Primary Source Collections
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Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum TeubnerianaOne of the most extensive collection of critical editions for ancient and medieval Greek and Roman texts.
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Brepolis Latin Collection of Full Text Latin DatabasesIncludes Archive of Celtin-Latin Literature
Aristoteles Latinus Database
Library of Latin Texts A & B
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Collection des Universités de France Collection BudéLike the Loeb editions, these are bilingual editions with Greek or Latin text on one side and the French translation on the other. These editions come with extensive introductions and critical apparatus.
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Jacoby OnilneIncludes Felix Jacobys Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker Parts I-III, Brills New Jacoby, the new edition of these three parts, and the completely new Parts IV and V.
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Loeb Classical LibraryLong standing series of bilingual editions of Greek and Latin texts currently published by Harvard University Press. Now available digitally. See Digital Loeb under "Featured Resources"
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Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca OxoniensisOxford's collection of critically prepared editions of Greek and Latin texts
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Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum - SEGThe Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum systematically collects newly published Greek inscriptions as well as publications on previously known documents. It presents complete Greek texts of all new inscriptions with a critical apparatus; it summarizes new readings, interpretations, and studies of known inscriptions, and occasionally presents the Greek text of these documents. The print edition is located in the Classics Resource Room, 3rd floor of Van Pelt: PA25 .S866
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ARTstorA growing collection of images
Bibliographies, handbooks, guides
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Classical Studies: A Guide to the Reference Literaturea guide to the literature and library based research. Classical Studies Resource Room, Van Pelt Reference, Museum Library: PA91 .J46 2006
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Gnomon OnlineThis database covers references to "all aspects of classical studies", including reviews, notes, and obituaries from the printed volumes of v.1 (1925) through v.78 (2006). The annual bibliographies appearing since 1990 are also included as well as selected coverage of major journals from 1987 on. It also includes some indexing for the Pauly encyclopedias.
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Handbook for Classical Researchbrief but substantive overview of areas of research each section of which is followed by a review of the major resources. Van Pelt Reference Stacks and Museum Library. DE71 .S27 2011. Online edition allows three users at one time.
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Oxford Bibliographies Online ClassicsAn online resource to a wide array of published material. Focused on literary topics, this bibliography includes bibliographic essays covering Aeschylus to Xenophon with many new articles on the way.
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Oxford Handbooks in Classical Studiesextensive background information featuring the newest research--searchable across all texts in all handbooks
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Cambridge Ancient HistoryThis link takes you to Franklin -- each volume has its own link to the Cambridge Histories site.
Databases for books, journal articles, and primary sources
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR)Online source for timely reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology). since 1990.
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TOCS-IN: Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicistsprovides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals, both in text format and through a Web search program. Where possible, links are given with articles of which the full text or an abstract is available online (about 15%).
The project began to archive current tables of contents in 1992, and now contains nearly 200 journals, and over 75,000 articles including articles published since 2012.
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Nestor Bibliography of Aegean and Related AreasAn international bibliography of Aegean studies, Homeric society, Indo-European linguistics, and related fields covering Greece, Albania, and Cyprus, the southern area of Bulgaria, and the western and southern areas of Turkey; central and western Mediterranean, southeastern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean, western Asia, and other regions of archaeological research.
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Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Online ArchiveIndexes and provides access to journals and texts from the Biblical Archaeology Society.
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Humanities Indexindexes over 320 humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries. Very broad coverage of the humanities
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Project MuseProject Muse provides full text access to articles from over 300 scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, social sciences and sciences. Coverage begins in 1995 or more recently and in most cases continues to the present. Issues are available both as images and as text; searching is possible both within each title and across the whole database.
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HathiTrust.orgHathiTrust evolves out of the Google Books project. Libraries who contributed their collections to Google have formed a not for profit freely available database of all materials in the public domain. Public Domain items are fully available, items still under copyright can be searched, but you cannot view the actual text. Login as a Penn affiliate to create private or public collections, and to download single pages, entire books, or journal issues.
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek OpacPlusFind many fully accessible online books through this catalog. When constructing your search click the box next to: Suche auch in Volltexten (Literatur des 19. Jh.) and at the dropdown box, under Medienart, choose Online-Ressource
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WorldcatSearch libraries all over the country and around the world. You'll find Penn's library collection represented here as well as most other libraries. Identify material to request through interlibrary loan.
Featured Resources
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L'Annee PhilologiqueThe standard database for research in the broad area of Classical Studies. It indexes the current scholarship from over 1,500 journals and as well as books, edited volumes and conference papers.
The print volumes are held in the Classics Resource Room on the 3rd floor of Van Pelt from 1949 to the present. Print volumes allow the reader to easily scan, via specific categories, the publications for any give year. Call Number: PA2 .A553
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Digital LoebDigital Loeb provides fully searchable access to the entire bilingual Loeb library of critical editions of Greek and Latin texts. Click on the link for volumes to browse through all the Loeb volume titles, or search by author, title or keywords within the text through basic or advanced search boxes. Search by keyword will take you to links for a chapter or segment from a volume. There will be a link just above the text block of that chapter or segment that will take you to the entire volume. At the bottom of the text block you will see a box that allows you to searcher more deeply into the text you've selected.
