Miscellaneous Resources

This guide is a list of some of the reference tools available for study and research in the field of Classical Studies including Greek and Roman history, civilization, language and literature.  Encyclopedia articles, written by subject authorities, provide information useful for gaining a basic understanding of a topic and getting started with a research project. Typically, a bibliography for further research follows each article. Students will find also these resources useful for brushing up on topics related to their central area of investigation. [Note: See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline.]

Ancient writers : Greece and Rome. T. James Luce, editor-in-chief. New York : Scribner, c1982.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] PA3002 .A5 1982  v.1-2 

L'Année philologique; bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité gréco-latine.  Paris, Société d'édition "Les Belles Lettres." Also available Online for the years 1969 to 2001.

CALL NUMBER: [RefBib] Z7016 .M35A 1924-1995

Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world. Edited by Richard J.A. Talbert, in collaboration with Roger S. Bagnall ... [et al.] ; and map editors, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel ; cartographic managers, Janet E. Kelly, Jeannine M. Schonta, David F. Stong. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000.

"This atlas contains 99 clear and precise color maps reflecting Greek or Roman presence in the ancient world and presenting the landscape, insofar as possible, as it was in those times. The maps provide locations for the sites of thousands of known cities as well as indicators of less securely attested areas of habitation from the ninth-century B.C. to the fifth century A.D." Also available in CD-ROM format.

CALL NUMBER: [RefAtlas] G1033 .B3 2000 

Bickerman, E. J. (Elias Joseph), 1897-
Chronology of the ancient world.  Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1968]

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] D54.5 .B5 1968    

Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean : Greece and Rome. Edited by Michael Grant and Rachel Kitzinger. New York : Scribner's, c1988.

"The cultures that sowed the seeds of western civilization are explored in 97 original essays that address in depth all aspects of life from 2,000 B.C.E. to the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in 476 A.D. This reference provides overviews of such broad topics as law, government, religion, social organization and the arts."

CALL NUMBER: [q] DE59 .C55 1988  v.1-3

Classical and medieval literature criticism. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1988-

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] PN610 .C530  v.1-65

Gwinup, Thomas.
Greek and Roman authors; a checklist of criticis.  Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1973.

CALL NUMBER: [RefBib] PA3001 .G83 1973    

Der neue Pauly : Enzyklopädie der Antike . Herausgegeben von Hubert Cancik und Helmuth Schneider. Stuttgart : J.B. Metzler, c1996-

An illustrated encyclopedia of antiquity, this 16 volume set includes a historical overview from 3000 B.C. through the early Middle Ages.

CALL NUMBER: Ref] DE5 .N480 1996  v.1-16

The Oxford classical dictionary.  Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.

"This new edition revises the 1996 third edition quite extensively. Of the 6250 entries-updated both to reflect the latest scholarship and to improve style and clarity-1000 are entirely new. The scope is interdisciplinary, including coverage of ancient religion, culture, science, and economics, as well as the more expected pieces on history, philosophy, mythology, and philology."

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] DE5 .O9 2003      

The Praeger encyclopedia of ancient Greek civilization. Edited by Pierre Devambez with the collaboration of Robert Flacelière, Pierre-Maxime Schuhl, [and] Roland Martin. New York, Praeger [1967]

CALL NUMBER: 913.38 P897dx    

Subject Dictionaries

These specialized subject dictionaries define the terminology in the discipline. See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline.

A Dictionary of ancient history.  Edited by Graham Speake. Oxford, OX, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell Reference, 1994.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] DE5 .D53 1994    

Grant, Michael, 1914-
Greek and Latin authors, 800 B.C.-A.D. 1000 : a biographical dictionary. New York : H. W. Wilson Co., 1980.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] PA31 .G7       

Grant, Michael, 1914-
A guide to the ancient world : a dictionary of classical place names. [Bronx, NY] : H.W. Wilson, 1986.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] DE25 .G72 1986 

Howatson, M. C.
The Oxford companion to classical literature. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. Also available in the Oxford Reference Online collection.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] PA31 .H69 1989 

Oxford Reference Online: Classics. [ Online ] Oxford University Press, 2004. Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s3 (Accessed 21 April 2004).

As part of the Oxford Reference Online Collection, this subset includes: The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Who's Who in the Classical World, The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin), The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English).

Handbooks

Handbooks collect basic, practical information—formulas, tables of data, classification systems, definitions—for professionals operating within a discipline.

The New Century classical handbook. Edited by Catherine B. Avery; editorial consultant, Jotham Johnson. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts [1962]

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] DE5 .N4    

Sources of Statistics

The library subscribes to the ASI Microfiche Library. Every document indexed in ASI since 1979 is available in this library. In addition to the ASI Microfiche Library for federal government publications containing statistical data, the library also subscribes to the SRI Microfiche Library, containing most but not every non-federal statistical item indexed in SRI. A third collection, Index to International Statistics, deals with statistical material from international, intergovernmental bodies, completes the package. Online access to the database—and to some of the documents themselves—is available through the Statistical Universe component of LexisNexis Academic Universe.

