Email cjminterCore Resources for Undergraduate Research in Classical Studies
This list was compiled by the faculty in Classical Studies, with assistance from faculty in Religious Studies and Art History and from Rebecca Edwards and Nancy Boerner, previously Librarian for Classical Studies. Many resources for work in Classical Studies are not online, and it is hoped that this listing which includes the most useful print materials will be of help to students wishing to do careful research. Note: This list is under revision.
General Reference | Guides to Research | Indexes to Journal Articles and Other Materials | History of Classical Studies | Mythology | Ancient Religion | Art, Architecture, Archaeology | Greek and Roman History | Language and Literature | Medieval Latin | Electronic Texts | Numismatics | Epigraphy | Philosophy | Recommended Style Manuals
General Reference
Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, eds.; English editon, managing editor, Christine F. Salazar. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2002- .
Wells Library Reference Room DE5 .N4813 2002
The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Hornblower, Simon and Anthony Spaworth, eds.
3d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Wells Library Reference Room DE5 .O9 2003.
Available on-line through IUB: Intelex Past Masters
Guides to Research
Halton, Thomas P. Classical Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography. White Plains, N.Y.: Kraus International, 1986.
Wells Library Reference Room Z6207 .C65 H34 1986
Jenkins, Fred W. Classical Studies: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1996.
Wells Library Z7016 .J4 1996
Van Keuren, Frances Dodds. Guides to Research in Classical Art and Mythology. Chicago: American Library Association, 1991.
Fine Arts Library N7760 .V3 1991
Indexes to Journal Articles and Other Materials
L'Anné philologique: bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité gréco-latine.
Paris: Société d'édition "Les belles letters", 1928- . A continuation of the monograph: Marouzeau, Jules: Dix années de bibliographie classique, published 1927-28, covering the years 1914-1924.
Wells Library Reference Room Z7016 .M35, Vols. 1-71 (1924/26-2000).
Available on-line through IUB: L'Année Philologique
Gnomon On-Line. A searchable database in English available on the web in an abridged version of the German CD-Rom.
Available on-line through IUB: Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank
Gnomon bibliographische Datenbank. CD-ROM, program in either German or English.
Wells Library Reference Desk PA3 .G52
Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists (TOCS-IN). TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of journals for Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion, beginning in 1992. It now contains about 185 journals. Where possible, links are given to articles of which the full text or an abstract is available online. Some collections of articles (e.g., Festschriften) are also included.
History of Classical Studies
Calder, William M., and Daniel J. Kramer. An Introductory Bibliography to the History of Classical Scholarship Chiefly in the XIXth and XXth Centuries. Hildesheim: Olms, 1992.
Wells Library Z7016 .C35 1992
Reynolds, L. D. Scribes and Scholars. A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature. 3rd Ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1991.
Wells Library PA47 .R4 1991
Mythology
Gantz, Timothy. Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.
IUPUI, IU East, and IU Fortwayne BL782 .G34 1993 and IU Northwest BL782 .G34 1996
Hansen, William. Ariadne's Thread: A Guide to International Tales Found in Classical Literature. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2002.
Wells Library GR74.6 .H35 2002
Reid, Jane Davidson, with Chris Rohmann. The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Reference, Wells Library, and Fine Arts NX650.M9 R45 1993
Ackermann, Hans Christoph and Jean-Robert Gisler, eds. Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 8 vols. Zurich: Artemis Verlag, 1981-1997.
Fine Arts Reference N7760 .L49 1981
Ancient Religion
Ferguson, Everett, ed. Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. 2nd ed. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997.
Wells Library Reference BR162.2 .E53 1997
Freedman, David Noel, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 2002- .
Wells Library Reference BS440 .A54 1992
Johnston, Sarah Iles, ed. Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2004.
Wells Library BL687 .R47 2004
Sampley, J. Paul. Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook. Harrisburg, Penn.: Trinity Press Initernational, 2003.
Wells Library BS2506.3 .P38 2003
Alexander, Patrick H. The SBL Handbook of Style. Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, 1999
Wells Library PN147 .S26 1999
New Testament Gateway.
K. C. Hanson's Ancient Mediterranean World Site.
Apuleius Homepage.
Art, Architecture, Archaeology
Boardman, John, ed. Oxford History of Classical Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993
Fine Arts N5610 .O84 1993
Coulson, William D.E. Greek and Roman Art, Architecture, and Archaeology: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1987.
Fine Arts Library Reference Z5932.3 .C68 1987
Robertson, D.S. Greek and Roman Architecture. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1969.
Fine Arts Library NA260 .R6 1969
Vitelli, Karen D., ed. Archaeological Ethics. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, c1996.
Wells Library CC175 .A715 1996
DIDO Image Bank (Digital Images Delivered Online). An in-house resource for pictures.
Pedlley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993
Fine Arts Library DF130 .P44 1993
Richter, Gisela M.A. A Handbook of Greek Art. 9th ed. New York: Da Capo, 1987.
Fine Arts Library Reserve N5630 .R49 1987
Sparks, Brian A. Greek Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Classical Association, 1991. Contains bibliographical citations in endnotes.
