This guide provides some useful starting places and strategies for doing remote research for this course. I'm happy to consult with you on any aspect of your research, from developing a research question to finding, evaluating, and citing sources. Email me or make a calendar Zoom appointment
- Karen Storz, Research & Instruction Librarian
Because SuperSearch contains so much content from so many different kinds of sources, the results can sometimes be overwhelming and hard to focus. At the same time, SuperSearch is also not comprehensive and can miss key sources. To search with more focus, precision, and depth, be sure to use some of the databases recommended on this guide.
These databases contain a combination of full text (ready to read online) and citation information about articles, book chapters, and books.
Scholarly articles on literature, languages, linguistics, film, folklore, and rhetoric, from all cultures.
Scholarly journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and book reviews on all aspects of linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences.
English vocabulary and usage. Each definition lists quotations from historical documents (including literary, religious, medical, and legal works) exemplifying how the word is used.
Dates: 1100-1500 CE
Dictionary of Old English Web Corpus contains at least one copy of every surviving Old English text, representing over three million words.
Dictionary of Old English: A to I defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (600-1150 CE) of the English language.
Note: Users must create an account to use this free resource. Each user will get 20 free logins every year. See the free access FAQ for more information.
Peer-reviewed articles, scholarly books, and academic theses published from 1859 to present on all aspects of medieval and Renaissance life (400 CE to 1700 CE).
Dates: 1859 CE-Present
Peer reviewed articles and book reviews of world history (excluding the US and Canada), 1450 CE to present and searchable by historical time period.
Peer reviewed articles and book reviews of American and Canadian history, prehistory to present and searchable by historical time period.
sample topic: Chaucer's construction of marriage
(Chaucer OR "Franklin's Tale" OR "Wife of Bath's Tale") - synonymous concepts
AND (marriage OR wyf* OR wife* OR housebonde OR husband OR [other specific examples]) - truncation