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Finding Books

Using Catalogs to locate books:

    1.) Ariadne
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Browse the shelves by Call Number
    3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Browse the shelves by Call Number
    • Waldo Library: Hours and How to get to Western
    4.) WorldCat and 5.) Interlibrary Loan
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Order item through Interlibrary Loan

Using Subject Headings

  • Search by Keyword and look for Subject Headings in individual records.
    Then.... Try words from the Subject Heading in a Keyword search

Library of Congress Subject Headings in Ariadne:

 

Ancient Greek and Latin Texts Series Books in Ariadne:

Loeb Classical Library
Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis
Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana 

Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

Brill's Companions in Classical Studies
Brill's Companion to Thucydides, DF229.T6 B75 2006

Cambridge Companions to Literature Series, Classical Works:

The Cambridge Companion to Virgil / edited by Charles Martindale, PA6825 .C35 1997
The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman novel / edited by Tim Whitmarsh, PA3040 .C36 2008
The Cambridge Companion to Roman satire / edited by Kirk Freudenburg, PA6095 .C36 2005
The Cambridge Companion to Ovid / edited by Philip Hardie, PA6537 .C28 2002
The Cambridge Companion to Homer / edited by Robert Fowler, PA4037 .C258 2004
The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman theatre / edited by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton, PA3201 .C26 2007
The Cambridge Companion to Greek tragedy / edited by P.E. Easterling, PA3131 .C29 1997
The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus / edited by Carolyn Dewald and John Marincola, PA4004 .C36 2006

Cambridge Companion To The Ancient World  
Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece, DF77 .C317 2007

Cambridge Companion To The Classics
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus, DG279 .C35 2005

 

Ancient Greek and Latin Texts Online:

APIS Advanced Papyrological Information System
APIS is a collections-based repository hosting information about and images of papyrological materials (e.g. papyri, ostraca, wood tablets, etc) located in collections around the world. It contains physical descriptions and bibliographic information about the papyri and other written materials, as well as digital images and English translations of many of these texts. When possible, links are also provided to the original language texts (e.g. through the Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri).

Packard Humanities Institute Classical Latin Texts Online
The Packard Humanities Institute‘s collection of digital Latin texts is now available free online. Previously, this collection was only available on the PHI #5 CD-ROM. It contains the texts of over 350 Latin Authors, including almost all Latin texts before 200 CE, (with a handful of later authors), which are now readable and searchable online. It allows simple word and concordance searches.
The Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) is a non-profit foundation dedicated to archaeology, music, film preservation, historic conservation, and early education.

Perseus Digital Library < about >
Free Database, Classics and the Ancient World - primary texts, site plans, and artifacts
Greek and Roman Documents

Perseus under PhiloLogic
"The texts we make available on this site are practically all used by permission from the Perseus Project at Tufts University, the foremost Digital Library for the classical world, if not for the Humanities in general. You will here find just about the same texts as at the Tufts site, but the mechanism for browsing and searching them is a different one. It is PhiloLogic, a system that was especially developed for large textual databases by the ARTFL project at the University of Chicago. While the original Perseus site is an excellent tool for linear reading, by putting all kinds of resources on the same page while a user reads a passage, we were interested in leveraging the rich encoding for searching the texts, and for other tasks that are less about reading and more about research: corpus linguistics, above all."

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae from Electronic Resources for Classicists, by Maria C. Pantelia
Abridged version of the TLG - free, open access
"The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG®) is a research center at the University of California, Irvine. The TLG has collected and digitized the entire corpus of Ancient Greek and Byzantine literature. The full TLG corpus is open to institutions and individuals by subscription. The site, however, provides open access to the TLG bibliographical materials, known as the Canon of Greek Authors and Works and the abridged version of the TLG with more than 100 authors and works available to browse or search."

 

MIT Internet Classics Archive
Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.

Ancient History Sourcebook - The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project.
by Paul Halsall, April 1998-October 2000, halsall@fordham.edu
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.

