Outline of this guide: Reference Works Artifacts Books Articles

Useful links: Course Reserves for this class A Guide to L'Année Philologique RefWorks: A Guide Research Log Research Planner

• Abbreviations
  • Dictionary of Bibliographic Abbreviations found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines. Jean Susorney Wellington. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003.
    Reference R 480 W452d

• Art & Archaeology
  • An Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology. Ed. Nancy Thomson de Grummond. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.
    Reference R 938.003 E56
  • The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture. Ed. Gordon Campbell. 2 vols. New York: Oxford, 2007.
    Reference R 709.01 G883
  • Mythology and Classical Art Index. Mercedes Rochelle. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991.
    Reference R 704.94 R674m
  • The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Ed. Brian Fagan. New York: Oxford, 1996.
    Reference R 930.1 O98
    Also available online through NetLibrary.
  • The Makers of Classical Archaeology. Linda Medwid. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2000.
    Reference R 930.1 M493m
  • Oxford Art Online
    Contains the full text of:
    • Dictionary of Art. Ed Jane. Turner 34 vols. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 1996.
      Reference R 703 D554
      Note: Oxford Art Online also contains updated entries and bibliographies for the Grove Dictionary.
    • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Michael Clarke and Deborah Clarke. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003- .
    • Over 5,000 images.
    • ... and more
  • Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Ed. Richard Stillwell. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1976.
    Reference R 938.003 P957
    Note: the text of this encyclopedia is available online through Perseus.

• Atlases & Maps
  • Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Ed. Richard J.A. Talbert. 2 vols. and atlas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2000.
    Map-by-Map Directory: Reference R 912.38 B276d
    Atlas: Reference Atlas Area R 912.38 B276
    Note: for updates, see the Ancient World Mapping Center, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • Corpus Topographicum Pompeianum. Rome: Edizioni dell'Elefante, 1977- .
    Reference R 913.37 C822
    
    • Pt. 2: Toponymy
    • Pt. 3: Maps of Pompeii
    • Pt. 3A: Insulae of Regions I-V
    • Pt. 4: Bibliography
    • Pt. 5: Cartography
  • The World Atlas of Archaeology. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1985.
    Reference Atlas Area R 912 G751-T

• History, Culture, & General Works
  • Ancient Baths and Bathing: A Bibliography for the Years 1988-2001. Comp. Hubertus Manderscheid. Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2004.
    Reference R 016.93 M272a
  • Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Ed. Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider. Leiden: Brill, 2002- .
    The New Pauly is in two parts:
    
    • Antiquity
      Reference R 913.38 P33k-T
      Volumes 1-13 (A-Syl) have been published to date.
    • Classical Tradition
      Reference R 913.38 P33kc-T
      Volumes I-III (A-Ode) have been published to date.
    This is the English edition of Der Neue Pauly (1996- ; Reference R 913.38 P33k 1996), a comprehensive encyclopedia of the classical world.
  • Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome. Ed. Michael Grant and Rachel Kitzinger. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1988.
    Reference R 938 C582
  • Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. Ed. Matthew Bunson. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
    Reference R 937.06 B942e
  • Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law. Adolf Berger. Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society, 1953.
    Little Library Stacks 506 A51t N.S. v.43 pt. 1-2
  • Food in the Ancient World from A to Z. Andrew Dalby. New York: Routledge, 2003.
    Reference R 394.1 D137f
  • Guide to the Ancient World: A Dictionary of Classical Place Names. Michael Grant. [Bronx, NY]: H.W. Wilson, 1986.
    Reference R 913.8 G762g
  • Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. Lesley Adkins and Roy A. Adkins. New York: Facts on File, 1994.
    Reference R 937 A236h
  • Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Classical World. Michael Avi Yonah and Israel Shatzman. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.
    Reference R 913.38 I29
  • Oxford Classical Dictionary. Ed. Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. 3rd. ed. rev. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
    Reference R 913.38 O982 2003
  • Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization. Ed. Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
    Reference R 938.003 O98
  • Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University
    A collection of primary and secondary sources; includes full-text documents, images, and references.
  • Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z. Mark Golden. New York: Routledge, 2004.
    Reference R 796.093 G618s
  • Sex in the Ancient World from A to Z. John G. Younger. New York: Routledge, 2005.
    Reference R 392.6 Y78s
  • Who was Who in the Roman World, 753 BC - AD 476. Ed. Diana Bowder. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press, 1980.
    Reference R 920.037 W628
• Literature
  • Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities. Harry Thurston Peck. New York: Cooper Square, 1962.
    Reference R 913.38 P36h1
  • Literature Resource Center
    Contains full-text biographies, critical essays, journal articles, and excerpts of criticism and reviews about over 130,000 literary authors and their works; covers dramatists, essayists, novelists, poets, and other writers from all time periods.
    Note: Includes the Dictionary of Literary Biography and substantial portions of Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism.
  • Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Ed. M.C. Howatson. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1989.
    Reference R 913.38 H43o2

