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HIST 463/563: Medieval Civilization (Bosworth)

Databases for finding journal articles - best bets

These databases are the first resources to try when searching for secondary, scholarly articles about topics related to the medieval period. 

Databases for finding journal articles - try also

These databases are additional places to search for secondary, scholarly articles about topics related to the medieval period. 

Searching for scholarly webpages

Scholars sometimes post information about their research online, often within the websites of the universities and colleges where they work. 

You can search for web pages of that sort using Google Advanced Search. You can access it here: 

Enter search terms that represent your topic in one or more of the boxes at the top of the page labelled "all these words," "this exact word or phrase," and/or "any of these words." 

Then, to limit your search to pages within college and university websites, type "*.edu" (without quotation marks) in the "site or domain" box below. 

Run your search. When choosing results, pay attention to who the authors of the pages are. If a faculty member or academic department is credited with authorship of the page, it is likely something that could be considered scholarly. If a student, student organization, or non-academic department created the page, it might not be scholarly.