 

Online Classics Reference Sources

Cambridge Ancient History < about >

Perseus Digital Library < about > Free Database, Classics and the Ancient World - primary texts, site plans, and artifacts:

Greek and Roman Documents
Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser

Grove Dictionary of Art < about >
Oxford Art Online < about > includes the Grove Dictionary of Art
Oxford Companion to Western Art < about >

Useful Classics Reference sources in the Library:

  • Classical studies : a guide to the reference literature, Ref. PA91 .J4 2006
  • The Edinburgh Companion to ancient Greece and Rome, Ref. DE59 .E3 2006
  • Latin Literature : a History, Ref. PA6008 .C6613 1994
  • Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient world, Ref. DE5 .N4813 2002
  • The Cambridge Ancient History, (14 volumes), Ref. D57 .C252
  • The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Ref. DE5 .O9 2003
  • The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical civilization, Ref. DE5 .C28 2006
  • Dictionary of Greek and Latin Authors and Texts, Ref. PA31 .G4713 2009
  • The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Ref. BL715 .G713 1985
  • The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Ref. PA31 .H69 1989
  • Chronologies of the Ancient World: names, dates and dynasties, Ref. D101.7 .H4713 2007
  • A Genealogical Chart of Greek mythology, Ref. BL785 .N44 2003
  • The Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World, Ref. DG231 .O94 2001
  • The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World, Ref. DF214 .O94 2001
  • The Dictionary of Art, (34 volumes) Ref. N31 .D5 1996

Language Dictionaries: (use for literature abbreviations as well)

  • A Greek-English lexicon, Ref. PA445.E5 L6 1925
  • Oxford Latin dictionary, Ref. PA2365.E5 O9 1982

Art Reference Sources:

  • The Dictionary of Art, Ref. N31 .D5 1996
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Art, Ref. N33 .O93 2004
  • The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Ref. N33 .O923 2001

Atlases

  • Historical Atlas of the Ancient world, (Brill) Ref. G1033 .H5 2010
  • Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman world, Ref. G1033 .B3 2000
  • Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman world : Map-by-map Directory, Ref. G1033 .B3 2000 Suppl. v.1 & v.2
  • Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome, Ref. DG209 .C6645 2003

 

See also: Library of Congress Classification...

Finding Book Chapters, also called Book Articles:

To find chapters within books, do a keyword search on your topic, whether your topic is an idea, a period of history, or a person. A keyword search will search multiple fields of the record for a book, such as title, author, contents note, etc.

Example: kore

In keyword search in Ariadne, you can also search for your topic specifically in the contents note field, where chapter titles are listed. To search the contents note field, your search would look like this:

Example: n:asian minor

You can also find book chapters in the Essay and General Literature Index.
In the Essay and General Literature Index, you can limit your search to book chapters by choosing "chapter" in the Document Type Phrase drop down box.

Essay and General Literature Index < about >
Cites essays contained in anthologies and collections published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada.
Coverage spans the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film.

Note: Don't forget to use Print and Online Bibliographies

 

 Finding Journal Articles

Off-Campus Access to Licensed Resources

Scholarly Journals and Popular Magazines/Newspapers

Scholarly Journals (Classical Philology)

  • Authors are scholars or researchers in their fields.
  • Authors cite their sources in footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies.
  • Individual issues have little or no advertising.
  • Articles must go through a peer-review process.
  • Articles usually report original scholarly research.
  • Most illustrations are charts, figures, or graphs.
  • Authors use the specialized language or jargon of the discipline.

Popular Magazines (National Geographic, Smithsonian)

  • Authors are free lance writers or magazine staff members.
  • Authors may mention sources, but rarely cite them in notes or bibliographies.
  • Individual issues contain many advertisements.
  • There is no peer review process. Articles are reviewed by editors or publishers.
  • Illustrations are numerous and colorful.
  • Articles are meant to inform and entertain an educated audience.
  • Language is written for the general adult audience (no specialized jargon).

Scholarly or Not?
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Online < about >
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Ref. Desk Z6941 .U5)
Look for section called "Document Type"
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication" to be considered scholarly!

Classics Journals in Ariadne - paper format:

American Journal of Archaeology, call number CC1 .A6 - online access
The Classical Journal, call number PA1 .C4 - online access
Classical Philology, call number PA1 .C5 - online access

 

What Journals does the Library Own?

