Subject Guide
Jennifer Ferguson
Contact:
Tisch Library
Tufts University
35 Professors Row
Medford, MA 02155
Tufts University
35 Professors Row
Medford, MA 02155
617-627-2669
Skype Contact: jennifer.ferguson621Three Basic Searches
- library catalog + 150 million articles
- use for exploratory ("what's out there?") searches
- books, videos, etc. owned by partners and libraries worldwide
- click a button to have a book delivered here
- use when you're not sure we have a book, or if you know we don't
Background
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The Oxford classical dictionary, 4th edition, 2012, edited by Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spawforth.First choice for new and experienced scholars, this updated edition remains essential as a starting point for research in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Contains solid definitions and biographies of people, places, things, and cultural ideas from Greece and Rome. Also good for mythological genealogy. With references to primary and secondary sources.
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Concise Oxford Companion to Classical LiteratureGood coverage of authors, works, and plot summaries. Can't keep the Oedipus cycle straight? This is your source.
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New Pauly OnlineA comprehensive encyclopedia of antiquity, with solid coverage of topics famous and obscure. Need a biography of Pseudo-Skimnos? This is your place.
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Cambridge Ancient History (print)A collection of modern scholarly essays on topics and time periods in antiquity. Not as good for narrative as the first edition, but very comprehensive bibliographies.
Articles: Basic
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Academic Search PremierOur largest single collection of full-text articles in all areas studied here at Tufts.
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JSTORCovers about two dozen key journals in classics from volume 1, issue 1 to three to four years ago. All full text, all scholarly material. A very important resource, but if you want current material go to Academic Search Premier.
Articles: Advanced
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Pubmed (Tufts version)The Tufts version of this index to literature in medicine and biology will tell you whether Tufts has the article electronically or in print, unlike the regular Pubmed website.
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Année PhilologiqueLists the published literature in ancient history, literature, and archaeology. Books, articles, book reviews, and some other material. Covers 1924 to about three years ago, though some sources are more current than that.
Sources from Elsewhere
- The BLC Worldcat is a library catalog of library catalogs. You can place orders for books here with a few clicks.
Delivery time: 2-3 days in Boston area; 7-10 outside Boston. - ILLiad is our interlibrary loan service. Use it to request articles we don't have.
Delivery time: usually 2 days or less.
Images
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ArtstorOver a million extremely high quality images of art, architecture, sculpture. Also good for archaeology and other things.