These printed works are landmark, interdisciplinary beginning guides to the field and resources.  Items are available in the circulating collections unless otherwise noted and the list is in author order.

The Oxford dictionary of the Middle Ages

Bjork, Robert E.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010

Reference D117.O9 2010 (Non-circulating)

Handbook of medieval studies : terms, methods, trends

Classen, Albrecht

Berlin ; New York : de Gruyter, 2010

D116.H37 2010

Introduction to manuscript studies

Clemens, Raymond and Timothy Graham

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007

Z105.C58 2007 (Circulating and Rare Book Reference)

Guide to the Sources of Medieval History

van Caenegem, R. C.

Amsterdam & New York: North-Holland Pub. Co.; New York: Elsevier/North Holland, 1978

 D117 .C2213

A Guide to the Study of Medieval History

Paetow, Louis John

rev. ed., New York: F. S. Crofts, 1931. Reprint and corrected, Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus, 1980

 Z 6203 .P19 1931 (circulating) and Reference  Z 6203 .P25 1980 (Non-circulating)

Literature of Medieval History 1930-1975: a supplement to Louis John Paetow's A Guide to the Study of Medieval History

Boyce, Gray Cowan

5 vols.; Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, c1981

. Z6203 .P25 1981 Supp Reference (Non-Circulating)

Guia do estudante de historia medieval portuguesa

Marques, Antonio Henrique de Oliveira

Lisbon: Cosmos, 1964

Z 2717 .M3x

Medieval Studies: An Introduction

Powell, James M.

2nd. ed. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1992

Reference D116 .M4 1992 (Non-circulating)

Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide

Mantello, F. and A.C. Rigg, eds.,

Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1996

PA2802 .M43 1996