on M-level.
Selected Research Tools
Any student of the Middle Ages in Spain should know about the Bibliografia de la literature hispánica, by J. Simón Diaz. It is an indispensable bibliography for Spanish literature. Still a work in progress (it has reached Francisco Pacheco in the alphabet), but at 16 volumes to date it is an essential resource for general literature, the Middle Ages, and Golden Age. Includes Castilian, Catalan, Galician, Basque, and Spanish American (up to independence) literatures. Volume 1 covers literary history, Volume 2 bibliographies and catalogs, Volume 3 the Middle Ages, and Volumes 4-16 Golden Age. General Reference: Z 2691 .S5
ADMYTE: Archivo Digital de Manuscritos y Textos Españoles. An ongoing project to provide digital access to the vernacular literatures of medieval Iberia. Vol. 0 includes manuscripts and accompanying computer programs. Vol. 1 contains 61 titles of printed books produced at the end of the fifteenth century and the begining of the sixteenth with the major portion being incunables. Vol. 2 contains the complete semipaleographical transcriptions of 290 significant texts from medieval and early modern Spain. A/V Center : COMP FILE 2820
As you go about the research process, use the bibliographic management tool RefWorks.It helps you organize your research, create a bibliography, and insert footnotes as you write.
