Classics

Background Information

Journal Articles

Books

Websites

Images

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Reference texts for overviews, definitions, general background

• Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Atlases, etc.
  • Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd, rev ed)
    DE 5 O9 2003 Ref
  • Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean
    DE 59 C55 1988 (3v) Ref
  • Brill’s New Pauly: encyclopaedia of the ancient world (not yet complete)
    DE 5 N4813 2002 (8v+) Ref
  • Who's Who in the Classical World
  • Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
  • Ancient Writers: Greece & Rome
    PA 3002 A5 1982 Ref
  • Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
  • De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
  • Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition
    DF 757 E53 2000 (2v) Ref
• Note: There are *many* other Reference books in the library that may be even more helpful - ask a librarian for suggestions

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Suggested databases to search for articles (and more) on your topic

• L'Annee Philologique (also in print- PA 1 A1 A55 Ref)
  • A searchable index of 1,500 periodicals as well as 500 articles in books and conference papers.
• Classics TOCS - IN
  • The tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals.
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index (part of the Web of Science) 
• ProjectMUSE
  
  • A collection of full-text journals, multidisciplinary but with several relevant titles
• JSTOR
  • Similar to ProjectMUSE, a collection of full-text journals.  However, JSTOR does NOT contain any current issues. It is an archive of major journals in several disciplines.

BOOKS
The best way to find a book on your topic is to start with a search in the Library Catalog. Once you've found something of interest, you might also browse the stacks in that particular area. In general...

• Books on classics are found in the Williston (Main) Library stacks on Level 2 (History and Topography of Classical Antiquity, Greece and Italy ) with call numbers starting with DE - DG, also on Level 5 (Classical Languages and Literatures) with call numbers starting with PA.

WEBSITES

• Intute Arts and Humanities
• Perseus Digital Library - Digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world

SPECIAL RESOURCES-IMAGES

• The Ancient City of Athens: A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens maintained by Indiana University.
• The Ancient Greek World- Virtual gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
• ArchArt - A collection of Ancient World Art and Archaeology images
• Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
• Metis - A QTVR interface for Ancient Greek Archeological Sites