Medieval Women Writers

• Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) (Vanderbilt users only)
• Historical Abstracts (Vanderbilt users only)
• Infotrac OneFile (Vanderbilt users only) - may wish to limit to refereed publications
• ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Vanderbilt users only)
• Medieval Feminist Index
• MLA International Bibliography (Vanderbilt users only)
• ProQuest (Vanderbilt users only) - may wish to limit to peer reviewed articles

Other resources

• Bibliography on Women in Byzantium
• Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (CMLC)     (Central Reference PA3001 .C438) - use Author Index at the end of most recent volume
• Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (LC)     (Central Reference PN86 .L56) - use Author Index at the end of most recent volume
• Medieval Feminist Newsletter Bibliography

• ACORN: the Vanderbilt library catalog - see Help with Acorn for search tips
• Bibliography of English Translations from Medieval Sources (1968-1991)
• Early English Books Online (Vanderbilt users only)
• Women Writers Online (Vanderbilt users only)
• Women Writers of the Middle Ages: Bibliography of Works by and About Women Writers of the Middle Ages
• WorldCat (Vanderbilt users only) - check other library catalogs

• Annotated Index of Medieval Women    (Central Reference, CT 3220 .A56 1992)
• Biography & Genealogy Master Index (Vanderbilt users only)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography     (Central Reference, PN451 .D436) - use Author Index at the end of the most recent volume
• Encyclopedia of British Women Writers    (Central Reference PR111 .E54 1998)
• Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers    - 2 volumes. (Central Reference PN481 .E5 1991)
• Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature    (Central Reference PQ149 .F47 1999)
• French Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book    (Central Reference PQ149 .F73 1991)
• Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia    (Central Reference HQ1115 .W6 1999) - only the first 13 volumes of this 20 volume set have been published
• Women Writers of Great Britain & Europe: an Encyclopedia    (Central Reference PN471 .W565 1997)

Background on Medieval Europe

• Dictionary of the Middle Ages     (Central Reference D114 .D5 1982)
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Selected Sources - see Sex & Gender section
• Medieval England: An Encyclopedia    (Central Reference DA129 .M43 1998)
• Medieval France: An Encyclopedia    (Central Reference DC33.2 .M44 1995)
• Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia    (Central Reference DD157 .M43 2001)
• Medieval Wordbook    (Central Reference CB341 .C63 1996)
• New Cambridge Medieval history    - 7 volumes. (Central Reference D117 .N48 1995)
• ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

• ARGOS: Limited Area Search of the Ancient and Medieval Internet
• H-Women's Discussion Network - includes searchable archives of academic Women's History discussion group
• NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
• Stanford University Library Medieval Pages