Theme-Based Inquiry Seminars
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Kay Robert


Print Resources
Electronic Resources
Internet Resources
Library Services

Print Resources

Historical
Encyclopedia of World History D21.E53 1001
The Cambridge Medieval History D117.C32
Dictionary of the Middle Ages D114.5 1982
Faiths and Folklore of the British Isles DA110 H38 1965
The Oxford Companion to British History DA34.O93 1997
20,000 Years of Fashion GT510.B6713
Fashion, Costume, and Culture GT511 .P46 2004
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life GT31 .G74 2004
Daily life in Chaucer's England DA185 .S48 1995
Encyclopedia of food and culture GT2850 .E53 2003
Macmillan encyclopedia of world slavery HT861 .M24 1998
The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms and Weapons U815 .E5313 1982
A Dictionary of Battles. D25 .E35
Arthurian
The Arthurian Encyclopedia DA152.5.A7 A78 1986
An Index of the Arthurian Names in Middle English PE1660.A23
Cyclopedia of Literary Characters PN44.M3 1998
Electronic Resources

Database containing some full text articles

Catalogs    
Resource Discription Searching Tips and Suggest Terms
Polk Catalog The online catalog contains the holding of Polk Library, including the main collection, government documents and the EMC. "middle ages", medieval, "military history" military art" chivalry, castles, courtiers Feudalism,fortification"Arthuruan romances" "social classes" alchemy, costume, "Church History" "wine making"
Periodical Indexes
Resource Discription Searching Tips and Suggest Terms
Academic
Search

Academic Search is a general index which includes articles on a wide range of subject, indexing both popular and scholarly journals.

Link from the History Resources page

  • Use the And operator to narrow your search
    middle ages and weapons

MLA

he MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association, consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, and includes coverage from 1963 to the present. The MLA International Bibliography provides access to scholarly research in over 3,000 journals and series.

Link from the English Resources page

  • Use the linked heading to limit your search
  • To locate book citations use the Polk Catalog UB Search
  • To obtain articles not available at Polk Library in print or electronically use Illiad
  • Articles from the journal Arthuriania can be obtained through Illiad
Humanities
Full-text

Index of scholarly journals in a wide range of fields in the area of the humanities, including Literature, History and Religion. Some full-text available.

Link from the History Resources page

  • To limit your search, search in the abstract or subjects
  • Uses subject heading similiar to the catalog
JSTOR

Provides electronic access to back issues of core journals in the humnaities, social sciences and science. Currenly there are 117 titles accessible in the JSTOR collection

Link from the History Resources page

 
Project Muse

The John Hopkins University and the Eisenhower Library presents 40+ online full-test journals in the humanities, social science and mathematics

Link from the History Resources page

 
Electronic Reference
Resource Discription Searching Tips and Suggest Terms
Groves
Dictionary
of Music

Comprehensive online reference resource for the field of music

Link from the Music Resources page

 
Oxford Online Reference

Online versions of over 100 dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference books. Coverage of a broad range of subjects: from General Reference, Language and Quotations to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional.

Link from the History Resources page

Usefull reference materials

  • Dictionary of World History
  • Dictionary of British History
  • The Oxford Companion to Military History
  • The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science
  • The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
  • A Dictionary of English Folklore
  • The Oxford Companion to British History
Internet Resources
Search Engines and Subject Directories
Historical
Arthurian
Evaulation Criteria
  • Who wrote the content and what are his/her credentials?
    Does the author provide contact information?
    Authors can be an organization or government agency
    Know the difference between an author and a webmster.
  • What is contained in the site and is it complete?
    Is it an abstract or a complete article?
    Does it require payment for additional information?
  • Where is the site located?
    What is its domain or sponsor?
    • Edu-Education
    • Org-Organization
    • Gov-Government
    • Com-Commercial
    • Net-Network
  • When was it last updated?
    Does it have a copyright date?
    Are the links updated?
    Is the page automatically updated?
  • Why was it published?
    To inform/To sell/To persuade
    Try to locate a page's "mission statement" or "about us"
  • How accurate is the information?
    Can the information be confirmed using other sources?
Library Services
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