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L'Année philologique
The premier database for research of the ancient Greco-Roman world.

Academic Search Premier (FT)*
Huge multidisciplinary database. Here's a New!Search Tutorial for Academic Search Premier.

Art Index & Art Retrospective
Sources for Greek and Roman art and archaeology and their subsequent influence.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)

--Indexes many journals to which the Temple University Libraries subscribe, including Bulletin de correspondance hellenique, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Classical Antiquity, Classical Journal, Classical Philology, Classical Quarterly, Classical Review, Classical World, Gnomon, Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies, Latomus, and Ramus.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (FT)*
Source for Egyptian and Greco-Roman mythology and religion, and early Judaism and Christianity.

Bibliography of the History of Art
Covers the history of art from late antiquity to present.

New!Blackwell Reference Online (Philosophy and Religion collections)
Eighty volumes of Blackwell's excellent companions, guides, and dictionaries.

New!Cambridge Companions (via Cambridge Collections Online)
A database featuring hundreds of Cambridge Companions on philosophy, religion, culture, literature and classics.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias including many on philosophy, religion, and literature.

Humanities Index
Search here for articles on the art, philosophy, literature, and culture of the ancient world.

Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world, from 1450 to pressent (excluding the US and Canada). Extensive coverage of the politics and history of Israel and the Middle East.

ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A collection of databases. Choose the ITER Bibliography for coverage of all aspects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance from 400-1700.

JSTOR (FT)*
A searchable collection of electronic journals. Subject categories for journals include Archaeology, Classical Studies (11 journals), Language and Literature, and Philosophy.

Literature Online (FT)*
A collection of "Libraries" that includes authors and their works, biographies, critical commentary, and reference resources.

MLA International Bibliography
Produced by the Modern Language Association. Covers literature, language, linguistics, folklore, literary criticism and theory.

Oxford Reference Online
A database of Oxford reference works including many on and related to religion.

New!Periodical Index Online (FT)*
Huge humanities and social sciences database that covers journals going all the way back to 1665. Great source for non-US/UK journal articles.

Philosopher's Index
Premier database for the entire discipline of Philosophy, offering international coverage of articles published from 1940 to present.

New!Poiesis
A full-text database featuring many prestigious philosophy journals avaialable nowhere else online.

Project Muse (FT)*
A collection of electronic journals whose subject categories include Classics, History, Language, Literature, and Philosophy.

TOCS-IN

Begun in 1992, a collaborative project among classicists to provide access to tables of contents (i.e. articles) of over 150 classics journals.

* (FT) means that a database contains some or all full-text access to articles.

Theses and Dissertations

Temple Theses and Dissertations:


Non-Temple Theses and Dissertations

  • Search Proquest Dissertations & Theses, order using Thesis Request Form.
  • Search specified title and order directly from E-Z Borrow.
  • Search and order theses and dissertations from WorldCat (in Advanced Search, select "Thesis/Dissertation" from Subtype Limits: Any Content dropdown box. Do the Search. When you find a title, open the record and click on "Borrow this item from another library", fill out the form, hit "Submit" and your request goes directly to Temple Interlibrary Loan.)


Find Books and Journals

Books

  • Use Diamond, The Temple Univeristy Libraries' online catalog.
  • Books on other Temple campuses, use Intracampus Book Request Form.
  • Use E-Z Borrow to search for and borrow books from other PA Academic Libraries. E-Z Borrow IS A GREAT SERVICE!! Check it out!!
  • Use WorldCat to search for and request books through Interlibrary Loan. In the book record, just click on "Borrow this item from another library", fill out the form, click "Submit" and it goes directly to Temple Interlibrary Loan.
  • Finally, you can also use Book-Micromaterial-Video Request Form.


Print and Electronic Journals



Paley Reference Stacks--1st Floor

  • Most current encyclopedias, dictionaries, and guide books are found in this section.
  • These books do not circulate.
  • P=Philology and Linguistics; PA=Greek/Latin Literature and Language
  • B-BJ=Philosophy; DE=Greco-Roman World; CC=Archaeology

Selected Journals

American Journal of Philology

Print 1880-1998

Electronic (JSTOR) 1880-1995

Electronic (Project MUSE) 1996 to present

Ancient Philosophy

Print 1985-2004

Apeiron

Print 1971-2004

Arethusa

Print 1993-2003

Electronic (Project Muse) 1996 to present

Bulletin De Correspondance Hellenique

Print 1877-1963, 1970 to present

Classical Antiquity

Print 1982 to present

Classical Philology

Print 1906 to present

Electronic (Academic Search Premier) 1993-present, with a 12 Month delay

Electronic (JSTOR) 1906-2002

Classical Quarterly

Print 1907 to present (missing some older issues)

Electronic (Ingenta) 2002-2004

Electronic (JSTOR) 1907-1999

Electronic (publisher) 2001 to present

Classical Review

Print 1887 to present

Electronic (JSTOR)

Electronic (publisher)

Greece and Rome

Print 1931 to present

Electronic (Ingenta) 2002 to present

Electronic (JSTOR) 1931-1999

Electronic (publisher) 2001 to present

Harvard Studies in Classical Philology

Print 1890 to present

Electronic (JSTOR) 1890-2000

Journal of Hellenic Studies

Print 1880 to present

Electronic (JSTOR) 1880-1999

Journal of Roman Studies

Print 1911 to present

Electronic (JSTOR) 1911-2001

Leeds International Classical Studies

Electronic 2002 to present (free Web resource)

Mnemosyne

Electronic (Academic Search Premier) 1996-2004

Phoenix

Print 1946 to present (missing a few older issues)

Phronesis

Print 1955 to present

Transactions of the American Philological Association

Print 1897 to present

Electronic (JSTOR) 1897-2002

Electronic (JSTOR) 1974-2000

Electronic (Project MUSE) 2000 to present

 

Language & Literature


Ancient Writers: Greece & Rome (2 vols)
A3002.A5 1982, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (10 vols)
P29.E48 1994, Paley Reference--1st Floor
Entries for Latin; Greek, Ancient; including bibliographies and cross-references. Be sure to take a look at the indexes in Volume 10.

