UC Library Search
UC Library Search is the "discovery tool" that lists all the materials that are held in the entire UC library system, including books, journals, maps, videos, and thousands of articles. Think of it as a powerful catalog.
- Use UC Library Search to find books.
- Sign in with your UCSB NetID to get full functionality, including the option to use Interlibrary Loan. If we do not own a particular item you will see a link to Interlibrary Loan in a gray bar across the middle of the page.
- UC Library Search includes articles, but not comprehensively. I recommend using the Library's article databases to ensure that you are finding everything. See the "Articles" tab at left to get started.
- Results lists are so broad in UC Library Search that you may retrieve unrelated items. Use the tools in the left margin to apply limiters.
Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
Topic Guide to Medieval Studies from CRL
Beyond UCSB
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL)An international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries.
Especially useful for archives, foreign newspapers and government documents, microform sets, and more. Because UCSB is a member of CRL, these resources are available to UCSB faculty and students through Interlibrary Loan. - Dissertations and Theses (1861-present)Dissertations from 1,000 graduate schools and universities in North America and from around the globe. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. See also PDQT Open (below).
- PDQT OpenDissertations and theses whose authors have agreed to publish as open access. Accessible to everyone; no fee or login required.
- Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC)A collective database of all books published in Europe between the invention of printing and the end of the sixteenth century. Covers the printed book output of Britain, France, Italy, and Germany
Call Numbers
The Library of Congress call number ranges for English literature (to 1500) are:
PN 441-1009.5: Literary History
PN 661-694: Medieval (to 1500)
PN 683-687: Legends
PN 688-691: Poetry
PN 692-693: Prose. Prose fiction
PN 2152-2160: Theater. Medieval Drama
PR 251-369: Literature. Medieval (1066-1500)