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Good for finding background information on just about
any subject. Also good for finding high quality websites.
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Find not only definitions, but etymologies and histories
of usage.
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Dictionary of concepts in history
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Reference Collection: D13 .R49 1986
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The Anchor Bible dictionary
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Reference Collection: BS440 .A54 1992
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The HarperCollins Bible dictionary
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Reference Collection: BS440 .H235 1996
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The Encyclopedia of religion
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Reference Collection: BL31 .E46 1986
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Encyclopedia Judaica
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Reference Collection: DS102.8 .E496
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The Cambridge ancient history
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Reference Collection: D57 .C252
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Dictionary of the Middle Ages
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Reference Collection: D114 .D5 1982
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Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean : Greece
and Rome
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Reference Collection: DE59 .C55 1988
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Classical and medieval literature criticism
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Reference Collection: PN610 .C53
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The New Century classical handbook
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Reference Collection: DE5 .N5
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Greek and Latin authors, 800 B.C.-A.D. 1000
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Reference Collection: PA31 .G7
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Illustrated encyclopaedia of the classical world
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Reference Collection: DE5 .I55
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The Oxford classical dictionary
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Reference Collection: DE5 .O9 1996
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The Cambridge medieval history
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Reference Collection: D117 .C32 1966
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Encyclopedia of medieval literature
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Reference Collection: PN669 .E53 2000
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History of the ancient & medieval world
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Reference Collection: D117 .H57 1996
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Illustrated encyclopedia of medieval civilization
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Reference Collection: CB353 .G7
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International medieval bibliography
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Reference CD-ROM Coll
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Larousse encyclopedia of ancient and medieval history
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Reference Collection: D59 .L373
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The Middle Ages : a concise encyclopaedia
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Reference Collection: CB351 .M565 1989
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ALCUIN (The
Library's Catalog)
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| Please note: It is important to look at all of the little boxes at the bottom of a book record. Most students just write down the call number and go off to find the book, but they are often unsuccessful because 1) They didn't check the location and 2) They didn't check the status. Looking at these two items can save you the wasted time and frustration of looking for a book that is not there. |
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| Expanded Academic Index | Expanded Academic ASAP offers balanced, full text coverage of every academic concentration--from advertising and microbiology to history, political science, and art history. Over 3,000 titles indexed and over 1,000 titles in fulltext. | ||
| Humanities Abstracts | H.W. Wilson's Humanities databases cover nearly 400 English language periodicals in the diverse subject areas of the humanities. Among the disciplines included are literature and language, history, philosophy, archaeology, classical studies, folklore, gender studies, performing arts, history, religion and theology. | ||
| MLA International Bibliography | "The MLA International Bibliography, produced
by the Modern Language Association of America, consists of bibliographic
records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, and
includes coverage from 1963 to the present. The MLA International Bibliography provides access to scholarly research in over 3,000 journals and series. It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats." |
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| LION (Literature Online) | Literature Online contains the full text of thousands of English Language prose, poetry and drama from 1500 - present. It also includes the full text of over 100 English and Humanities journals from 1997-2003 | ||
| ATLA Religion Index | The ATLA (American Theological Library Association) Religion Index is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Also covers religious research in related fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, medicine, law, and business. The file contains citations from international titles and 13,000 multi-author works in and related to the field of religion. It also includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from ATLA's print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). | ||
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| Civilisation
Media Video CB69 .C58 1993 | This seven part series produced by the BBC, discusses the history of Western Culture from the end of the Graeco-Roman world to the present. It includes discussions of art, literature, and music from each century covered. | ||
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In The Paths Of The Gods | This series included videos on Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite, Demeter, Dionysus, Poseidon and Zeus. | ||
| Applying the lessons of ancient Greece
Media Video Coll BJ192 .A66 1989 | Nussbasum, a political philosopher, in talks with Bill Moyers "finds lessons for modern Americans in what the ancient Greeks thought about virtue and tragedy." | ||
| Exploring ancient cities Media CD-ROM Coll D80 .E86 1994 | Multimedia explorations of four ancient civilizations: Petra, Teotihuacan, Pompeii, and Crete. | ||
| The Greeks Media Video Coll DF77 .G73 1988 | An introduction to Greece and the Greeks, covering the period from the Mycenaean Age in 1300 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. It sets out the principal historical landmarks and presents some of the work of the most important Greek writers, philosophers, historians and politicians of the period. Burstall's conversations with Greek scholar Kenneth Dover are interspersed with photographs of ancient Greek sculpture, artifacts and ruins of ancient buildings. | ||
| Lysistrata Media Video Coll PN3877 .L8 1987b | Film retelling of Lysistrata who convinced the women they could prevent war by withholding sexual favors from their husbands. | ||
| The Odyssey Media Tape Coll PA4025.A5 F34 1996b | Homer's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wanderings after the Trojan War. With wit and wile, Odysseus meets the challenges of gods and monsters. Read by Sir Ian McKellan. | ||
| Oedipus at Colonus Media Video Coll PA4414.O5 T39 1991 | This play recounts the blind, exiled Oedipus' final days. The primary action involves a fight over where Oedipus is to die (as that place is to become hallowed ground). Familial interactions also play a key role in the drama. | ||
| Oedipus the King Media Video Coll PA4414.O7 T39 1988 | This play recounts the story of Oedipus, King of Thebes, a man, who out of stubborn pride, must know the truth at all costs. | ||
| The Old Testament in art Media Video Coll N8020 .O52 1995 | Shows paintings depicting stories of Old Testament. | ||
| The Oresteia : the trilogy. Part I. Agamemnon Media Video Coll PA3827.A8 H37 1990 | English version. 90 Minutes. | ||
| The Parthenon : an interactive educational
experience in pictures and sound Media CD-ROM Coll NA281 .B47 1996 | The Parthenon, regarded by many as the greatest building ever constructed ... set the standard for Doric architecture. Text, sound and pictures (over 250 photographs) introduce the user to this building. | ||
| Perseus 2.0 : interactive sources and
studies on ancient Greece Media CD-ROM Coll DF77 .P47 2000 | A multimedia interactive database designed to facilitate the study of archaic and classical Greece and to expand the ways in which ancient Greek literature, history, art, and archaeology can be examined. Contains an extensive archaeological catalog with about 25,000 accompanying images. | ||
| The Rise of Greek tragedy: Sophocles :
Oedipus the king Media Video Coll PA4413.O7 R5 1982 | A presentation of Sophocles' Oedipus the king, performed in the authentic setting of a fifth-century Greek theater, with the use of masks made after ancient models. Shows how this drama developed from primeval sacrificial ceremonies to Dionysius. | ||
| Rome : power and glory Media Video Coll DG209 .R65 1998 | Documents the rise and fall of the Roman Empire from its humble beginnings to its inexorable decline. | ||
| Testament : the Bible and history Media Video Coll BS445 .T47 1988 | Covers the development and historical context of the Old and New Testaments, from the time of Mesopotamia through ancient Israel, the birth, life, and death of Jesus, early Christianity, Constantine, Charlemaigne, and the Reformation to the present. | ||
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Currently my favorite search engine. Read here
about Google's unique page ranking methods.
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| Click the radio button next to "Britannica's Internet Guide" to search for higher-quality web pages which have been evaluated and ranked by the editors of the Britannica. | |||
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An interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of Internet
resources. HIGHLY recommended.
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Excellent resource from the University of California at
Santa Barbara for doing web-based research in the humanities.
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Frequently updated list of humanities links.
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This page is maintained by Mary Fairbairn
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