Castles, Cathedrals, and Gardens at Versailles and in the Loire Valley

.

Library Catalog--find relevant material using keyword or subject searching

Either search the words separately as keywords or choose subject from the drop down screen under keyword for more precise search results:

 

Library of Congress Subject terms for Cathedrals in France:

 

 

Art, Romanesque -- France

Art, Gothic France

Cathedrals Europe Design and construction

Architecture Gothic Europe

Name of catherdrals

Cathedrals France

Gothic and france

Gothic and (cathedrals or architecture)

 

Library of Congress Subject terms for Loire Valley Castles

Castles France

Architecture Medieval

“loire valley”

Castles France Loire River Valley

Fortification France History To 1500

Castles France History To 1500

Library of Congress Subject terms for Versailles:

Versailles Château

Versailles France

Versailles France Buildings, structures, etc

Versailles France History

Parc de Versailles Versailles, France History

Gardens French Versailles History

WorldCat

Worldcat leads you to materials at libraries around the world. If we don't own it, you can request it through interlibrary loan. Use the same terms and subject headings that you use to search our catalog. You can search this through FirstSearch or in Open WorldCat.

 

Try searching keywords in the keyword or subject index:

Note that you are search for more than just books in WorldCat

For Versailles:

Versailles and gardens

Versailles and architecture

Versailles and buildings

Versailles and castle

 

For cathedrals in France:

France gothic cathed*

France gothic architecture

 

[the asterisk * after the world tells the computer that the keyword is shortened so that it will match with all terms starting with the same stem.]

 

For Loire Valley:

Loire castles

Loire architecture

Loire valley history

Databases and Indexes

Use similar terms as described above for WorldCat and the library catalog.

 

Bibliography of the History of Art

 

example:

 

 

Iter Bibliography—part of Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

 

example:

 

Historical Abstracts--World History, excluding Canada and the U.S., from 1400 to the present

Example:

 

:

 

 

Scholar.google.com--search the academic Web

Example:

All of the above will lead you to journal articles, book chapters, books, Web sites, including articles in JSTOR or Project Muse.

Related Research Guides

Starting Research: History

Starting Research: French

Need Help?