Medieval Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study. Scholars of art, history, literature, music, philosophy, and religion are just a few examples of researchers who might be interested in the medieval period. Many scholars working in medieval studies publish books and journal articles, so be sure to look for both when doing your research.

QuickSearch searches books and articles at the same time, so it is always a good starting place for your topic.

JSTOR is another interdisciplinary database with lots of full text journal articles.

Searching JSTOR is a bit different from QuickSearch and many other library databases.

• In QuickSearch, our keywords have to match titles, authors, abstracts, and other descriptive parts of books and articles. In all but a few cases, we are not searching the full text.
• In JSTOR, you are searching the full text of every article. This means you can find every mention of a word or name, but that can also result in thousands of hits, not all of which are relevant. Keep that in mind when crafting your search terms.

Pro Tip: JSTOR is interdisciplinary, but you can limit your results to only include articles from a particular discipline, like history or music. With JSTOR's Advanced Search, enter your keywords, then scroll down to the Journal Filter section. Check the box next to the discipline(s) you want and your results will only come from the journals listed under those subjects.

If your research topic is specific to women, gender, or sexuality in the medieval period, try this highly specialized database to discover essays, book reviews, and book chapters.