The following selections are starting points for your research.
Reference Books:
Used to locate background information
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Medieval Civilization [REF] CB 353 .G7
Time Lines on File [REF] CB 69.2 .T56 1988
Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval… [REF] D 21 .L27 1968
Larousse Encyclopedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art [REF] N 5970 .H813
Circulating Books
Horizon Book of the Middle Ages D 118 .H6
Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages CB 351 .M7813 1986 v.1
Everyday Life in Medieval Times D 127 .R6 1968
Making of the Middle Ages CB 351 .S6 1953a
Search the Library Catalog
Search the Library Catalog using some of the suggested subjects listed below. Subject headings consist of words, groups of words, or acronyms that are used to describe the subject of a work and are utilized in searching the catalog and other online databases to enhance retrieval.
Suggested Subject Headings
- Architecture, Medieval
- Art, Medieval
- Civilization, Medieval
- Middle Ages
Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (set of red volumes at the Reference Desk) to find other related subject headings to search.
Most books on the Medieval Period are classified as CB351 - CB355; D111 - D203; N5940 - N6311; NA350 -
NA497 and RC171 - RC179 in the Library of Congress Classification System. You may wish to browse the shelves in these areas. Look in both the Reference Collection and the General Collection.
Search the Library Databases for Articles
To find periodical and newspaper articles, select one of the databases listed under Online Databases from the GateWay Community College Library Home Page. Many of the articles are available full text and may be printed, e-mailed or saved to disk. Off-campus access is available to many of the databases.
Please keep in mind that the Library does not own every journal listed in these sources. To find out if the library does own a specific title perform a Title search in the Library Catalog or look up the magazine or journal title in GateWay's Periodical List. For those periodicals that we do not carry, Interlibrary Loan is available for requesting such resources.
Suggested Databases:
Journals of Interest
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