History 305: Northern Renaissance & Reformation, 1450-1620

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.

Online sources

These sources are not required readings, but they will help you deepen your knowledge of the Reformation era.

• Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Reformation
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library - texts from the entire history of Christianity
• Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises

General reference; study and learning aids

• Google.com - one of the best Web search sites
• Oxford English Dictionary - the historical dictionary of the English language
• 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 early modern European history.

• 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.