  • In paper - Check Ariadne - search on your discipline or subject area, and in Step 2, limit the location to "Periodicals"
  • Online - Check Online Journals at K - to find out what online journals the Library subscribes to

 

Do you have access to a journal?  

    1.) Ariadne (print)
    • Title search on Title of the Journal to locate print journal
    2.) Online Journals at K
    • Title search on Title of the Journal to locate article in a Full Text Database

Journal Indexes

Is a particular journal covered in a specific Index?

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Online < about >

Advanced Search Help

Classics

L’Année Philologique < about > Index for Classical Studies, 1924 - 2007 (No Full Text!) 1,500+ journals indexed

  • "Full Text" Search means a Keyword Search in L’Année Philologique
  • Mutliple terms entered in the search box are processed as a Boolean AND by default. - What does this mean? All of your words entered into the Search Box will be tied together with AND.
  • Enclosing words in "double quotes" does not make them a Phrase Search in L’Année Philologique

Point and hover over journal abbreviations in your L’Année Philologique results list and you will see the full journal title! It's magic!

Abbreviations Used in L'Annee Philologique Comprehensive list of abbreviations for scholarly journals in all subject fields.
For subject searching - subject categories changed with volume 67, produced in 1996

Deutsche Archäologische Institut - DAI (German Archaeological Institute)
Bibliographies of the DAI

Gnomon Online 
The Eichstätt Information System for Classical Studies
An international database of citations for books, journal articles, conference papers and dissertations on ancient history, classical philology, and archaeology.

TOCS-IN - Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists
Maintained by PMW Matheson (Toronto, Canada) and Jacques Poucet (Louvain, Belgium).
List of Journals Indexed in 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. It makes available -- for searching, browsing, or downloading -- the tables of contents of about 185 journals of interest to classicists. Where possible, links are given to articles that have full text or an abstract available online (about 15%).

 

Indexes in the Arts and the Humanities

Arts & Humanities Citation Index < about > (from Web of Knowledge) 1,300+ journals indexed
Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,150 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals. Cited reference searching.
Coverage: 1993 - Present

MLA International Bibliography < about > 4,400+ journals indexed
The Modern Language Association International Bibliography indexes thousands of publications, including articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations. Subjects included: literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
There are no abstracts.
Coverage: 1926 - Present.

Humanities Abstracts < about > 625+ journals indexed
Bibliographic index that covers English language periodicals in the humanities. Feature articles are indexed, as are interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, and reviews of plays, operas, ballets, dance, musicals, movies, television and radio. Offers detailed abstracts.
Coverage: Indexing - 1984 - present; Abstracting - 1994 - present.

Art Abstracts < about >
Art Abstracts provides abstracting and indexing for 400+ international art publications, both English and foreign-language, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Art Abstracts covers contemporary art around the world, with emphasis on Canadian, Latin American, and Asian arts, new artists, exhibition reviews, non-Western art, and feminist criticism. Topics include art history, archaeology, architecture, folk art, graphic arts, advertising, decorative arts, crafts, industrial and interior design, museology, film, video and photography. Feature articles are indexed, as well as bibliographies, notices of competitions and awards, reports of conferences and exhibitions, book and film reviews, and significant editorials and letters to the editor. Each also notes art reproductions used to illustrate articles and advertisements, under the artists' names.

 

See the Classics Research Guide: Using Indexes and Databases to help select an Index.

 

Open Access Journals in Classics

Bryn Mawr Classical Review freely accessible online

AWOL - Ancient World Online list of Open Access Journals in Classics

 

Full Text Databases

Online Journals at K - Search and Find which journals the K Library subscribes to online!

