Selected Sources for
HIST/SCAN 327—The Vikings
September 9, 2004
Gail Egbers
535-8869   egbersgl@plu.edu

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Indexes relevant to your topic include:

EBSCO (via PLU Library’s  Website) A multi-disciplinary database that indexes roughly 4,500 journals, magazines, and newspapers with 3,600 titles in full text. Of those, nearly 2,600 titles are full text scholarly (peer reviewed) publications. This academic database provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas - including social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and education.

Arts & Humanities Index (via FirstSearch) ( Before 1974, part of Social Sciences and Humanities Index and International Index)Indexes scholarly journals in the humanities, including history, literature, art, religion, and philosophy.

ProQuest (via Library Website)Provides access to several newspapers including the New York Times back to 1851.
 
 
 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Periodicals are arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system.  Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are interfiled with the books in the main collection on the second and third floors. Journals at PLU also gives you access to the full-text journals we have online.

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Atlas of medieval Europe (ref.CB351.M293 1983) Cassell’s dictionary of Norse myth and legend (REF BL860.O73x 2002)
Chronology of world history (ref.D11.M39 1999)
Cultural atlas of the Viking world (ref.DL65.C85x 1994)
Dictionary of Scandinavian history (ref.DL43.D53 1986)
Harper encyclopedia of military history : from 3500 BC to the present (ref.D25.D86 1993)
Historical dictionary of Denmark (ref.DL105.T46 1998)
History of Norway (ref.DL448.H57x 1995)
Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Medieval Civilization (ref.CB353.G7)
Medieval Scandinavia : an encyclopedia (ref.DL30.M43 1993)
Middle Ages : a concise encyclopaedia (ref.CB351.M565 1989)
Norse sagas translated into English (ref.PT7262.E5F78)
Oxford Reference ON CAMPUS ONLY
Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden: a chronology and fact book, 1319-1974 (ref. DL46.V49)
Scandinavian mythology : an annotated bibliography (ref.BL860.L5x)
 
 

OTHER INTERESTING SOURCES

Norse America (VIDEO E105.N67x 1996)
Viking ships (VIDEO VM17.V55 1995)
World of the Vikings (VDISK DL65.W67x 1992)
World of the Vikings (CDROM LRC 033)
 
 

INTERNET RESOURCES

Briese-Bane Vikings Information Centre ( http://www.powerup.com.au/~rhayes/vikingb/vikingsh.htm)
Viking Answer Lady (http://www.vikinganswerlady.org/)
Viking History ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/)
Viking Network (http://www.viking.no/)
Vikings ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/)
Vikings:  the North Atlantic Saga ( http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/)
World of the Vikings ( http://www.worldofthevikings.com/)
 
 

BEYOND PLU

PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.  You may either order them from Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally.  We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:  Northwest University, St. Martin's College, University of Puget Sound, Seattle Pacific University, and Seattle University.  You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.  If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.
 
 

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.My office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-5:00.

 

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