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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Includes Grove Dictionary of Art, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Most entries include recommended books and articles for research on that topic.
New Catholic Encyclopedia with Supplements This link opens in a new window
Search through the second edition of the New Catholic Enyclopedia (2003) and its Supplements….more.

The Crusades: An Encyclopedia
Documents the history of one of the most influential religious movements of the Middle Ages, the Crusades.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Reference resource for all key aspects of European history, society, religion, and culture from 500 to 1500.
Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World
Comprehensive coverage of the medieval world, from the fall of Rome to the European Renaissance, including Western and non-Western cultures and civilizations.
The Book of Saints
Now fully revised and updated The Book of Saints is a comprehensive biographical dictionary of saints canonised by the Roman Catholic Church.

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Searches approximately 100 library databases at once, including Art Full Text, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, JSTOR, Project Muse, ATLA Religion Database, and the SLU Libraries Catalog.

Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
1977-present. Includes journal articles, yearbooks, and museum bulletins covering every type of art including advertising, antiques, history, computer art, graphic arts, and more....more.
Index of Medieval Art This link opens in a new window
Images and descriptive data relating to works of art produced between early apostolic times and the sixteenth century.....more
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) This link opens in a new window
1975 - 2007. An archive only database as of April 2010, it combines Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and the Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art (RILA) into a searchable whole. Coverage includes history of the fine, decorative, and applied arts in Europe and the New World from late antiquity to the present....more.

Iter Bibliography is the only database in this list that is not searched in SLUth Search Plus.

International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new window
1967-present. Covers the European Middle Ages (c. 400-1500) by indexing articles from about 4,500 journals, essays from Festschriften, conference proceedings, etc....more.
Iter Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Iter indexes secondary source articles about the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700)....more.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS This link opens in a new window
Produced by the American Theological Library Association, this database currently indexes journal articles and book reviews from ca. 2,250 journals (ca. 960 of which are current), some as far back as the late 19th century, and essays in books from 1960 to the present....more.

Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Premium collection provides full-text access to 600+ current, scholarly journals from over 200 university and not-for-profit presses primarily in the areas of humanities and social sciences with some in science, technology, and mathematics.....more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and diverse primary sources. Due to its archival nature, JSTOR does not include current or recent issues of journals.

SLU has access to all JSTOR archival journals and primary source content through the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection. Click here for a complete list of the included collections...more.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
1990-present. Provides author, subject, and citation indexing of articles published in arts and humanities journals. Citation indexing establishes links between cited articles and the most recent publications in which they are cited....more.

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SLU Libraries Catalog
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Chicago Manual of Style Online, 17th ed. This link opens in a new window
Provides guidance in American English grammar, usage, and writing style in addiiton to examples of how to cite print and electronic publications. Both the 16th and 17th editions are available....more.

Chicago Manual of Style
Guide from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).

ARTH 2450/3450: Art, Pilgrimage and Crusades

Interim Fine & Performing Arts Librarian

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