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CLASSICAL STUDIES RESEARCH GUIDE

REFERENCE

Printed Sources

The following is a list of reference sources available in the Reference Room:

• Bowersock, G. W, Peter Robert Lamont Brown, and Oleg Grabar, eds. Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1999.
  Ref DE5.L29

• De Grummond, Nancy Thomson, ed. An Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.
  Ref DE5.E5

• Edwards, I. E. S., ed. The Cambridge Ancient History. 3rd ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University, 1970-2005.
  Ref D57.C252

• Hazel, John. Who's Who in the Greek World. London: Routledge, 2000.
  Ref DE7.H39

• Hornblower, Simon, and Antony Spawforth, eds. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University, 1996.
  Ref DE5.O9

• Hornblower, Simon, and Antony Spawforth, eds. The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization. Oxford: Oxford University, 1998.
  Ref DE5.O94

• Howatson, M. C., and Ian Chilvers, eds. The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Oxford: Oxford University, 1993.
  Ref PA31.H69

• March, Jennifer R. Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology. London: Cassell, 2001.
  Ref BL715.M37

• Nardo, Don, ed. The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Rome. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 2002.
  Ref DG16 .A53

• Price, Simon, and Emily Kearns, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University, 2003.
  Ref HBL715.O94

 

BOOK SEARCHING

Because Classical Studies is an interdisciplinary field, there is no one area to browse and find all relevant sources. Classical Studies books can be found on the shelves under different sections of the Library of Congress Classification System, depending on the main focus. DE is the section where you can find books on the ancient Mediterranean world, DF is the section for the ancient Greece, and DG is the one you refer to if you are focusing on Italy (and ancient Rome). Besides section B may include books by and on ancient philosophers, and books on ancient religions, whereas PA collects books on Greek and Latin languages and literature (primary sources).

The Library catalog allows different kind of searches, including Subject Keyword and Subject Browse. A Subject Keyword search will retrieve all the subject strings containing the word you searched for. A Subject Browse search will lead to the controlled subject headings list. Determining which "controlled" subject headings are established for aspects of a topic is an important step in finding relevant material. You may want to browse on the broader subject (e.g. classical literature) to find out what’s available in the Library.

Some examples of official subject headings and heading patterns are listed below:

• Art and literature
• Art, Classical
• Athens (Greece)
• Civilization, Classical
• Classical antiquities
• Classical literature
• Democracy - Greece - Athens - History
• Greece - Civilization
• Roman Forum (Rome, Italy)
• Rome (Italy) - Antiquities
• Sculpture, Roman

The following subject keywords can be used to better explore the Library catalog:

History - used for chronological account of specific events

Civilization - used when giving emphasis on cultural advances (it's narrower than history)

Social life and customs - used to describe ways of living, and habits of people and places

Social conditions

Economic conditions

Politics and government - used to describe the theory, practice, and history of politics and government

Sources - used to describe primary sources

 

JOURNALS

The Library doesn’t subscribe to print journals in this field. A large collection of electronic journals is available through library databases, such as JSTOR, Project Muse, and EBSCO (Academic Search Premier).

Below are some of the most important full-text titles, directly accessible on the Library website through Journals, A to Z:

• American Journal of Philology
• Classical Philology
• Greece and Rome
• Transactions of the American Philological Association