InfoGuides: Medieval Art &amp; History Sources: Begin Your Research

Begin Your Research

This guide is designed to help you find research sources in medieval art research:

Find Databases, Journals & Indexes: where to find articles & reference sources (e.g., iconographies)
Find Research Books: Library catalogs & collections to search
Find Digitized Manuscripts & Primary Sources: search for medieval manuscripts & classical texts
Write & Cite: Information on Zotero, citing images, and the Writing Center
Get Help: Chat with a librarian or set up an appointment with your librarian

Image credit: Gospel Book of Judith of Flanders (cover), 11th century, Morgan Library MS 709.

Oxford Art Online
Scholarly art encyclopedia. Includes over 200,000 reference articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present, with selected images, written by over 6,800 scholars. Serves as the access point for Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, and other Oxford art reference resources. View a tutorial on this database here.
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