Classics & Archaeology Research Guide

Includes concise entries on topics, sometimes including bibliographies of primary and secondary resources for further study.

Recommended source. Start your research here!

English Language

• Neue Pauly. English / Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the ancient world . / English ed. / Leiden/ 2002-
• The Oxford classical dictionary. / 3rd ed. Oxford 1996
  This resource is a great starting place for all research. Catalog availability
• The Oxford companion to classical civilization . / Oxford 1998
• Oxford Reference Online. Most current edition.

Foreign Languages

• Der neue Pauly : Enzyklopadie der Antike. / Stuttgart 1996-

The comprehensive encyclopedia on the classical world. Can be used in conjunction with earlier edition: Paulys real-encyclopadie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. and Supplements. / Pauly, August Friedrich von, 1796-1845. / Stuttgart 1903 (many many volumes)


• Paulys real-encyclopadie der classischen altertumswissenschaft.+ Supplements / Pauly, August Friedrich von, 1796-1845. / Stuttgart 1894, 1903 .
  Important historical perspective on classical research.

These materials are more suitable for undergraduate students to use. These indexes include articles in journals, collections, and (sometimes) books.

Recommended Source. Start your research here!

• L'Annee Philologique sur L'Internet
  1949 - present.
  The most important source for articles and books in classics, Greek and Roman culture, and history.
  TIP: To limit to English language use "Advanced Search." Select filters and click on ENG under "Language."

• Anthropology Plus
  Includes articles on archaeology.

• ARCHway (University of York)
  Searchable table of contents and directory for selected British archaeology journals.

• JSTOR
  Full-text of selected important archaeology and classics journals.

185 journals are covered in this free index. TOCS-IN is not as comprehensive as L'Annee or DYABOLA, but it is more frequently updated.

These indexes and databases are more suitable for graduate level use. The indexes include articles in journals, collections, and (sometimes) books. The databases include some full-text.

Recommended source. Start your research here!

• L'Annee Philologique sur L'Internet
  1949 - present.
  The most important source for articles and books in classics, Greek and Roman culture, and history.
  TIP: To limit to English language use "Advanced Search." Select filters and click on ENG under "Language."
   
• L'Annee philologique; bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquite greco-latine. / Paris 1926-
  
  The international critical and analytical bibliography of ancient Greek and Latin languages and literatures and classical studies.



• CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts
  2nd century - 15th century.
  Available only in the University of Texas Libraries on library work stations. Use Internet Explorer.
  
  A searchable database of Christian Latin texts.

• DYABOLA (Dynamically Accumulating Database on Objects and Literature About Antiquity)

The major database for articles in classical and medieval archaeology.

For help with the Web interface, UT students, faculty and staff may contact Shiela (winchester@mail.utexas.edu) or Gina (ginagiovannone@mail.utexas.edu). This DYABOLA help page from UC Berkely also contains helpful hints.

• Gnomon Online. / Munchen 1993-
1925 - 2006
Available only in the University of Texas Libraries on library work stations. Use with Internet Explorer.


This database complements L'Annee Philologique sur L'Internet.

• Nestor On-line (University of Cincinnati) - Nestor. / Bloomington, Indiana 1958- 
CURRENT ISSUES AND BOUND VOLUMES SHELVED BY TITLE at the Classics Library

An international bibliography of Aegean studies, Homeric society, Indo-European linguistics, and related fields.


• Patrologia Latina
  200 A.D. - 1216 A.D.
  
  Covers philosophical and theological writings from Latin Christianity up to the year 1216.
  
• Patrologiae Graecae
  
  Collects the writings of the Christian Church leaders who wrote in Greek from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439.
  
• TOCS-IN (Table of Contents In...)

185 journals are covered in this free index. TOCS-IN is not as comprehensive as L'Annee or DYABOLA, but it is more frequently updated.

• Dissertation Abstracts International / Digital Dissertations, 1861 - present. (Bell & Howell)

This resource contains some complete dissertations.


• International Medieval Bibliography Online (IMB), 1967 - present (Brepols Publishers)

Articles with some overlap for Classical time periods.


• Paquet, Leonce / Les presocratiques : bibliographie analytique, 1879-1980. / Montreal 1988-1989
  
  Based on L’Annee, covers almost 100 years of scholarship.
  B 112 P378 1988 V.1 PCL Stacks
  B 112 P378 1988 V.2 PCL Stacks
  B 112 P378 1988 SUPPL. PCL Stacks
   
• Philosopher's Index, 1940 - present (Ovid.)

Philosophy articles with some overlap for Classical time periods.


• WorldCat, 1000 BC - present (FirstSearch)

Updated daily. Union catalog of materials held by libraries around the world.

• Bibliotheca Classica Selecta (BCS)

An extensive bibliography of resources, both web and print, on all different topics in the Classical world.
 
• Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Important and "timely reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology). This site is the authoritative archive of BMCR's publication, from 1990 to the present". Helpful for debates and discussions.
 
• Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World

An extensive bibliography on women and gender searching is title keyword.
 
• The Encyclopedia Mythica : An Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and legend

Brief entries on major figures in mythologies. No links or bibliographies for further reading.
 
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names (TGN)

The TGN is a structured vocabulary containing around 1,000,000 names and other information about places. Helpful in determining alternate archaeological site names through time.


• Glossa

An online Latin dictonary, based on (Lewis and Short) A Latin Dictionary (1879).


• Perseus

Covers the history, literature, and culture of the Greco-Roman world. Includes primary full text sources and some secondary materials.


• Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG), 8th century B.C. - 1453 A.D. (University of California)

Contains virtually all ancient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600, plus historiographical, lexicographic, and scholiastic texts from the period between 600 and 1453.


• University of Texas Classics Links I

• University of Texas Classics Links II