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Reference Sources
History
Atlas of the Greek World
Ref DF 77 .L43 1982
Chronological, with many illustrations
Atlas of the Roman World
Ref DG 77 .C597 1982
Chronological, with many illustrations
Brill's New Pauly
Ref DE 5 .N48 2002, 7 vols., A-L (as currently published)
Encyclopedia of the ancient world, with maps
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Ref DE 5 .09 2003
All aspects of the ancient world, with bibliographies
Languages and Literature
Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages
Ref P 371 .C357 2004
History, writing systems and grammar of all known ancient languages
Facts on File Companion to Classical Drama
Ref PA 3024 .T48 2005
Focuses on eight playwrights, characters, places, and terms
Greek-English Lexicon: Liddell & Scott
Ref PA 445 .E5 L6 1996
The definitive work for Greek, with citations arranged chronologically
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Ref PA 2365 .E5 O9 1982, 2 vols.
The definitive work for Latin, with citations arranged chronologically
Locating Books
The Library of Congress Classifications for these topics include:
DE History of the Greco-Roman World
DF History of Greece
DG History of Italy
PA Classical languages and literature
MaconCat
The library's online catalog, providing access to books, journals, music, and movies in the library.
WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Books and articles not owned by our library can be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Allow sufficient time for processing. Average turnaround time is 3-5 days for articles and 3-14 days for books, excluding holidays and weekends. Submit ILL requests well in advance of deadlines.
Locating Articles (Databases & Indexes)
Academic Search Complete
MLA International Bibliography (1963 - present)
Modern Language Association of America's database for literature from the Medieval Ages to the present, citations only
OmniFile Full Text Mega (1994 - present)
Articles from scholarly and popular sources from around the world, select HUM in the subject area dialog box, some full-text
JSTOR (full text; dates vary by journal)
An archive of back issues of over 400 journals in many disciplines
Websites
Beazley Archive
Classical images related to art and archaeology
University of Oxford, England
CAMWS: Classical Association of the Middle West and South
Includes Virginia, for teachers of classics at all levels
Classics on the Internet: A Beginners' Guide
By Greg Daugherty for CAMWS
Cleopatra Web Site
Honors 141: "Her Infinite Variety"
R-MC course, Professor Greg Daugherty
Diotima: Women in the ancient world
Division of Classics, University of Kentucky
Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Electronic Resources for Classicists
University of California, Irvine
FLAVA: Foreign Language Association of Virginia
For professional development
Perseus: Digital Library
Department of the Classics, Tufts University
Digitization project for ancient texts
Reference Websites for Classical and Medieval History
Library of Congress
Voice of the Shuttle
University of California, Santa Barbara
Evaluating Sources
Is it POPULAR or is it SCHOLARLY? (R-MC)
Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet (University of Alberta Libraries)
Citing Sources
Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper (Duke University Libraries)
Choose the type of source you want to cite to see examples in MLA, APA, Chicago and other styles.
Citation Styles Online! (Bedford St. Martin's)
Includes examples of citations of various online sources in MLA, APA, Chicago and other styles.
KnightCite (Calvin College)
Automatically formats citation information according to MLA, APA, or Chicago styles.
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Ginger Young