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• Reference Universe
  Don't know where to begin? Try Reference Universe, an index of the indexes in many of the library's reference books and e-books. Reference Universe will tell you which titles contain information on your topic.
• Notable Works
  Biographical Sources | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
  • Biographical Sources
    • Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
      Includes Greek and Latin Authors, 800 B.C. - A.D. 1000. Michael Grant. [Bronx, NY]: H.W. Wilson, 1980 (Reference R 928.8 G762g).
    • 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.
      Includes:
      • Dictionary of Literary Biography
      • Ancient Greek Authors
      • Scribner's Ancient Writers: Greece & Rome
      • Scribner's British Writers
    • The Philosophers of the Ancient World: An A-Z Guide. Trevor Curnow. London: Duckworth, 2006.
      Reference R 180.3 C975p
  • Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
    • 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 Director: Reference R 912.38 B276d
      Atlas: Reference Atlas Area R 912.38 B276
    • 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 1-12 (A-Sar) 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.
    • The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization. Ed. Graham Shipley et al. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006.
      Reference R 938.003 C178
    • 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
    • Credo Reference
      A collection of electronic reference books; useful for quick answers to questions. For more detailed information, be sure to consult the Gale Virtual Reference Library too.
    • Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Pierre Grimal. Trans. A.R. Maxwell-Hyslop. Oxford: Blackwell, 1986.
      Reference R 292 G861d-T
    • Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. Ed. Nigel Wilson. New York: Routledge, 2006.
      Reference R 938.003 E561
    • Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. Ed. Donald J. Zeyl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
      Reference R 180.3 E56
    • Encyclopedia of Government and Politics. Ed. Mary Hawkesworth and Maurice Kogan. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 1992.
      Reference R 320.03 E56
    • Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition. Ed. Graham Speake. 2 vols. London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 2000.
      Reference R 938 E56
    • Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World. David Sacks and Lisa Brody. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, 2005.
      Reference R 938 S121e
    • Gale Virtual Reference Library
      A collection of over 120 full-text reference e-books. Includes:
      • The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Ed. Robert Audi. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999.
        Reference R 103 C178 1999
      • Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Donald Borchert. 2nd ed. 10 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2006.
      • Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right. Ed. Rodney Carlisle. 2 vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2005.
      • Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Lindsay Jones. 2nd ed. 15 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2005.
        Reference R 203 E562
      • New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed. Maryanne Horowitz. 6 vols. Detroit, MI: Scribner's, 2005.
        Reference R 901.9 D554 2005
        See also the first edition, the Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Philip P. Wiener (5 vols.; New York: Scribner, 1973-1974), shelved in Reference at call number R 901.9 D554.
      • Reference Guide to World Literature. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. 3rd ed. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2003.
    • A Genealogical Chart of Greek Mythology. Harold Newman and Ion O. Newman. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2003.
      Reference R 292.13 N552g
    • 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 of Classical Mythology. William Hansen. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004.
      Reference R 292.13 H249h
    • Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece. Lesley Adkins and Roy A. Adkins. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
      Reference R 938 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
    • Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Ed. M.C. Howatson. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1989.
      Reference R 913.38 H43o2
    • The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought. Roger Scruton. 3rd ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
      Reference R 320.03 S435p
    • Perseus
      • Perseus: Interactive Sources & Studies on Ancient Greece
        [CD-ROM; ask at Circulation Desk]
        A collection of primary and secondary sources on ancient Greece. Includes full-text, images, and references.
      • Perseus Digital Library
        Contains more texts and images than the CD-ROM product but sometimes has a slow response time. For faster searching, use the CD-ROM.
    • Political Philosophy: Theories, Thinkers, Concepts. Ed. Seymour Martin Lipset.
      Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2001.
      Reference R 320.01 P769
    • Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward Craig. 10 vols. New York: Routledge, 1998.
      Reference R 103 R869
    • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward N. Zalta. Stanford, CA: Metaphysics Research Lab, Center for the Study of Language and Information, 1995- .

• 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.
    
  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 ?

1. 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 ?
2. Core Resources for Classics, Political Science, & Philosophy
   • 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.
     
     • To locate citations to articles and books from earlier years, consult L'Année Philologique in the Little Library Reference Collection (R 016.88 A613)
     • To do a keyword search: Click on the "Full Text" button; this allows you to search all the words in each record. Please note that this is not a full-text database, however.
     • Many of the journal titles in entries are abbreviated. To find the full name of a journal, go to the main search screen, click on "Other Criteria," select "Periodical," and enter the abbreviation.
     Search Syntax:
     • Truncation: use an asterisk *.
   • Philosopher's Index
     (1940 to present) Indexes journal articles and books in philosophy and related fields.
     Search Syntax:
     • Truncation: use an asterisk *
     • Phrase searching: automatic
     • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
   • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
     (1975 to present) Indexes articles on a broad array of political science and international relations topics; international in scope.
     Search Syntax:
     • Truncation: use an asterisk *
     • Phrase searching: automatic
     • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
3. Other Databases
   For additional options, see the library's indexes & databases pages.
   • Essay & General Literature Index
     (1900 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections.
     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
   • PAIS International
     (1915 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics.
     Search Syntax:
     • Truncation: use an asterisk *
     • Phrase searching: automatic
     • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
   • 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 " "
   • Social Sciences Abstracts
     (1907 to present) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.
     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 ?