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 PATHFINDERS                 
Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety 
of media on a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as
they begin their research project.

Middle Ages

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop. Type in the topic you want to search. Get some lists of books by entering the keywords for the topic you want to search:

Middle Ages
Castles
Knights
Crusades

 Some titles we have are:

331.4
COS		 Cosman, Madeleine Pelner.  Women at Work in Medieval Europe.  New York: Facts on File, 2000.
609.4
GIE		 Gies, Frances.  Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages.  New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
909.07
RIC		 Rice, Earle.  Life During the Middle Ages.  San Diego, CA: Lucent, 1998.
940.1
DAW		 Dawson, Imogen.  Clothes & Crafts in the Middle Ages.  Parsippany, NJ: Dillon Press, 1997.
REF
930
HIS		 History of the Ancient & Medieval World (12 vols.).  Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, 1996.


SELECTED WEB SITES

Middle Ages & Medieval Times --This Multnomah County Library site has links to many sites on the Middle Ages. Scroll down to find information on the Black Plague, castles, the Crusades, the Inquisition, and knights.
 http://www.multcolib.org/homework/eurohist.html#medivmega

Annenberg/CPB -- links to sites dealing with life in the Middle Ages-- feudal life, religion, homes, clothing, health, arts& entertainment, and town life.
 http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/resources.html

Best of History Web Sites -- links to many sites with information on the Middle Ages.
 http://www.besthistorysites.net/Medieval_GeneralResources.shtml

The Middle Ages Online -- Art, King Arthur and Knights, literature, music, religion, etc.
http://www.themiddleages.net/ 

Lakewood Public Library-- Middle Ages & Renaissance Pathfinder --  links to many Middle Ages sites.
 http://www.lkwdpl.org/lhs/middleages/
 

ONLINE RESOURCES

     Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and
     business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography
     Resource Center.

     bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers,
     pictures, maps and TV transcripts.

     Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current),
     Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts newspapers.

     Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier
     Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to
     relevant web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from 
home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from the 
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member 
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.

CITING SOURCES

Edited by Media Staff
11/17/08
Date last edited
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