This research guide is for the history course, Age of Reformations. Here, you should be able to find and access primary and secondary resources collected to guide you through your research in the early modern period of European history. Your research paper may not include ninety-five theses, but these resources should help you find enough information to create at least one to argue for a project.
The Avalon Project is a collection of sources by Yale Law School with materials of history, law, and diplomacy. The timeline filter on the website allows users to determine the period of origin for their resources.
CCEL includes classic works in Christianity in order to gather specific individual accounts of figures of Christian History.
EuroDocs is a collection of materials grouped by region; it may have various different time periods to peruse outside of just the Early Modern world.
Fordham University has a collection of reformational resources in their Internet Sourcebook.
The German History in Documents and Images contains a series of pictures relating to the Reformation and the Thirty Years' War.
Hanover Historical Texts Collection includes digital versions of historical texts for use in history and humanities courses
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Art Collection may guide through Renaissance art and capture the themes of the era.
The UK National Archives contains a collection of resources on the English Reformation.
The University of Arizona Special Collections includes a collection of reformation materials.
If you want to look outside of the resources provided for you, continue to examine the collections of museums and archives which are based in the areas of your study. Good luck!
Renaissance Channel is devoted to the performance of medieval and renaissance music.
From the Thrift Library homepage, navigate to the "Catalog" button and search your topic through this helpful resource!
This can help you search through Thrift Library's physical catalog, where you can find the material books upstairs in the library, or journal articles and e-books available online.
Also on the Thrift Library homepage, the "Databases A-Z" button will help you navigate through academic papers. The "Group By" selection allows users to group by category, where there is a subject section for History resources.
Some of the most helpful for this course include:
LOC Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2018
Use the Turabian manual as a guide for Chicago/Turabian style.
Use the Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide as an online resource to develop notes and bibliography for your research.
The Turabian Quick Guide provides an online resource as a guide for using Chicago/Turabian style.
Once you save an article, book, webpage, etc. to Zotero it will generate citations in the style guide of your choice. It also does so much more! With Zotero, you can...
Zotero is a desktop app that also has a web library for when you need to access your library away from your primary computer.
Zotero also offers browser connectors that enables users to save sources with a single click.
More information about reference management as well as other available tools can be found in LibraryDIY under Citation Tools.
Zotero is a citation guide which you can use to map your research project resources. Below is a step-by-step photo guide to using Zotero to create a bibliographical citation. However, you can also use the Zotero Connector browser extension, and Zotero will automatically generate the citation for you! Just be sure to check for any errors.
