News release

From the University Library

15 August 2007

Trial: Iter Medieval & Renaissance Bibliography

The Library has arranged a trial subscription, running until the end of the year, to the Iter Medieval & Renaissance Bibliography and four other resources. The package includes:

  • The Iter Bibliography
  • The John Milton Bibliography
  • The Iter Italicum Bibliography
  • Renaissance and Reformation
  • Early Theatre & Records of Early English Drama

The resources

The Iter Bibliography

At nearly 1,000,000 records and growing daily, Iter's bibliography includes literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books, journal material (articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies) are included, as are citations for dissertation abstracts, and essays in books (including entries in conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues).

The John Milton Bibliography (MRTS Online)

John T. Shawcross's "Milton: A Bibliography for the Years 1624-1700 (Revised) and for the years 1701-1799" is an extensive revision and continuation of "Milton: A Bibliography for the Years 1624-1700", published by Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (MRTS), Binghamton, New York, in 1984, and it is the only Milton bibliography that covers the eighteenth century. The bibliography tries to bring together all manuscripts and editions of Milton's works and all studies and critical statements concerning Milton's life and works, all allusions and quotations, and all significant imitations during the years 1624-1799.

The Iter Italicum Bibliography

"Iter Italicum" is the most comprehensive finding list available of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world. Originally published in six volumes between 1963 and 1992, it is an essential tool for any scholar working in the fields of classical, medieval and Renaissance studies.

Journal: Renaissance and Reformation

Iter, in partnership with the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at Victoria University in the University of Toronto, offers online access to the journal "Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme". Users can search, view, and print the full-text of the journal from volume 24, no. 1 (2000) to the current issue. (Note: 2005 journal year was actually published in 2007.)

Journal: Early Theatre & Records of Early English Drama

Iter, in partnership with the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at Victoria University in the University of Toronto, is pleased offers online access to the full text of the journal "Early Theatre" (volume 1 (1998) to the present). In addition, the earlier title of this journal "Records of Early English Drama Newsletter" is also available (1976-1997).

Further information and access

For more information, and details of how to access these resources, please see our trial subscriptions page (available on campus only).

Please send any comments to Oren Stone.