[Gatesedge] Fwd: ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

Fri Jun 15 12:24:58 PDT 2001

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This website was sent to me by my dad.  I think that some of you might get a
kick out of it.  It looks neat...

Gwyn

Subject: ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:37:51 -0500

http://orb.rhodes.edu/default.html

Hi, this site may be a fun one for you and other
sca members... found by Bill McGee

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Gerard Mittelstaedt     mitt at hiline.net
McAllen, Texas
USA

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cityscape from illuminated manuscript Welcome to ORB! ORB is an academic site,
written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow
instructors and serious students. All articles have been judged by at least
two peer reviewers. Authors are held to high standards of accuracy, currency,
and relevance to the field of medieval studies. NOTE: ORB'S OCLC number is
35987956.

Quick connect to other major medieval studies sites: Labyrinth[1] | Internet
Medieval Sourcebook[2] | Netserf[3] | Argos[4] | World Wide Web Virtual
Library/Medieval[5]

What's New in ORB? [6]
Last updated 5 June 2001.

Writing a Research paper?[7] Seeking Information? Please start here.

Let's Start a Web Site! What Were We Thinking?[8] Papers, outlines, summaries
from May 6 sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo.

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The ORB Encyclopedia[9]
Start your ORB explorations here! A chronological and geographical index of
essays, bibliographies, images, documents, links, and other resources,
selected by ORB section editors to illustrate their selected topics The ORB
Textbook Library[10]
Full-length textbooks, written by experienced scholar-teachers and tested both
in the classroom and on the internet. They are fully copyrighted but available
for classroom use.

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The ORB Reference Shelf[11]
Links to excerpts and full texts from primary and secondary sources, housed
here at the ORB server or elsewhere on the World Wide Web. Resources for
Teaching[12]
Sample syllabi from our contributors; related teaching materials, including
study questions, writing guides, and tips for test-takers; subject-specific
bibliographies, graphics, software, more.

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Of General Interest[13]
You've seen the movie, now read the book(s)...a collection of resources
gathered especially for the nonspecialist. External Links[14]
Sites of interest to ORB users--everything from French medieval drama texts
and a patristics data base to English towns and churches. Some of these are in
the process of becoming part of ORB.

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E-Texts[15]
New transcriptions and/or translations of important medieval texts that have
not previously been accessible in print or electronic format. About ORB [16]
Who we are, what we do, how to contact us, becoming a contributor, and
statistics on site use.

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Google[17]
Search WWW Search orb.rhodes.edu

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An ISI Current Web Contents selection[18]

Acknowledgements: ORB began as the result of a discussion on MEDIEV-L in early
1995; its official birth occurred at Kalamazoo in May 1995. It was the
brainchild of Lynn H. Nelson, who serves as Executive Publisher. Its current
editor is Carolyn Schriber, and its technical director is Laura Blanchard.
Others who have helped to bring ORB to the internet include: David Burr,
Frederick L. Cheyette, Richard W. Clement, Paul Crawford, Jeffrey Fisher, Jeff
Heinen, Norman Hinton, Karen Jolly, Douglas B. Killings, Skip Knox, Jane
Maurer, Sharon Michalove, Compton Reeves, Bruce Retallack, and Nancy Seybold.

===References:===
  1. http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/
  2. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
  3. http://www.netserf.org/
  4. http://argos.evansville.edu/
  5. http://www.msu.edu/~georgem1/history/medieval.htm
  6. http://orb.rhodes.edu/news.html
  7. http://orb.rhodes.edu/questions.html
  8. kzoo2000/default.html
  9. http://orb.rhodes.edu/index.html
 10. http://orb.rhodes.edu/textbooks/textlist.html
 11. http://orb.rhodes.edu/refshelf.html
 12. http://orb.rhodes.edu/class.html
 13. http://orb.rhodes.edu/media.html
 14. http://orb.rhodes.edu/sitelinks.html
 15. http://orb.rhodes.edu/libindex.html
 16. http://orb.rhodes.edu/text/about.html
 17. http://www.google.com/
 18. http://www.isinet.com/products/webselect/webselect.html