Citation Guides and Style Manuals

Style manuals and citations guides illustrate how to cite book, journal, and other research sources, including materials found in online databases and on the Web according to the conventional format of a particular discipline. Subject specific citation guides are listed below, and a complete listing appears at Reference Sites: Citation Guides and Style Manuals.

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. [ Online ] Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. Available: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/

Books in Schaffer Library are arranged by Library of Congress Class number. Class numbers are searchable in the Web Catalog and browsable in the Stacks and Reference Collection. A selected list:

D 51 - 90	Ancient History
DE 1 - 100	History of the Greco-Roman World
DE 1 - 15.5	General
DE 23 - 31	Geography
DE 46 - 73.2	Antiquities. Civilization. Culture.
DE 80 - 100	History
PA 1 - 199	Classical Philology
PA 201 - 899	Greek philology and language
PA 3000 - 3049	Classical literature
PA 3050 - 4505	Greek literature

The New Acquisitions List—residing on the Library Catalogs page—is generated on the 10th of each month and includes items added to the library's collections for the previous calendar month.

Microfiche copies of Senior honors theses are maintained in the Library. For details on the Library's theses holdings, formats, access, photocopying restrictions, and searching for a thesis in the online catalog, see the Thesis Search page.

Research Guides supplement the broader Research by Subject pages by focusing on the print and electronic resources that are most useful for a course-specific research assignment. For faculty, the Research Guides provide structured access to the Library and Internet resources relevant to their own work or in advising students on their research projects. For students working independently, it serves as a reminder of services and materials offered within the library while at the same time providing a gateway for information available from remote sites.

Faculty using Blackboard are encouraged to incorporate links to Library resources—and specifically the Research by Subject pages and the appropriate course-related Research Guides—into the Blackboard course pages. Your Departmental Liaison or Bibliographic Instruction Contacts can assist you.

Schaffer Library provides to range of general and subject-specific electronic databases—some offering full-text access to articles or library holdings information.

Databases & Indexes > Classics

Classics

ancient world web
http://www.julen.net/ancient/
Indexing over 1000 sites, the ancient world web is a collection of resources, including  General, History, Language & Literature, and Mythology & Religion.

Classics Collections
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/classics/
A list of resources organized by broad categories - maintained by the University of Florida Library in Gainesville.

Classical Myth
http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/index.html
Maintained by Laurel Bowman of the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at University of Victoria. This site draws together the ancient texts and images available on the Web concerning the major figures of Greek and Roman mythology.

Diotima
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
Diotima: Materials for Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World, serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world. This site includes course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable bibliography, and links to many on-line resources, including articles, book reviews, databases, and images.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
A comprehensive resource for gathering background information, with an emphasis on access to primary source texts for educational purposes.  The Ancient History Sourcebook also includes links to visual and aural material.

Perseus Digital Library
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
This Website contains texts in Romanized Greek and English translation, the Intermediate Liddell-Scott Greek Lexicon, morphological analyses for all Greek texts in the database, catalog entries for more than 1400 vases, sculptures, coins, buildings, and sites, an atlas of Greece, and an historical survey. The Perseus Project is a non-profit enterprise, headquartered at the Classics Department, Tufts University.

Voice of the Shuttle: Classical Studies Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2708
This highly respected WWW site offers a very large selection of links to Internet resources on the history, culture, literature, philosophy, and art of the ancient world (primarily Greece and Rome).

In addition to the links above to subject related databases that will lead to article citations and full-text article access, you can also browse the library's comprehensive listing of Electronic Journals and/or Periodical Titles available through Aggregated Databases. Both offer basic search options including and, or, not and Title begins with, Title contains, etc.   You can also select a subject category to browse such as Classical Studies. Ask at the Reference Desk for assistance with local holdings.

Two services included in the Databases & Indexes section, JSTOR and Project Muse, offer full-text access to journals by discipline. Users can search or browse by category/subject. JSTOR - Classical Studies. Project Muse includes Classics, History, Literature, and Philosophy & Science,

Tools for tracking recently published articles.

Friends of Classics - Latest News
http://www.friends-classics.demon.co.uk/news.htm
News is updated weekly. Articles are archived by the month and stored in the main Archive section.

The New York Times: History [ Online ] The New York Times. Available: http://college.nytimes.com/guests/directory/Arts_&_Humanities/History/(Accessed 18 April 2004)
Provides full text access to history articles from The New York Times "Arts & Humanities" section.  Select links for specific articles pertaining to Egyptian Civilization and Roman Civilization

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