Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Medieval Studies:
Online & Print Indexes
Indexes provide citations to the articles in the journals belonging to a particular field,
bibliographies (listed in this guide under reference books with the exception of annual
bibliographies listed with the indexes) provide citations to articles (regardless of where
they appeared) and books in a field, catalogs list complete books or manuscripts held by one
library, and union catalogs list books and manuscripts held by a group of libraries.
Databases are increasingly common for all of these, but we may need to consult print indexes,
bibliographies, and catalogs to find older articles or little-known books and manuscripts.
The Medieval Review is an online bibliographical
source that includes the full text of its reviews published since 1993.
Online Indexes
L'année Philologique. [Rutgers Restricted]
The primary database for classical studies and Ancient Greece and Rome, covering the
corresponding volumes of the print index of the same title since 1969. Some medieval coverage
too.
Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (BDSL). [Rutgers Restricted]
This index covers the full range of German language and literary studies; for medieval German
language and literature studies published since 1985 it is superior to the IMB.
Historical Abstracts. [Rutgers Restricted]
Covers all continents, except North America, beginning in 1450. Indexes articles written
since 1955 in over 1,700 journals in more than fifty languages.
International Medieval Bibliography or IMB. [Rutgers Restricted]
The most comprehensive index for medieval studies. The online database comprises over 300,000
records for publications, including articles in collected studies but not monographs, from
1967 on for the period 400-1500. Indexes roughly 4500 journals.
Online review.
Iter: Gateway to the Renaissance. [Rutgers Restricted]
The Iter Bibliography indexes the full runs of 1114 journals published from 1842 on covering
the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400-1700, but most indexing begins only in 1996.
Over 500,000 entries; overlaps IMB. The site also includes a scholars' directory, the Iter
Italicum finding list of humanist manuscripts, and the Baptisteria Sacra database.
Online review.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index.
This freely available database provides citations to articles on this subject in 500 journals
and many essay collections published since 1990, over 11,000 citations to date including
publications in French, German, Spanish, and Italian. It is much smaller and more specialized
than the other databases on this list.
Periodicals Index Online (PIO). [Rutgers Restricted]
An index to over 15 million articles pertaining to all periods and disciplines from over 4500
journals published as early as 1665 up to 1995, including several hundred in French, German,
Spanish, and Italian, with a growing number of links to Periodicals Archive Online (PAO),
JSTOR, and other full text databases.
Subject and Alphabetical Lists of All Online Indexes and Databases
Print Indexes
Many of these cover earlier years or other publications than our online indexes.
Combined Retrospective Index to Journals in History (1838-1974)
Alex Reference AI3.C19
Medioevo Latino: Bolletino bibliografico della cultura europea dal secolo VI al XIII.
Spoleto: Centro italiano di studi sull'alto Medioevo, 1980- .
Alex Reference Z5579.5.M48 v.1- 1980-
Annual bibliography of medieval Latin authors and texts and related aspects of medieval
culture in five parts: 1. Authors and texts; 2. "Fortleben," on the influence of the Bible
(by book) and authors; 3. Intellectual, literary, and institutional history; 4. Reference
works; 5. Collections of essays. 6. Manuscripts from catalogs, merged with section 1 in v24.
The many detailed abstracts are mostly in Italian, but many are in French, German, English.
It is most useful for source- or manuscript-focused research.
L'Annee Philologique (1924-2000)
Alex Reference Z7016.M35A5
International guide to medieval studies: A quarterly index to periodical literature.
Darien, Conn., American Bibliographic Service.
Alex Reference Z6203.I5 V1-12 1961-1973
Douglass Reference Z6203.I5 V7/8-V12 1967/69-1972/73
This index started earlier than IMB but was eventually superceded by it and stopped
publication. There is a fair cross-section of western language publications, including book
reviews, but no list of journals indexed. Subject indexing is better in later volumes.
International medieval bibliography.
[Leeds, Eng.] University of Leeds [etc.]
Alex Reference Z6203.I62 1967-1994.
The IMB presented a list of journals indexed from the very start, but did not index reviews.
Within a few years it had become far more comprehensive than the IMB. While available
online, the IMB provides citations to books only in its printed format. Unlike Medioevo
Latino, IMB provides no abstracts or summaries of indexed material, but it covers
more publications, begins earlier, and is cumulated online.
International Bibliography of Historical Sciences (1926-1939, 1947-1991)
Alex Reference Z6205.I61
Subject List of Indexes in Alexander Library
Book Review Sources in Alexander Library