Greek & Latin Authors, 800 BC to AD 1000
PA31.G7, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Greek-English Lexicon (Liddell & Scott)
PA445.E5L6 1996, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

Oxford Latin Dictionary (1 vol)
PA2365.E509, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English to Latin)

Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin to English)

New!Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
A collection of "most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era."

World's Writing Systems (1 vol)
P211.W714 1996, Paley Reference--1st Floor
Sections on Aegean Scripts, Methods of Decipherment (including Linear B), The Greek Alphabet, and The Latin Alphabet.

History, Art & Archaeology


New!Brill's New Pauly
An encyclopedia of the classical world.

Chronology of World History (4 vols)
D11 .M39 1999, Paley Reference--1st Floor
Volume 1: Prehistory to AD 1491: The Ancient and Medieval World.

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology

Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History & Discoveries (3 vols)
CC100 .E54 2001, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Encyclopedia of Archaeology: The Great Archaeologists (2 vols)
CC100 .E54 2001, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Encyclopedia of Greece & the Hellenic Tradition (2 vols)
DF757 .E539x 2000, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Encyclopedia of Historians & Historical Writing (2 vols)
D14.E539x 1999, Paley Reference--1st Floor
Includes 44 entries on the Ancient World (see the Thematic Index).

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages

Grove Art Online

History of Humanity (5 vols)
CB25.H57x 1994, Paley Reference--1st Floor
--Volume 2: From the Third Millennium to the Seventh Century BC
--Volume 3: From the Seventh Century BC to the Seventh Century AD

Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Classical World (1 vol)
DE5.I55, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Oxford Classical Dictionary (1 vol)
DE5.O9 1996, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

Oxford Companion to Western Art

Oxford Companion to Archaeology

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (5 vols)
DS56.O9 1997, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1 vol)
DE59.P7, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Who's Who in the Classical World

Philosophy, Religion & Mythology


Dictionary of Classical Mythology (1 vol)
BL715.G713 1985, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Encyclopedia Judaica

Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology (1 vol)
BL715.D56 1998, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Religion

Encyclopedia of Science and Religion


Historisches Worterbuch der Philosophie (10 vols)
B43.R59, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Mythologies (2 vols)
BL311.D513 1991, Paley Reference--1st Floor

Mythology of All Races (11 vols)
BL310.M9 1964, Paley Reference--1st Floor

New Catholic Encyclopedia

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas


Oxford Companion to Philosophy

Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s (2 vols)
NX650.M9R45 1993, Paley Reference--1st Floor


New!Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Probably the best philosophy encyclopedia.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

World Philosophy: Essay-Reviews of 225 Major Works (5 vols)
B29.W68 1982, Paley Reference--1st Floor

 

Collected Works & Online Texts


Loeb Classical Library:
Greek works / Latin works / Translations into English

Past Masters:
Complete Works of Aristotle / Collected Dialogues of Plato

Perseus Digital Library: Greek & Roman Materials

Penn Online Books Page: Classical Languages & Literature

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
Contains almost all Greek language works (in original Greek) from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in 1453. Examine just a single text, or search across the database to look for word frequencies and unusual words, concepts, phrases and individuals, or important grammatical constructions.


Selected Internet Resources


Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Reviews of books and electronic resources.

Classical Technology Center
Guides on the use of the Perseus Digital Library as well as information for students and teachers.

DEMOS: Classical Athenian Democracy
Online text edited by Christopher Blackwell.

Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Course Web sites, bibliographies, full-text essays and more.

Electronic Resources for Classicists
Includes Course Materials, Collections of Images, and E-Text Archives.

Gnomon Online
"Gnomon Online is a supplement to Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank on CD."

Maps for Students

sponsored by UNC-Chapel Hill and Ancient World Mapping Center

Household and City Organization at Olynthus
Online book plus "a database and interactive site plan of all the houses, rooms, objects, and graves from Olynthus" mainly during the period of 432-348 BC.

Pantheon
Classical mythology, not particularly extensive, but useful for quick information

Stoa.org
Stoa is "a source of support and coordination for electronic scholarship in the humanities, with a special focus on the ancient world and the classical tradition."

VRoma
Virtual Rome is a project intended to improve the teaching and learning of the Roman world.

Images

New!ARTstor
an amazing collection of over 500,00 high (and low) resolution images but does take some work to learn to use it
(Click on "Search & Browse for Images" near the bottom right-hand corner) Note: Must DISABLE all pop-up blockers.

EBSCO Image Collection (just go to Academic Search Premier, and click the "Images" tab at top of page)
almost 200,000 images of people, places, animals, maps, and flags

Grove Art Online Image Collections (just go to Grove Art Online and click on "Images")

Web Gallery of Art
"a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries"

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This guide last update January 10, 2007







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