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Selected Reference Resources
Language and Literature
Title Print Location
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature Gives accounts of the lives of many classical authors and character entries and plot summaries for their works. General entries trace the development of literary forms such as comedy and tragedy.
Crowell's handbook of classical literature PA 31 F4 1964 Reference Coll
Greek and Latin authors, 800 B.C.-A.D. 1000 PA 31 G7 1980 Reference Coll
The Oxford companion to classical literature PA 31 H69 1989 Reference Coll
A Greek-English lexicon, compiled by Henry George Liddell PA 445 E5 L6 1897 Reference Coll
A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian Literature PA 881 B38 1979 Reference Coll
Vox Latina, a guide to the pronunciation of classical Latin PA 2117 A5 Reference Coll
Thesaurus linguae Latinae PA 2342 .T34 Reference Coll
Oxford Latin dictionary PA 2365 .E5 A7 1975 Reference Coll
Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome (2 vols.) PA 3002 .A5 1982 Reference Coll
Dictionary of Literary Biography:
Ancient Greek Authors
PN 451 .D5 vol. 176 Reference Coll
Dictionary of Literary Biography:
Ancient Roman Writers
PN 451 .D5 vol. 211 Reference Coll
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (40+ vols.) PN 610 .C53 Reference Coll
Classical History and Culture
Brill's New Pauly :Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World/ edited by Hubert Cancik and Helmut Schneider ; English editon, managing editor, Christine F. Salazar, assistant editor, David E. Orton DE5 .N4813 2002 Reference Coll
Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium Online DF521 .O93 1991 Reference Coll
Who's Who in the Classical World Online
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece DF16 .E52 2006 Reference Coll
Cambridge Ancient History D 57 .C25-252 Reference Coll
Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women : Notable Women from Sappho to Helena HQ1136 .L54 2000 sReference Coll
An encyclopedia of the history of classical archaeology DE 5 .E5 1996 Reference Coll
Illustrated encyclopaedia of the classical world DE 5 .I55 Reference Coll
The New Century classical handbook DE 5 .N5 Reference Coll
The Oxford classical dictionary, 1970 DE 5 .O9 1970 Reference Coll
The Oxford classical dictionary 1996 DE 5 .O9 1996 Reference Coll
Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and myth DE 5 .S71 Reference Coll
Who's who in the ancient world DE 7 .R33 1971 Reference Coll
Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean: Greece & Rome DE 59 .C55 1988 Reference Coll
The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites DE 59 .P7 Reference Coll
Dictionary of the ancient Greek world DF 16 .S23 1996 Reference Coll
Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae DG 63 .L49 1993 Reference Coll
A new topographical dictionary of ancient Rome DG 68 .R5 1992 Reference Coll
Who was who in the Roman world DG 203 .W46 Reference Coll
Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire DG 270 .B86 1994 Reference Coll
The Roman Emperors DG 274 .G73 1985 Reference Coll
Atlases and Chronologies
Interactive Ancient Mediterranean Online
Atlas of the classical world DE 29 .H463 Reference Coll
Atlas of the Roman world DG 77 .C597 1982 Reference Coll
Atlas of classical history G 1033 .A833 1985 Reference Coll
Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world G 1033 .B3 2000 Reference Coll
Smithsonian timeline of the ancient world D 54.5 .S65 1993 Reference Coll


Title Description
ALCUIN The Furman Library Catalog
Essay & General Literature Index Indexes essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 300 volumes are indexed annually; the library has about 80% of these.


Some Recent Titles
Title Location


Entering the Agon. Dissent and Authority in Homer, Historiography, and Tragedy. By Elton T. E. Barker. [electronic resource]
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009
Online


Manilius and his Intellectual Background. By Katharina Volk. [electronic resource]
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009
Online

Controlling desires : sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome / Kirk Ormand Ormand, Kirk, 1962-
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009

General Collection
HQ13 .O76 2009


The seer in ancient Greece / Michael Attyah Flower
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008

General Collection
BF1765 .F56 2008

The matter of the gods : religion and the Roman Empire / Clifford Ando
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008
General Collection
BL803 .A53 2008


Articles
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Title Description
Humanities Abstracts Fulltext
Cites articles from nearly 400 English-language periodicals in the fields of archaeology and classical studies, art and photography, folklore, history, language and literature, literary and political criticism, philosophy, and religion and theology. Nearly 100 titles appear fulltext. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines.
The Database of Classical Bibliography
(L`Annee Philologique)
vols. 45-60 (1974-1989)
Permanent Reserve CD-ROM - ask at Circulation Desk
Contains citations of all known scholarly work published in any language anywhere in the world in the areas of Greek and Latin scholarship.
Essay & General Literature Index Indexes essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 300 volumes are indexed annually.
Arts & Humanities Search Over 8,000 journals indexed in the arts and humanities with abstracts included for about 20 %. Unique ability of this database allows tracing of scholarship through the citations and references from one publication to the next.
Other Online Resources
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature Gives accounts of the lives of many classical authors and character entries and plot summaries for their works. General entries trace the development of literary forms such as comedy and tragedy.
Who's Who in the Classical World Focuses exclusively on real people, this is a dictionary of ancient biography, covering Greek and Roman history and politics, literature, philosophy, science, and art

 


Journals


Print Indexes
Title Location
Humanities Index 1972-1995 Indexes
L`Annee Philologique vols. 1-66 Z7016 .M35 Reference Collection


Videos/Multimedia Items


Web Resources
Classics Department Home Page
Perseus Project All known classical Greek texts.
Stoa.org The Stoa is a consortium for electronic publication in the Humanities and presently includes a number of unique projects in the literature and culture of the classical world.
Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources This site from the University of Victoria is designed to draw together the ancient texts and images available on the Web concerning the major figures of Greek and Roman mythology. Most all text links are directed to the appropriate location at the Perseus Project.
Diotima:
Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
An interdisciplinary site for the study of women and gender in antiquity.
Interactive Ancient Mediterranean A searchable online atlas with downloadable and printer friendly maps.


Special Topics
Ancient History
Medieval Studies


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