Research Guide for the Classics

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.

Ref. BL310 .B82 1991 Bulfinch's Mythology
Ref. D57 .C25 1923 Cambridge Ancient History
Ref. D117 .C3 1911-36 Cambridge Medieval History
Ref. DE5 .O9 1996 Oxford Classical Dictionary
Ref. DG270 .B86 1994 Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire
Ref. PN56 .E65 E64 1994 Encyclopedia of Traditional Epics

Biographical Sources

Ref. B104 .W67 2000 World Philosophers and Their Works
Ref. CT104 .D54 1998 Dictionary of World Biography: the Middle Ages
Ref. D115 .F5 1970 Who's Who in the Middle Ages
Ref. HQ1136 .L54 2000 Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women
Ref. PA3002 .A5 1982 Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome

For additional print resources, search the St. Joseph's College Libraries Online Catalog.

Sources for Classics Articles

The following databases may be useful for this subject area. To use the following databases on campus,
click on the Journal Articles / Database link.

Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) ACLS Humanities e-book Britannica
JSTOR Literature Resource Center (GALE) Magill on Literature Plus (EBSCO)
MLA (Gale) Original Sources Oxford Reference Online
Research Library (Proquest) Twayne Authors (Gale) Wilson OmniFile
Wilson Biographies World History Collection (EBSCO)  

Classics Related Websites

Classic Reader Over 600 books and 900 short stories available online
Encyclopedia Mythica Online encyclopedia of mythology and folklore from around the world.
http://www.pantheon.org
Exploring Ancient Cultures Variety of resources relevant to ancient and medieval times. Cultures represented are Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe.
http://eawc.evansville.edu
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook Primary source materials on ancient history.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
Luminarium Essays, articles and biographical information for Medieval, Renaissance and 17th Century literature
http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm
Perseus Project Digital library of texts, secondary sources and images
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html
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