Fine Arts Library N5630 .S63 1991
Stewart., Andrew. Greek Sculpture. An Exploration. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1990.
Fine Arts NB90 .S74 1990
Dudley, Donald Reynolds. Urbs Roma: A Source Book of Classical Texts on the City and its Monuments. London, Phaidon Press, 1967.
Wells Library DG68 .D84
Henig Martin, ed. A Handbook of Roman Art: A Comprehensive Survey of All the Arts of the Roman World. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983
Wells Library and Fine Arts Library N5760 .H36 1983
Kleiner, Diana E. E. Roman Sculpture. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1992
Fine Arts Reserve NB115 .K57 1992
Ling, Roger. Roman Painting. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1991.
Fine Arts Reserve ND120 .L56 1991
Sear, Frank. Roman Architecture. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1983.
Wells Arts Reserve NA310 .S44 1983
Steinby, Eva Margareta. Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae. 6 vols. Roma: Quasar, 1993-2000.
Wells Library Reference DG63 .L49 1993
Greek and Roman History
The Cambridge Ancient History. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970-.
Wells Library Reference Room D57 .C17 1970
Boardman, John, et al., eds. Oxford History of the Classical World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wells Library DE59 .O94 1986
Grant, Michael, ed. Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome. New York: Scribner's, 1988. 3 vols.
Wells Library Reference Room and Stacks DE59 .C55 1988
Martin, Thomas. Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. A good overview of Greek history. An online version is available at the Perseus website.
Wells Library DF77 .M3 1996
Hansen, Mogens. The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. An excellent reference work on democratic institutions in Athens.
Wells Library JC79.A8 H33 1991
Garnsey, Peter and Richard Saller. The Roman Empire. Economy, Society and Culture. London: Duckworth, 1987. A good overview of Roman history with bibligraphy.
Wells Library DG276 .G36 1987
Treggiari, Susan. Roman Social History. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. A guide to using the sources. Wells Library DG205 .T74 2002
Fantham, Elaine, et al. Women in the Classical World. Image and Text. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Introductory essays and bibliography.
Wells Library HQ1127 .W652 1994
Clark Gillian. Women in the Ancient World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Provides a working guide to the literature.
Wells Library DE61 .W66 C53 1989
Language and Literature
For up-to-date editions, commentaries, and articles, look up individual authors and works in the bibliographies (e.g. L'Année Philologique).
Berkowitz, Luci, and Karl A. Squittier. Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Canon of Greek Authors and Works. 3d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Wells Library Z7021 .B47 1990
The Cambridge History of Classical Literature. 2 vols. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982-1985.
Vol. 1: Greek Literature Wells Library and Wells Library Reserve PA3052 .G73 1985.
Vol. 2: Latin Literature. Wells Library PA6003 .L3 1983
The Petronian Society Newsletter. Features a biblio of the ancient novel.
Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide. Edited by F.A.C. Mantello and A.G. Rigg. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1996. An excellent starting place for any research, with introductory essays + bibliography on various disciplines as well as different genres - everything from prosody to liturgy to beast epic.
Wells Library PA2802 .M43 1996
International Medieval Bibliography. Bibliography of journal articles on medieval topics published from 1967-2004. The equivalent of L'année Philologique for medieval studies.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Bibliographic database of interdisciplinary journal literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Emphasis on scholarship in English.
Coverage: Varies: 1859-present.
The Medieval Women Writers Project. Latin Writers. Brief biographies and bibliographies with selected Latin writings of the pilgrim Egeria, the poet Constantia, and the playwright Hrotsvitha.
Electronic Texts
Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina: CD-ROM
Wells Library - LETRS PA6105 .B53 1999
Thesaurus linguae Graecae: CD-ROM
Wells Library - LETRS PA3405 .T494 1999
Thesaurus linguae Latinae: Available on CD-ROM via PHI software
Wells Library - LETRS PA6101 .P4956 1994
PoetriaNova: a CD-ROM of Latin medieval poetry (650-1250 A.D.). : [with a gateway to classical and late antiquity texts. Paolo Mastrandrea and Luigi Tessarolo. Florence: SISMEL : Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2001. Wells Library - LETRS. Contains classical Latin poetry as well as most of the medieval Latin poetry that has been edited. It's possible to search by date, by meter, by position of a word in the line, etc. It is networked, and so accessible whenever the library is open.
Library of Latin Texts. Also known as CLCT or CETEDOC. Contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature to the the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)
Numismatics
American Numismatic Society.
Egbert, James C. Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions. Rev. ed. New York: American Book Companpy, 1923.
Wells Library CN510 .E28 (Other Editions may also be used.)
Bodel, John, ed., Epigraphic Evidence. Ancient History from Inscriptions. London: Routledge, 2001.
Wells Library CN350 .E77 2001
Philosophy
Bell, Albert A., Jr., and James B. Allis. Resources in Ancient Philosophy: An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarship in English. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991
Wells Library Z7125 .B39 1991
Recommended Style Manuals
"Instructions for Contributors," AJA 104 (2000) 3-14.
Wells Library CC1 .A5.
