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Use these selected databases to find articles on your topic:
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Annee PhilologiqueIndexes and provides abstracts for scholarly works on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. 3 Simultaneous users.
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Project MuseFull-text scholarly content from journals and books, covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Subjects include ethnic and women’s studies, the arts, medicine and health, philosophy and religion, technology and mathematics, literature, and history.
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerialsProvides access to major religion and theology journals and books. Produced by the American Theological Library Association, and now incorporates content from Catholic Periodicals and Literature Index.
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Literature Criticism OnlineContains classical and medieval literature criticism.
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WorldCatWorldCat is the OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide, before 1000BC-present.
Updated: Daily.
Background Sources
Multidisciplinary encyclopedias:
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Credo Reference Academic CoreA 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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Britannica AcademicProvides 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.
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Oxford Reference Online: PremiumA large collection of Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias, covering literature, art and architecture, science and technology, religion, history, law, philosophy, quotations, and the social sciences. Includes English translation bilingual dictionaries for a number of world languages. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
Discipline specific sources:
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Oxford BibliographiesA collection developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780195388398Publication Date: 2010 -
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology
Call Number: Reference Main Level DE5.E5 1996Publication Date: 1996
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Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
Call Number: Reference Main Level G1033 .B3Publication Date: 2000
Primary Sources
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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.
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Corpus Scriptorum LatinorumA gateway to classical texts and translatinos ranging from antiquity to neo-Latinists active in the 18th century.
Citations & Support
Citing Your Sources
The links below point to brief informational guides for creating accurate citations. For more complete information, consult the original books at the library (see call numbers below) or contact a librarian.
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Ref. LB2369.G53 2016 |
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Ref. Z 253.U69 2017
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Citation Management Tool
RefWorks is a tool that will help you manage the resources you use for your research, and create citations and bibliographies when you write your papers. The RefWorks User Guide will help you set up your RefWorks account and get started using it.
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