History 291H: European witchcraft in comparative perspective

World Wide Web resources

The World Wide Web is a useful information tool, but it must be used with caution. Anyone can publish a website: unlike printed books and essays, which must pass a series of reviews to be published, websites may not have been checked by anyone other than their authors. The following sites seem pretty reliable; however, even my approval shouldn't lead you to relax your critical faculties. I have listed some commercial sites because they seem useful, but I do not endorse their advertising.

Electronic Reserves

Some required readings for this course are available on electronic reserve. To use them, you need the password that was handed out in class. Go to Electronic Reserves

General reference; study and learning aids

• Google.com - one of the best Web search sites
• Britannica.com - Encyclopaedia Britannica online
• Bartleby.com - commercial site with free online versions of American Heritage Dictionary, Columbia Encyclopedia, and other useful references
• University Writing Center (UMass) - walk-in assistance with your writing
• Online Writing Lab (Purdue University)--useful information on academic writing

Bibliographical tools

These links are useful for uncovering reliable printed information on witchcraft and witch persecutions.

• Bibliography on early modern European and American witchcraft, by Jeffrey Merrick and Richard M. Golden.
• Infotrac (available to UMass campus community only). This index to academic and general interest periodicals contains many full text articles and abstracts, as well as citations.
• JSTOR (available to the UMass campus community only). This journal archival project contains full-text, searchable runs of many major academic journals.
• Historical Abstracts; America: History and Life (available to the UMass campus community only). Guides to published historical literature.
• World Wide Web Virtual Library - History. Links to history sites and resources on the World Wide Web.