Introductions Introduction to historical research
Bradley, James E. and Richard A Muller. _ Church History: An Introduction to Research{_}_, Reference Works, and Methods._ Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995 \ [Ref. 270.072 B811c\]B811c]Wiki Markup
History and the other Areas
- Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception [Ref. BS440 .E539]
- New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
- The Lives of Great Religious Books (series from Princeton) (example)
- Danto, Elizabeth Ann. Historical Research. Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. [Ref. HM 571 .D36
Danto, Elizabeth Ann. _Historical Research. _ Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. \[Ref. HM 571 .D36\]Wiki Markup
Primary vs Secondary sources (from Bradley and Muller, above)
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- In the works of antiquity and Middle Ages
- Corpus Christianorum: Series Latina/Graeca
- Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum
_Patrologia Latina, Graeca_ \[281.1 M635 and [online|http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/1815-1875,_Migne,_Patrologia_Latina_01._Rerum_Conspectus_Pro_Tomis_Ordinatus,_MLT.html]\]Wiki Markup - Thesaurus Linguae Gracae
Consult the "Clavis" volumes in the Corpus Christianorum series for guidance to critical editions of biblical and medieval apocyrypha & pseudepigrapha, and the Greek and Latin fathers \ [Search the [catalog|https://librarycat.drew.edu] with the key words Corpus and Clavis to turn these up\]Wiki Markup
- In American religious history, e.g....
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- _The Works of Jonathan Edwards _Jonathan Edwards (Yale) \ [BX7117 .E3; see esp. v. 1, "[Note on the text|http://edwards.yale.edu/archive?path=aHR0cDovL2Vkd2FyZHMueWFsZS5lZHUvY2dpLWJpbi9uZXdwaGlsby9uYXZpZ2F0ZS5wbD93amVvLjA=]," p. 118\]
- The Whitehead Research Project
_The Works of George Santayana _George Santayana (MIT) \ [see especially catalog record, _The Last Puritan_\]Wiki Markup
Translations (Patristics, Medieval Studies)
- Guides to choosing
- Bibliographies in Encyclopedia of Religion
Essays in The Cambridge Companion to The Cambridge Companion to .... \ [e.g. Augustine, Dante, etc\]Wiki Markup
- Examples in series
Loeb Classical Library \ [Philo, Josephus, Clement, Tertullian, Augustine, etc\] Wiki Markup - Ante-Nicene Fathers; Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
Fathers of the Church of the Church (CUA Press) \ [Clement, Tertullian, Augustine, etc\]Wiki Markup Classics of Western Spirituality \ [Origen, Augustine, Hildegard, Julien, etc\]Wiki Markup Library of Christian Classics \ [Clement, Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, etc)Wiki Markup
Online primary sources fulltext
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
- Patrologia Latina [also in print, with Patrologia Graeca: 281.1 M635; NB: these are not critical editions]
- Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH)
- Google Books
- African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
- America's Historical Newspapers
- New York Times Historical
- LexisNexis
- American Decades: Primary Sources
- And see: American History: Primary Sources Online
Encyclopedias
- Online
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- _[Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church|http://www.oxford-christianchurch.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/?authstatuscode=202]_ \ [Ref BR95 .O8\]
_[Wiki Markup - Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation|http://www.oxford-reformation.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/?authstatuscode=202]_ \ [Ref BR302.8 .O93 \ ]unmigrated-wiki-markup_[
- Encyclopedia of Religion in America|http://library.cqpress.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/era/?PHPSESSID=6bs7ra0rfb15dc90feitlf9af2]_ \ [Ref. B2520 E52\]
_New Catholic Encyclopedia_, 1st and 2nd eds, 1967 and 2003 \ [Ref BX841 .N44; [online|http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/ps/i.do?action=interpret&id=GALE|5CBD&v=2.1&u=madi95127&it=aboutBook&p=GVRL&sw=w&authCount=1]\] online]Wiki Markup - Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (e.g. Poverty)
- Encyclopedia of World Poverty (e.g. History of Poverty)
- Salem History: Decades
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (e.g. New Dictionary of the History of Ideas)Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Credo Reference
- Oxford Reference Online
- _[Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church|http://www.oxford-christianchurch.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/?authstatuscode=202]_ \ [Ref BR95 .O8\]
- Print: finding them
- First stop: Reference Universe
_New Westminster Dictionary of Church History_, 2008\- \ [Ref BR95 .W496\] Wiki Markup - Encyclopedia of the Early Church, 1992
_Encyclopedia of the Early Church_, 1992 \ [Ref. BR66.5 .D5813 \ ]unmigrated-wiki-markupWiki Markup - _Patrology_, by Johannes Quasten, 1984-2006 \ [Ref. BR67 .Q3 \ ]
_Dictionary of the Middle Ages_, 1982-1989 \ [Ref. D114 .O94 \ ]unmigrated-wiki-markupWiki Markup - _Women and Gender in Medieval Europe_, 2006 \ [Ref. HQ1147 .E85 W66\]
_Encyclopedia of Protestantism_, 2004 \ [Ref BX4811.3 .E53 \ ]Wiki Markup _Encyclopedia of American Religious History_, 3rd ed., 2009 \ [Ref BL2525 .Q44\]unmigrated-wiki-markupWiki Markup - _Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience_, 1988 \ [Ref. BL2525 .E53\]
_New Dictionary of the History of Ideas_, 2005 \ [Ref CB9 .N49\]Wiki Markup - and see: CHIST250CHST503
Bibliography: History Compass
Printed Concordances
_Biblia Patristica_ \ [Ref. BR66.5 .U53\]Wiki Markup _Complete Concordance to Flavius Josephus_ \ [Ref. PA4224 .R4 \ ]Wiki Markup _The Philo Index_: _A Complete Greek Word Index..._ \ [Ref.PA4270 .Z5 B67 \ ]Wiki Markup
Key journals
- Church History
- Journal of Early Christian Studies
- Methodist History
- Religion and American Culture
- Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
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- Browse searching for geographic and period breakdowns
- Church History Primitive and Early Church, ca 30-600
- United States Church History To 1775
- Social History
- Christianity and Justice--and Justice–History
- Poverty Religious Aspects Christianity History of Doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Poor Europe History
- Christian Sociology--History
- Subject searching on subheadings
su Social History and .... \ [e.g. monasticism\]Wiki Markup monasticism]Wiki Markup - su Social Ethics and su Social Ethics and .... \ [e.g. Martin Luther King\]
Wiki Markup - su Social Aspects \[or Social Conditions\] and Social Aspects [or Social Conditions] and .... \ [e.g. women and England\] women and England]
- Source material: add "Sources" to any topic
Periodical Databases
- L'anne philologique
- International Medieval Bibliography
- Feminae
- Historical Abstracts
- America: History and Life
- LexixNexisLexisNexis
- Readers Guide Retrospective
- JSTOR
- Project Muse
- Academic Search Premier
Public Websites
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- history
- Wabash Center (for history sites)