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Guide to Library resources in Classics
School of Classics
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Welcome to your Subject Guide for Classics. It offers some basic guidance on how to find and use the Library's resources in this subject area. Some general resources for study and research in Classical Studies are listed on this page, with subject specific guides for Ancient History, Greek and Latin on separate pages (via the tabs above).
Databases and Collections for Classics
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L'Annee Philologiquestandard Classical Studies bibliographical index for research in all aspects of Ancient Greece and Rome - language and linguistics, history, literature, philosophy, art, archaeology, religion, mythology, science, papyrology, epigraphy, etc. Text of database is English. 20 simultaneous accesses
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Loeb Classical LibraryThe Loeb Classical Library is a virtual library of more than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts - all that is important in Greek and Latin literature - together with accurate English translations, and critical and explanatory notes
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New Pauly OnlineA comprehensive practical encyclopaedia for scholars of the classical world. It comprises the English edition of Der Neue Pauly (the standard reference work of the ancient world) along with New Pauly Supplements I (Volumes 1-6) in English.
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Der Neue PaulyThe original German language of the above text with nearly 20,000 entries it covers two thousand years of history and culture of Greco-Roman Antiquity and the reception of this in the two thousand years that followed.
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A Cornucopia of Classics Resources: Diverse Food for ThoughtPromoting Diversity and Inclusivity: A Cornucopia of Classics Resources is an ever-growing site that aims to streamline the development of more diverse and inclusive reading lists within the field of Classics.
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Oxford Bibliographies Online - ClassicsProvides authoritative research guides offering expert recommendations on the best works available (books, articles, websites, etc) on a huge range of topics, each written by an eminent scholar in the field.
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Past Masters: Collected WorksPrimary source full-text electronic editions. The series includes the Complete Works of Aristotle (Greek and English) and the Collected Dialogues of Plato (Greek and English)
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New Pauly OnlineA comprehensive practical encyclopaedia for scholars of the classical world. It comprises the English edition of Der Neue Pauly (the standard reference work of the ancient world) along with New Pauly Supplements I and II
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Perseus Digital LibraryA digital library hosted by the Classics Department of Tufts University. Includes a large number of Classical texts as well as secondary literature.
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The Cambridge Companions to Literature and ClassicsEssays on major authors, periods and genres. To narrow the collection to Classical Studies use the Subject option in the left-hand menu
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Oxford Handbooks Online - Classical StudiesAccess to over 40 Oxford Handbooks covering all major fields and sub-fields of contemporary research into Classical and ancient Mediterranean culture. While Greco-Roman language, literature, history, religion and philosophy continue to be dominant areas of scholarly interest which are fully represented in this module, growth-areas of research are also included, especially in material culture, epigraphy and papyrology, art and architecture, the sciences, engineering and technology, reception studies, and gender studies.
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Oxford Scholarship Online - Classical StudiesAccess to over 700 scholarly classical studies titles published by Oxford University Press. Narrow your search to items available by ticking the boxes on the left hand side of the screen for "unlocked", "free" and "open access"
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Arts and Humanities Citation Indexindex of articles from over 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and relevant articles, reviews, proceedings in more than 5,000 social science and science journals.
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ARTstor Digital LibraryThis major image database includes a wide range of content related to the ancient Mediterranean world: architecture, sculpture, vases, mosaics, jewelry, metalwork, and an array of subjects and themes depicted within the Classical tradition.
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JSTORAn electronic full text archive of over 1000 academic journals, as well as images and other primary sources. Search or browse under the 'Classical Studies' and 'Languages and Literature' disciplines for relevant articles.
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ProQuest One LiteratureWhile this huge full text database covers literature up to modern times, the Author Index in the Browse section allows you to select works by or about individual authors by selecting 'Browse by period' and choosing the Ancient Greek or Roman Period.
Search on the Library Homepage allows you to search multiple Library databases at once. Results will include books, journal articles, newspapers, theses, etc. as well as materials held in Special Collections and Museum Collections.
In the search results use the filters on the left to narrow down the results.
Use the "Library Catalogue" filter to restrict to books etc. held in the Library, or use the "Format" filter to select e.g. journal articles, and then select the "Full-text" filter to restrict the search to items you have full-text access to.
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Cambridge Histories OnlineA range of reference works including The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare, The Cambridge History of Byzantine Empire, The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought, The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World and The Cambridge World History
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CREDO ReferenceA wide range of reference books including titles on the ancient world, classical mythology and The Homer Encyclopedia
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Oxford Bibliographies Online - ClassicsProvides authoritative research guides offering expert recommendations on the best works available (books, articles, websites, etc) on a huge range of topics, each written by an eminent scholar in the field.
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Oxford ReferenceThe classical studies section of this resource allows you to search across a range of resources including major reference works such as The Oxford Classical Dictionary and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Subject Guide
Hilda McNae
Contact:
Senior Librarian (Academic Liaison)
University of St Andrews Library, KY16 9TR
Tel: 01334 462298
University of St Andrews Library, KY16 9TR
Tel: 01334 462298
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