H. Munro Chadwick; Nora K. Chadwick The Growth of Literature. Cambridge University Press, 31 octubre 2010, p. 310. ISBN 978-1-108-01615-5 [Consulta: 5 març 2013]. «In the 'Walling of Skadar' Vukasin contrives to get his brother's wife immured as a foundation sacrifice to the Vila.»
Tade Božinović; Renko Fulgosi; Ante Bakotin Pregled književnosti naših naroda. Slobodna Dalmacija, 1957, p. 17 [Consulta: 4 març 2013]. «Pretkosovski ciklus pjeva najviše o Neman jićima i Mrnjavče. vićima. Najviše pjesama ima o Nemanji, sv. Savi, Milutinu i Dušanu Silnom. Najljepše pjesme ovoga ciklusa su: »ženidba Dušanova«, »Zidanje Skadra« i »Uroš i Mrnjavčevići«.»
Zora Devrnja Zimmerman. Serbian folk poetry: ancient legends, romantic songs. Kosovo Pub. Co., 1986, p. 294 [Consulta: 1r març 2013]. «"The Building of Skadar" is an old epic, the events of which are reported to have occurred during the first half of the fourteenth century.»
Književnost i jezik. s.n., 1980, p. 27 [Consulta: 5 març 2013]. «Najzad Jovan N. Tomić zaključuje da teren postanka pesme »Zidanje Skadra na Bojani« nije daleko od samog Skadra."»
Prilozi za književnost, jezik, istoriju i folklor. Državna Štamparija., 1989, p. 53–54 [Consulta: 5 març 2013]. «Томићевом изналажењу локалитета Вуковој песми Зидање Скадра не може да се приговори»
Alan Dundes. The Walled-Up Wife: A Casebook. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1996, p. 3–. ISBN 978-0-299-15073-0 [Consulta: 1r març 2013]. «Karadzic recorded one version of the ballad from one of his prize informants, a man called Old Rashko, who was born in old Herzegovina,... The ballad was first published in 1815.»