JSTOR < about > 16 titles in the Arts, with a wide range of topics.
Classics titles in JSTOR (45 titles) Archaeology titles (62 titles)
Some Classics journals in JSTOR:

  • American Journal of Archaeology 1897 to 2004
  • The American Journal of Philology 1880-2004
  • Classical Philology 1906-2004
  • The Classical Quarterly 1907-2004
  • The Classical Review 1887-2004
  • Greece & Rome 1931-2004
  • Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
  • Hesperia 1932-2006
  • The Journal of Hellenic Studies 1880-2006
  • The Journal of Roman Studies 1911-2006

Proquest < about >
Proquest Research Library is a fulltext database providing access to over 2,000 periodicals. Graphics are included with the fulltext for many articles. Users may search the entire database or select specific subject modules (examples include Arts, Women's Studies and Humanities). Users also may select to search peer-reviewed journals only.
Some Classics journals in Proquest:

  • Classical antiquity
  • Classical bulletin
  • Classical quarterly
  • Classical review
  • Greece and Rome
  • Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies
  • Hesperia

Project Muse < about >
Project MUSE offers the full text of Johns Hopkins University Press scholarly journals via the world wide web. Journals from these disciplines are included: the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
Some Classics journals in ProjectMUSE:

  • American Journal of Philology (Vol. 117 (1996) through current issue)
  • Arethusa (Vol. 29 (1996) through current issue)
  • Classical World (Vol. 99 (2005) through current issue)
  • Helios (Vol. 34 (2007) through current issue)
  • Hesperia (Vol. 74 (2005); archive only)
  • Transactions of the American Philological Association (Vol. 130 (2000) through current issue)

OmniFile < about >
Contains indexed and abstracted articles in html full text. The database is comprised of records from Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Business Abstracts.
(Please note that each periodical can begin on a different month and year.)
Coverage: 1994-Present.

Academic OneFile < about >
Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text.

Image Databases

ARTstor < about > Artwork Image Database | How to Access ARTstor from Off Campus

SILS Art Image Browser < about > Free Database of Images from the University of Michigan
Bridgeman Art Library Free Database of Images Offers over 100,000 art images from major international museums, galleries and auction houses.
Visual Collections: Images of Art, History, and Culture < about > Mix of free and licensed image collections compiled by David Rumsey

 

 Websites

To find Web sites, use search engines and web indexes. See Web Indexes and Directories. See also Web Sites by Subject and Finding Web Sites on Art.

WorldCat < about >
WorldCat contains bibliographic citations for high-quality Web sites on a variety of subjects. When you search WorldCat for Web sites, remember to check the box for "Internet Resources" in the section called "Limit type to". Sites are selected according to a collection development policy that emphasizes quality, authoritativeness, and durability.

See the Following Web Sites:

 

Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:

1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are there information gaps?

Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:

Citing Your Sources

CHICAGO STYLE

Chicago Manual of Style
14th ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Reference, Z253 .U69 2003.

 

Examples of Citations in the Chicago Style:

Book citation:

Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll. Disorderly Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America.
  New York: A.A. Knopf, 1985.

Journal Citation:

Edwards, Justin D. "Henry James's 'Alien' New York: Gender and Race in the
  American Scene." American Studies International 36, no. 1 (1998): 66-80.

Chapter in a Book:

Schlereth, Thomas J. "Country Stores, County Fairs, and Mail-Order Catalogues:
  Consumption in Rural America." In Consuming Visions: Accumulation and Display
  of Goods in America, 1880-1920 edited by Simon J. Bronner, 251-300.
  New York: Norton, 1989.

 

Chicago Style
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
See the The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ web site for citing electronic resources in the Chicago Style.

 

MLA Style

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
7th ed., New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
Reference, LB2369 .G53 2009.

 

Examples of Citations in the MLA Style:

Book citation:

Beckson, Karl E. London in the 1890s: a Cultural History. New York : W.W. Norton,
  (1993).

Journal Citation:

Dowling, Linda. "The Decadent and the New Woman in the 1890's."
  Nineteenth-Century Fiction 33 (1979): 434-53.

Chapter in a Book:

Hapgood, Lynne. "Urban Utopias: Socialism, Religion and the City, 1880 to 1900."
  Cultural Politics at the Fin de Siècle. Ed. Sally Ledger and Scott McCracken.
  New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

 

APSA Documentation

  • ASPA Guide from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.

ALWAYS check the style manual!! DO NOT rely on other guides!

See: How to Cite Sources

See also Citing Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)