HIST 0096: Witchcraft and Magic in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Welcome to the Tisch Library guide for HIST 0096 Witchcraft and Magic in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This guide is organized by types of resources:

• Reference sources - These sources provide important background and contextual information on your subject. Reference sources include bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks. You can use this type of source to help narrow your research topic and identify keywords and main ideas.
• Primary sources - These sources provide the raw data for your topic. Primary sources may include artwork, correspondence, diaries, interviews, literary texts, material artifacts, newspapers, speeches, statistics, and videos. Primary sources are useful for providing evidence on your topic.
• Secondary sources - These sources provide in-depth information on a topic while also arguing for a specific perspective on the topic. Secondary sources include articles, books, and podcasts. Secondary sources are useful for in-depth analysis of your topic and for learning about scholarly perspectives on your topic.