• Religion & Mythology
  • Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology. Edward Tripp. New YorK: Crowell, [1970].
    Reference R 398 T836c
  • Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Pierre Grimal. Trans. A.R. Maxwell-Hyslop. Oxford: Blackwell, 1986.
    Reference R 292 G861d-T
  • Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Symbols, Attributes, & Associations. Rboert Bell. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1982.
    Reference R 292 B435d
  • Dictionary of Roman Religion. Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins. New York: Oxford, 2000.
    Reference R 292.07 A236d
  • Handbook of Classical Mythology. William Hansen. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004.
    Reference R 292.13 H249h
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion. Ed. Simon Price and Emily Kearns. New York: Oxford, 2004.
    Reference R 292.13 O98
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  • Women of Classical Mythology. Robert Bell. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1991.
    Reference R 292.13 B435w

• Volcanoes
  
  • Access Science. McGraw-Hill, 2005- .
    Contains the full text of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology as well as research updates, biographies, and technology news.
  • Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes. David Ritchie and Alexander Gates. New ed. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
    Reference R 551.2 R598e
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• ARTstor
  A collection of over 900,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and the social sciences; covers a wide range of cultures and time periods. Also includes tools to manipulate and analyze the images.
  Technical Requirements:
  • Windows computers
    • Windows XP with I.E. 7.0 or Firefox 2.0.0.11
    • Windows Vista with I.E. 7.0 or Firefox 2.0.0.13
  • Apple computers:
    • Mac OSC 10.5.2. with Safari 3.1, Firefox 2.0.0.13, or Firefox 1.5.0.6
    • Mac OSX 10.4.11 and Safari 3.1 or Firefox 2.0.0.6
  • Flash 6 or higher
  • Pop-up blocking disabled
  • Cookies enabled
  Note: If you do are using an older version of IE or Firefox, you can still connect to the old version of ARTstor, ARTstor Legacy; the link to ARTstor Legacy appears on the lower left-hand side of the main page.
• The Bridgeman Art Library Archive. London: Bridgeman Art Library, 2003.
  A collection of over 17,000 images. Part of the Credo Reference: Are Resources collection.
• Oxford Art Online
  Includes over 5,000 images as well as the full text of the Grove Dictionary of Art.

• Library Catalog
  Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library.
  • To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
  • To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
  • To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
    Useful subject headings include:
    • Herculaneum (Extinct City)
    • Pompeii (Extinct City)
    • Vesuvius (Italy)
  Search Syntax:
  • Truncation: use a dollar sign $
  • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
  • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
• ebrary
  A collection of over 38,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers; covers all subject areas. Also includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
  Note: To read ebrary books, you need the ebrary Reader. This plugin is on all library and ITS computers, but if you are using your own computer, you can download it from the ebrary home page.
• WorldCat
  Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
  Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalog first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
  Search Syntax:
  • Truncation: use an asterisk *
  • Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
  • Wildcard: use a question mark ?

• Starting Points
  • Academic Search Premier
    (1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
    • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega
    (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
    • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
• Core Resources for Classics
  • L'Année Philologique
    (500 B.C.E. to 800 C.E. [historical time period covered] ; 1969 to present [publication date of articles and books indexed]) Includes citations to scholarly articles, books, conference proceedings, and essays; also includes book reviews. Covers all aspects of the Greco-Latin world, including literature, history, art, philosophy, religion, and archaeology.
    Note: To locate citations to articles and books from earlier years, consult L'Année Philologique in the Little Library Reference Collection (R 016.88 A613).
    For tips on searching L'Année Philologique, see A Guide to L'Année Philologique.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use an asterisk *.
  • ANRW Index
    Indexes the print volumes of the Aufstieg und Niedergang der romischen Welt (ANRW), shelved in the Library at call number 937.008 A918. Lists articles from a number of classics e-journals and Web sites.
  • TOCS-IN
    (1992 to present) Lists the tables of contents from 185 journals in the field of Classics. Particularly useful for locating recent articles.
  • Web of Knowledge
    (c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in thousands of journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: use double quotations marks " "
    • Wildcard: use a question mark ?

• Other Resources
  • Anthropology Plus
    (Late 19th century to the present) Includes citations to journal articles, reports, edited works, and commentaries in the fields of biological, cultural, linguistic, physical, and social anthropology as well as archaeology, ethnology, folklore, and material culture. Combines Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index from the Royal Anthropological Institute in London.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
    • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
  • Art Abstracts
    (1929 to present). Indexes over 370 periodicals, including journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Subjects covered include art history, archaeology, architecture, decorative art, film, folk art, graphic art, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, photography, and sculpture.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
    • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
  • Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
    (1973 to present) Includes citations to journal articles, books, conference proceedings, essays, exhibition catalogues, and other materials on the history of art in Europe and North America from antiquity to the present. BHA covers both the fine and the decorative arts. Contains records from RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) and RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie).
    Note: BHA uses Library of Congress Subject Headings.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use a question mark ?
    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
  • General Science Abstracts
    (1984 to present) Indexes articles in over 250 English-language periodicals in a variety of science disciplines, including physics, astronomy, biology, chemistry, environmental science, mathematics, and medicine.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
    • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
  • Humanities Abstracts
    (1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
    • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
  • JSTOR
    Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note:JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use a plus sign +
    • Phrase searching: automatic
  • Periodicals Index Online
    (c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: automatic
  • Project Muse
    Contains full-text articles from journals published by university and scholarly presses.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "