Databases: Indexes to Articles and Books
- L'Année Philologique on the Web, v. 30, 1959-
An indispensible tool for serious research. Indexes books, book reviews, articles, Festschrifte, and other collections dealing with the ancient Greek and Roman world, from the second millennium BCE to approximately 800 CE. Because APh covers worldwide scholarly publishing, in many languages, the Vanderbilt library will only have some of the items referenced. A guide to the database and its various quirks is also available. - TOCS-IN: Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists (free online database)
A good starting index for recent articles. Indexes approximately 85 Classics journals, 1992 onwards, as well as additional titles in Archaeology, Religion, and Near Eastern Studies. While many of these journals are also covered by L'Année Philologique, the Vanderbilt Library owns a higher percentage of the sources included in TOCS-IN. Some pre-1992 articles are now being added, along with articles in Festschriften and conference proceedings. Does not cover electronic journals or book reviews. - Dyabola
Dyabola, based on the collection of the Deutsches Archäologische Institut, indexes material on all areas of Mediterranean and and Near Eastern archaeology and philology from prehistory to the Byzantine era. published from 1956 through the present (update frequency varies). Citations for books, book reviews, chapters, articles, and festschriften are included. - Gnomon Online (free online database)
The online supplement to Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank: indexes books, book articles, and some journals, 1997 onwards. - Periodicals Index Online (Formerly PCI, Periocials Contents Index)
Indexes a small number of Classics journals from their first issue up to 1990. Far from comprehensive, but worth a quick search. - Philosopher's Index
Includes references to articles, books, and book reviews on ancient philosophers. - MLA International Bibliography
Useful for comparative literature: if you are interested in comparing a classical text to a more modern one (e.g., something written during the medieval period up to contemporary literature). However, the MLA does not otherwise cover sources for classical literature. - Additional Database Suggestions from the Heard Library Page
Journals and Electronic Journals
2004 Journal Cancellations
Due to budgetary constraints, the following titles will be cancelled at the end of the 2004 calendar year:
- Ancient World
- Annali della Scuola normale superiore di Pisa, Classe di lettere e filosofia
- Antike und Abendland
- Bericht über die Ausgrabungen in Olympia
- Classical Outlook
- Cronache Ercolanesi
- Hermes: Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie. Einzelshriften.
- Kokalos: studi pubblicati dall'istituto di storia antica dell'Università di Palermo
- Maia
- Martin Classical Lectures. New Series. (individual volumes will be selected)
- Rivista di Cultura Classica e Medioevale
- Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica
- Samos
Print for the following titles will be cancelled, but online access will continue:
- American Journal of Philology
- Arethusa
- Transactions of the American Philological Association
New Journal
- Scripta Classica Israelica - starting 2005
Fulltext Online Journals
The JSTOR service provides long back runs (usually excluding the most recent 3 to 5 years) of the following important journals:- American Journal of Archaeology (1885-2000)
- American Journal of Philology (1880-2000)
- Britannia (1970-2002)
- Classical Philology (1906-2002)
- Classical Quarterly (1907-2000)
- Classical Review (1887-2000)
- Greece & Rome (1931-2000)
- Harvard Studies in Classical Philology (1890-2000)
- Hesperia (1932-2002)
- Hesperia Supplements (1931-2001)
- Journal of Hellenic Studies (1880-2002)
- Journal of Near Eastern Studies (1942-2002)
- Journal of Roman Studies (1911-2002)
- Phoenix (1946-2002)
- Transactions of the American Philological Association (1869-2000)
Recent issues of the following are also online:
- American Journal of Philology, 1996-(restricted to Vanderbilt)
- Arachnion: a Journal of Ancient Literature and History (most recent issue, 1996)
- Arethusa, 1996-(restricted to Vanderbilt)
- Bryn Mawr Classical Review -- Book reviews
- Classical Quarterly, 2001- (restricted to Vanderbilt)
- Classical Review, 1998- (restricted to Vanderbilt)
- Electronic Antiquity
- Forum Archaeologiae: Zeitschrift für klassische Archäologie, 1996-
- Leeds International Classical Studies
- Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 2001-
- Revue Internationale des Droits de l'Antiquité, 1997-
- Scholia Reviews -- Book reviews
- Transactions of the American Philological Association, 2000-(restricted to Vanderbilt)
- Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 1992-2000
Additional Titles
- Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt -- Searchable database of the contents of ANRW
- Nestor: Bibliography of Aegean Prehistory and Related Areas
Book Review Sources and Indexes
- Bryn Mawr Classical Review -- Online reviews and notifications of new books. Archived back to 1990.
- Classical Review -- Issues from 1998 onwards are available online
- Scholia Reviews -- Online reviews, 1992-2000
- L'Année Philologique on the Web -- The most comprehensive index to book reviews in the field
- Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin, Latin-English) -- Oxford Reference.
- Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (1993) -- Oxford Reference
- Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization -- Oxford Reference
- Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd edition, 1996) -- Past Masters
- Who's Who in the Classical World (2000) -- Oxford Reference
- Greek Dictionaries and Lexica -- Including Liddell-Scott
Abbreviations: for Journals, Series, Books
- Abbreviations -- American Journal of Archaeology
- Abbreviations -- For L'Année Philologique titles
- A more complete list is available in the Central Library's Reference collection: Dictionary of bibliographic abbreviations found in the scholarship of classical studies and related disciplines, REF PA99 .W44 2003
Past Masters
- The Complete Works of Aristotle (restricted to Vanderbilt)
Consists of The Revised Oxford Translation of The Complete Works of Aristotle (1984), edited by Jonathan Barnes, published by Princeton University Press - The Collected Dialogues of Plato (restricted to Vanderbilt)
Consists of The Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns edition of Plato: The Collected Dialogues (1961) and the Benjamin Jowett 4th edition of the Dialogues (1951)
Internet Texts (open access)
- Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
- Cassiodorus' de anima
- The Chicago Homer -- Searchable and browsable texts
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook -- The largest Internet repository of ancient texts and commentary
- Online Medieval & Classical Library -- Berkeley. Search or browse texts.
- Ovid's Metamorphoses -- In Latin and English
- Perseus -- Primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome
- Project Libellus
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae -- About the TLG. The resource is available on workstations in the Divinity Library
- Ancient city of Athens
- Athenian Agora Picture Books -- American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Forma Urbis Romae -- Severan Marble Plan of Rome
- Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World
- Metis: a QTVR Interface for Ancient Greek Archaeological Sites (QuickTime)
- Stoa Image Gallery -- Open Access photos related to Classics and Classical Archaeology
- Visual Compendium of Roman Emperors
- VRoma Image Archive -- A searchable archive of scanned images
- Perseus Project -- An evolving digital library for Classics
- Art History Resources, Ancient
- Electronic Resources for Classicists: the Second Generation
- Greek Grammar on the Web -- A clearinghouse of resources for studying ancient Greek
- Humbul Humanities Hub: Classics -- Oxford University
- Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World -- Photographs, gazetteer, original texts, secondary works
- Resources for Classical Studies on the WWW
- Stoa -- Includes online projects related to classical studies
- "Voice of the Shuttle," Classical Studies Page
- ABZU: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East
- Ancient Greek World
- Ancient World Mapping Center -- Includes news and updates to the Barrington Atlas
- Augustine
- Bibliography on Women in Byzantium
- Bibliotheca Selecta Classica -- French-language guide to European and American books and web sites
- Diotima: Resources for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
- Greek Mythology Link -- Carlos Parada
- Pompeii Forum Project
- Rassegna degli Strumenti Informatici per lo Studio dell'Antichità Classica
- Roman Law on the WWW
- Roman Law Resources
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Study Guide to the Classics -- Brooklyn College
- Worlds of Late Antiquity
- Papyrology Home Page
- POxy: Oxyrhynchus online -- Brief descriptions and images of the papyri
- Script, Image, and Writing in the Ancient World -- Includes epigraphic sources for early Greek, Greek inscriptions from the Ashmolean, the Vindolanda Romano-British Tablets
- American Academy in Rome
- American Classical League
- American Philological Association
- American Society of Papyrologists
- Classical Association of Middle West and South
- Classical Association of New England
- Classical Association of the Empire State
- Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest
- Ontario Classical Association
- Tennessee Classical Association
- Other Associations -- Maria C. Pantelia, UC Irvine
- Museums in Greece -- Hellenic Ministry of Culture
- Museums with Greek Collections -- FORVM ANTIQVVM
- Museums in Italy
- Museums with Roman, Italian, or Etruscan Collections -- FORVM ANTIQVVM
- Oriental Institute
Listservs and discussion groups
- Discussion Groups -- Describes a wide range of related groups, with subscription information. Compiled by the University of California, Irvine
- Listservs for Classics and Classical Archaeology -- Links to web archives of discussions, and subscription information. From the University of Arizona
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Last Updated 10/22/09