Selected Resources for: Classics


Subject Librarian: Laura Dale Bischof
E-Mail: bisch004@umn.edu
Subject Description:This subject covers: the areas of ancient Greek and Latin language and linguistics, and ancient Greek and Roman history, literature, philosophy, art, archaeology, religion, mythology, music, science, and early Christian texts.


Abstracts and Indexes

Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
Annee philologique Online Authentication Required
The most comprehensive index to Classical Studies. It is an index of citations to books and articles in all areas of ancient Greek and Latin studies. Print index available at WILSON Reference PA29 .A5x.
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Anthropology Plus Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.
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Art Index Retrospective Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Art Index Retrospective covers 55 years (from 1929-1984)of art journalism and research from leading English-language sources, plus others published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. Besides periodicals, resources include data from yearbooks and select museum bulletins.
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ATLA Religion Database Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
ATLA lists journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Some listings link to full text of articles. More about ATLA
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Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Covers art of Europe and the Americas (4th century to modern), painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, decorative and applied arts, architecture and industrial design, popular and folk art. Photography, new media, and the performing arts are also covered in connection with the visual arts. --- Materials Covered: articles from more than 2,500 periodicals, plus books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs. BHA includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (R鰥rtoire d'Art et d'Arch鯬ogie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) from 1975 to 1989.
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Dyabola Authentication Required
DYABOLA literature database contains citations from the subject catalog of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome. Click on "With IP-Access" to search Dyabola.
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Philosopher's Index Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 270 journals on philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published in the U.S. and the Western World. Database Fact Sheet available at: http://www.csa.com/factsheets/philosopher-set-c.php
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TOCS-IN
"TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals, both in text format and through a Web search program. Where possible, links are given with articles of which the full text or an abstract is available online (about 15%).

The project began to archive current tables of contents in 1992, and now contains ca 185 journals, and over 45,000 articles, in a database at Toronto."


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General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
Academic Search Premier Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
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Catalogs and Bibliographies

Catalogs
MNCAT Classic
Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for.
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WorldCat Authentication Required
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education
Covers all subjects. Provides bibliographic citations of books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films and machine-readable data files published worldwide. Provides holdings information for nearly 30,000 libraries. Producer/Publisher is OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

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General Reference Sources

Dictionaries
Greek-English lexicon
compiled by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott. Rev. and augm. throughout by Henry Stuart Jones, with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie. With a supplement, 1968.
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Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, zweite Reihe [R-Z] and supplements also at Wilson Library Reference DE5 .P33. Der neue Pauly: Enzyklopadie der Antike at Wilson Library Reference Quarto DE5 .N48x 1996.
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Encyclopedias

Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

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Harper's dictionary of classical literature and antiquities

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Oxford classical dictionary
Authoritative guide to all aspects of the ancient world.
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General Reference Works
eHRAF Archaeology Authentication Required
The eHRAF Collection of Archaeology covers the prehistory of the world with a growing collection of full-text information (e.g. books, journal articles, and dissertations) on archaeological traditions.The collection is unique in that the text is subject-indexed to the paragraph level for quick retrieval of information.
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Handbooks and Manuals


Internet Resources

Electronic Texts
Ancient History Sourcebook
The Ancient History Source book organizes and provides access to selected primary texts from the ancient world. It also includes links to visual and aural material.
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Gateways & Megasites
ABZU: A Guide to Information related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web
From Abzu: "Abzu is a guide to the rapidly increasing, and widely distributed data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East via the Internet."
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Perseus Digital Library: Classics Collection
An integrated online collection of texts and images, including primary and secondary texts, site plans, digital images, and maps.
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Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
A comprehensive site about prehistoric Greece until the collapse of the Mycenean civilization. It contains chronology, terminology, Greek environment, discipline history, and 29 chronologically arranged lessons with numerous images and bibliographies.
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Open Access Resources
Arachne
Open-access object database of the German Archaeological Institute.
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Style Manuals and Writing Guides

Bibliography Software
RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).
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Style Manuals
Style Manuals
A selected list of sources available in Wilson Reference Services.
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Writing Guides

QuickStudy -- Citing Sources
QuickStudy: Library Research Guide from the University of Minnesota provides examples online for APA, MLA and Turabian styles, including how to cite electronic sources.
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Library Information

Primary Subject Location


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