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General Background Sources:
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Credo Reference Academic Core (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
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Oxford Reference Online: Premium (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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Provides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline-Specific Background Sources:
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Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
Call Number: Atlas Collection Main Level G1033 .B3 2000Publication Date: 2000 -
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The Cambridge Greek Lexicon
Call Number: New Book Collection Main Level PA445.E5 C36 2021ISBN: 9780521826808 -
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The Encyclopedia of Ancient History
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Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level D54 .E53 2013 v.1-13ISBN: 9781405179355Publication Date: 2012 -
An Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology
Call Number: Reference Main Level DE5.E5 1996Publication Date: 1996 -
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level DE5 .O95 2010ISBN: 9780195388398Publication Date: 2010 -
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Call Number: Reference Main Level PA2365.E5 O9 2012ISBN: 9780199580316Publication Date: 2012
Use Additional Online Resources
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Corpus Scriptorum LatinorumA gateway to classical texts and translatinos ranging from antiquity to neo-Latinists active in the 18th century.
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List of Author/Book AbbreviationsThe easiest way to find primary sources in classics is to see what your secondary sources are citing. Often, though, the secondary sources will abbreviate the author and the name of the work. You can use this guide to figure out what the abbreviations stand for.
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Perseus Digital LibraryNearly 500 Greek and Latin classics in English translations, along with online dictionaries and grammar guides. Their advanced search can look up specific words in Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Old Norse, which is particularly helpful for translation classes.
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Classical Studies Course Guides
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