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Guide to Library resources in 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).

L'Annee Philologique
standard 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

Off-Campus Access:
- click on link to database
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
Loeb Classical Library
The 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
New Pauly Online
A 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.

- Off campus access
- click on Log in via your institution (right hand side of page)
- click Show Organizations
- choose University of St Andrews from the list of institutions
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

Der Neue Pauly
The 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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Off campus access
- click on Sign in via your institution (right hand side of page)
- in the section called Sign in with Shibboleth choose United Kingdom
- choose University of St Andrews from the list of institutions and then Go to sign in
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
Oxford Bibliographies Online - Classics
Provides 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.
Past Masters: Collected Works
Primary 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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Off-campus Access:
- click on link to database
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

New Pauly Online
A 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

- Off campus access
- click on Log in via your institution (right hand side of page)
- click Show Organizations
- choose University of St Andrews from the list of institutions
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

Perseus Digital Library
A digital library hosted by the Classics Department of Tufts University. Includes a large number of Classical texts as well as secondary literature.

The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
Key essays on a wide range of classical (as well as modern literature) topics.

Off-campus access:
- click on "Institutional log in" near the top right hand of the screen
- scroll to the Search by keyword, and enter "Andrews" in the box, and click Search
- choose University of St Andrews from the results
- then login through the Single Sign On page, using your University Account Username and Password
- if you are redirected to the Cambridge Core homepage, search again for what you needed.
Oxford Handbooks Online
Access to over 30 Oxford Handbooks in the Classical Studies Collection.

Off-campus login:
- Select Login with Athens/Access Management Federation;
- Enter University of St Andrews in the search box, and click the link;
- At the University SSO page enter your username and password.

Oxford Scholarship Online - Classical Studies
Access to many of the 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"

Arts and Humanities Citation Index (via Web of Science Core Collection)
index 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.

Off-campus Access:
- click on link to database
- select 'click here to access Web of Science'
- choose 'UK Federation' from pull-down menu, and click 'Go'
- type 'st andrews' into box on next page (this will change to 'University of St Andrews'
- click on the 'Sign In' link, next to the University name
- and login through the University of St Andrews Single sign-on page, using your University Username and Password
- then select a database
ARTstor Digital Library
This 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.

Off-campus Access:
- click on the database link
- then login through the University of St Andrews Single sign-on page, using your University Username and Password
JSTOR
An 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.

Off-campus Access:
- Click in the Log in button at the top right hand of the screen
- Click on the sentence that says Log in via your institution
- Enter the University of St Andrews in the Search by Name box and click Search
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
Literature Online (LION)
While 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.

Off-campus Access:
- Click the link
- login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

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.

Cambridge Histories Online
A 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

Off-campus access:
- click on "Institutional log in" near the top right hand of the screen
- scroll to the Search by keyword, and enter "Andrews" in the box, and click Search
- choose University of St Andrews from the results
- then login through the Single Sign On page, using your University Account Username and Password
- if you are redirected to the Cambridge Core homepage, search again for what you needed.
CREDO Reference
A wide range of reference books including titles on the ancient world, classical mythology and The Homer Encyclopedia

Off-campus Access
- Click on the "search for an institution by name or location" and enter St Andrews (make sure you choose the Scottish one!)
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

Oxford Bibliographies Online - Classics
Provides 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.

Oxford Reference
The 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.

Off-campus access
- Select Sign in via your Institution
- select University of St Andrews
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

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