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This guide lists Web sites, reference tools, primary source collections, and research strategies that will be of use to students in Magic and Marvel of the Renaissance, 214.370. Students are welcome to schedule an appointment for additional assistance with research for this class or for assistance with any of the resources referenced on this guide.
Find Background Information on Magic and the Renaissance
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (6 volumes). General Reference : CB 361 .E52 1999
The New Century Italian Renaissance Encyclopedia.General Reference : DG 537.8 .A1N48
Europe: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. (6 volumes). General Reference: D 209 .E97 2004
The Cambridge companion to Renaissance philosophy. B Level : B 775 .C36 2007
Medieval science, technology, and medicine : an encyclopedia C Level: Q 124.97 .M43 2005 QUARTO
Reader's guide to the history of science Science Reference C Level: Q 125.R335 2000
The scientific revolution : an encyclopedia Science Reference C Level: Q 127.E8 B87 2001
Find Books aboutMagic, Marvel, and the Renaissance
To search for books aboutSpain,use theAlphabetical Searchoption and set the search box toSubjects -- Library of Congress. Try any or all of the following Subject Headings
You can use any of the above words, and any other words or names that describe your project, in a Keyword Search as well. For best results, do a Subject Keyword search, or a Title Keyword search.
Try words like: occultism, hermetism, alchemy, magic, science, renaissance
Get to know the very interesting CB section of the stacks. Lots of interesting stuff on medievalism and intellectual history. Browse on B Level AND in the catalog
Expand your search beyond JHU and search the database ofWorldCat. Includes books and other materials in all US research libraries. It's very easy to request anything in WorldCat, directly from the databases, from Interlibrary Services.
Google Bookscan be used in very interesting ways to find books about a subject. Because of the vast number of books being digitized, you can find references to subjects that you could never otherwise find. Try searching on magic and marvel and renaissance, or even a passage (quotation) from a text. You will be amazed at what you can find.
Some articles are available in electronic full-text and some are not.
Use the link in the databases above to find out what options are available.
You can also verify electronic access to a particular journal by consulting the library's E-Journals Page.
If you cannot find electronic access, use the JHU Libraries Catalog to determine if the library has a print copy of the journal that you need. Use the Alphabetical Search option to search for the Journal Title.
You can always ask for help finding a journal article at the Information Desk on M-level.
A database of all the books published in England before 1700. Full text of books is searchable; much of the fulltext is also available online.
Landmarks of Science: a collection of microform books and journals, much of it in the original language, representing the history of science from the invention of printing until the end of the nineteenth century. Included are works of Euclid, Friedrich Accum, Copernicus, Galileo, Johann Kepler, Rene Descartes and more than 2700 other scientists. Medicine, chemistry, physics, mathematics, botany, zoology, astronomy, and geology are all represented.
link in the databases above to find out what options are available.