Downloading records from the International Medieval Bibliography (online):
1. For best results in searching IMB, use Internet Explorer.
2. Before you begin searching IMB, click on settings. Choose all fields except the first (IMB reference). At Cornell, the settings won't be retained so you'll need to do this each time you use IMB.
3. From the search results (hitlist) screen, mark records you want (default is all records marked; to unmark all the records, click the box at the top of the column of boxes, next to author).
4. Click the "here" link at the top of the hitlist/results screen (in the line that says "To scroll through the selected documents click here.")
5. Under file in the browser's tool bar, choose save as.
6. Name the file (and save it to the desktop for convenience's sake or some other place that you'll be able to find later).
7. For "save as type" choose txt file. (Leave encoding as Western European.)
8. Open the text file, and at the beginning of each record, insert a field/line called type. (Records are of two types either journal article or book section. Punctuation and capitalization of the field/line must be exactly as below.) Label each and every record accordingly.
Tips: Typically you'll need have the text file closed for the filter to work. If you open the text file into a word processor (rather than a text editor like Notepad), you'll be able to see the spaces and other characters which will help, and you'll be able to create macros so that you don't have type or copy/paste the type info.
Occasionally IMB inserts an extra return inside records, delete these when you encounter them. Sometimes international characters get garbled and you might want to fix those.
When you're finished, your records should look like this (note the indent of 6 spaces IMB added before each field):
Exported documentsDocument 1 of 534
Type: Journal Article
Author: Bedingfield, M. Bradford
Title: Anglo-Saxons on fire.
Further Information:
Discusses the theological background to the idea of purging fire in s.
Augustine, Bede's Ecclesiastical History, Cynewulf's Elene, Phoenix and
the Vercelli Homilies in order to highlight Ælfric's unique portrayal
of
the relationship between fire and resurrection in his homilies
Language of Work: English
Source Publication: Journal of Theological Studies
Volume, (year), pages: 52:2, 2001, 658-677
Subject: Homiletic literature
Theology and Biblical Study
Sermons and Preaching
Literature - Verse
Persons, Families, Texts: Fire in literature; Last Judgement in
literature; Resurrection doctrine; Ælfric, abbot of Eynsham Catholic
Homilies; Vercelli Homilies; s. Augustine of Hippo, theologian on Last
Judgement; s. Augustine of Hippo, theologian De civitate Dei; Bede, the
Venerable, scholar Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; Bede, the
Venerable, scholar on Last Judgement; Cynewulf, poet; Phoenix, OE poem
Place: British Isles
Century: 8-11
Document 2 of 534
Type: Book Section
Author: O'Loughlin, Thomas
Title: Adomnán: a man of many parts.
Further Information:
Examines the multiple achievements of Adomnán against the background
of
his work as abbot, author and law-maker, and argues for his authorship of
the collection of canons known as Canones Adamnani
Language of Work: English
Source Publication: Adomnán at Birr, AD 697. Essays in Commemoration
of
the Law of the Innocents. Ed. Thomas O'LOUGHLIN. Pp. 77. Dublin: Four
Courts Press.
Volume, (year), pages: 25, 2001, 41-51
Subject: Law-codes - in Ireland
Ecclesiastical History
Literature - Prose
Canon Law
Persons, Families, Texts: Adomnán, abbot of Iona; Ireland church; Canones
Adomnani, canonical compilation; Bede, the Venerable, scholar
Place: British Isles
Century: 7-8
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