Research Guide for the Classics
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.
| Ref. B51 .R68 1998 | Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
| Ref. BL310 .B82 1978 | Bulfinch's Mythology |
| Ref. BL312 .S76 2004 | Thematic Guide to World Mythology |
| Ref. BL687 .R47 2004 | Religions of the Ancient World |
| Ref. BL715 .O845 2003 | Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion |
| Ref. BL782 .C67 2000 | Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities |
| Ref. BL2450 .G6 W56 2003 | Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt |
| Ref. D11 .W635 2005 | Cassell's Chronology of World History |
| Ref. D11 .W65 1999 | Wilson Calendar of World History |
| Ref. D57 .C252 | Cambridge Ancient History |
| Ref. D117 .C3 | Cambridge Medieval History |
| Ref. DE5 .O92 1998 | Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization |
| Ref. DE5 .O94 2005 | Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World |
| Ref. DF16 .S23 1995 | Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World |
| Ref. DG270 .B86 1994 | Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire |
| Ref. DT58 .O94 2001 | Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt |
| Ref. GR35 .M43 2000 | Medieval Folklore: an Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs and Customs |
| Ref. GR705 .S344 2001 | Mythical Zoo: an Encyclopedia of Animals in World Myth, Legend and Literature |
| Ref. ND3340 .T44 2001 | Wisdom of Nature: the Healing Powers and Symbolism of Plants and Animals in the Middle Ages |
| Ref. PA4037 .Y68 2003 | Printed Homer: a 3000 Year Publishing and Transition History of the Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Ref. PN56 .E65 E64 1994 | Encyclopedia of Traditional Epics |
| Ref. PN56 .S9 F47 1999 | Dictionary of Literary Symbols |
| Ref. PN669 .E53 2000 | Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature |
| Ref. PN681.5 .C57 | Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism |
| Ref. PN682 .C5 V3513 1998 | Dictionary of Medieval Heroes |
| Ref. PR85 .B695 | British Writers Classics |
| Ref. PR1924 .O94 2003 | Oxford Companion to Chaucer |
For additional resources, search the St. Joseph's College Libraries Online Catalog
Biographical Sources
| Ref. B104 .W67 2000 | World Philosophers and their Works |
| Ref. CT104 .D54 1998 | Dictionary of World Biography: the Ancient World |
| Ref. CT104 .D54 1998 | Dictionary of World Biography: the Middle Ages |
| Ref. CT114 .S56 2001 | Who's Who in the Middle Ages |
| Ref. D54 .F76 2002 | From Polis to Empire: the Ancient World, c. 800 BC - AD500 |
| Ref. DE7 .H39 2000 | Who's Who in the Greek World |
| Ref. DG274 .G73 1997 | Roman Emperors: 31 BC - AD 476 |
| Ref. HQ1136 .L54 2000 | Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women |
| Ref. HQ1127 .S25 2001 | Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World |
| Ref. PA3002 .A5 1982 | Ancient Writers |
| Ref. PA6013 .A53 1999 | Ancient Roman Writers |
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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