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A long list of Journals in the broad field of Classical StuiesNot all journals are available online. This link will include print, online, currently received, and ceased titles. Be sure to search the libraries catalog or the Penntext citation linker for any article or journal you are looking for. When searching the Penntext citation linker, type in as much information as you have. If there is no online link, click on the Franklin link to find a print copy. And don't forget to search Borrow Direct or E-Zborrow if your journal is not in the catalog.
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Neue PaulyThe original German version is also available online.
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New Pauly OnlineThe online version, including supplements, to the printed English language encyclopedia. DE5 .P33213 2006. The supplements are currently in print only: DE5 .N4813 2007 Suppl. The print version is available in the Classics Resource Room.
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Oxford Classical Dictionary 4th Ed.Provides coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity.
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Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO)Fully searchable; textual links connect to the online Oxford Latin Dictionary. As of 2019, all Greek and Latin texts are available to the Penn communiy.
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Thesaurus Linguae GraecaeThe TLG was founded in 1972 to digitize the entire corpus of Greek literature from Homer to the fall of Byzantium. It now includes over 6,500 works by over 1,800 authors and is fully searchable online.
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Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) OnlineOnline version of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL), a comprehensive, ongoing scholarly dictionary of ancient Latin from the earliest times through AD 600. Also appears in the Van Pelt Classics Resource Room. PA2361 .T4.
Gateways to Classcial Studies and Archaeology Links and Collections
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Anthropology Ancient Studies Linksincluding links supporting Egyptology
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Anthropology-Archaeology Linkslinks for New World and Old World archaeology
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Bibliotheca Classica SelectaThis site is meant to be an introduction to classical studies. It is intended primarily for students of classics and ancient history, but can be used by anyone interested in the Greco-Roman world. It includes an encyclopedia, dictionaries, bibliographies for sub-disciplines for both books and journal articles.
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Dyabola ProjectBrings together information about collections and resources. On the home page menu click on Web Access. Click in the box that says "IP access," and then click on start. You'll be taken to another menu that includes a list of databases. You'll find that the Penn Libraries subscribe to four of the databases. Archäologische Bibliographie, Datenbank der attischen Grabreliefs des 5. und 4. Jahrhunderts, Monographien der Bibliographie zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte Europas, and Eurasienbibliographie des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Choose to work with the databases in either German or English.
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Perseus Digital Librarylinks to images, maps, secondary and primary resources
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Perseus Digital Library: Scaife ViewerThe Scaife Viewer is a reading environment for pre-modern text collections in both their original languages and in translation.
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Zenon DAIa searchable database of the holdings of the Römisch-Germanischen-Kommission. Focused on ancient archaeology, the Zenon DAI collection consists of links to a combination of freely available and pay-per-view resources. Lists of newly acquired materials from the member libraries (primarily German and other European libraries) can also be viewed.
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Electronic Resources for ClassicistsMaintained by the Thesaurus Lingue Graecae administrator Maria Pantelia, University of California, Irvine. This site is not comprehensive but will direct you to many useful sources.
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UrOnline"The Ur Digitization Project is a collaboration between the British Museum and the Penn Museum to create an online research tool that interconnects diverse data from the ancient city of Ur. The two museums jointly excavated the site from 1922-1934 and they now continue their long-standing and successful cooperation into the 21st century." This project is in its beginning stages. Extensive metadata with images still to be added
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Ancient History
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The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. ONLINE by ISBN: 9781405179355Publication Date: 2012Also available in print at Van Pelt and Museum Libraries: D54 .E53 2013
This 13 volume encyclopedia provides definitions and explanations of the key people, places, and events in ancient history. It spans the late Bronze Age through the seventh century CE and covers the entire ancient Mediterranean world including the Near East and Egypt. Includes figures and maps. -
Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781444335927Publication Date: 2013A comprehensive reference work to cover all facets of the distinct form of dramatic theater that flourished in ancient Greece with its apex in the 5th century BCE. Covers the 32 extant plays and playwrights of the period, including information on some lost works and surviving fragments -
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics. Online by ISBN: 9789004225978Publication Date: 2014The Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics brings together the latest research from a range of disciplines. The EAGLL offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of Ancient Greek, comprising detailed descriptions of the language from Proto-Greek to koine. It addresses linguistic aspects from several perspectives including history, structure, individual singularities, biographical references, schools of thought, technical meta-language, sociolinguistic issues, dialects, didactics, translation practices, generic issues, Greek in relation to other languages, etc., and on all levels of analysis including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon, semantics, stylistics, etc.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
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Ancient Greece and Rome. ONLINE by ISBN: 9780195170726Publication Date: 2009Provides a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world--Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman--from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries. -
Brill's encyclopedia of the Neo-Latin World by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 9789004271296Publication Date: 2015Traces the history, practice of use, and wide-ranging cultural influence of Neo-Latin
Guide to the Reference Literature
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Classical Studies by Call Number: Van Pelt Stacks, Classical Resource Room, Museum: PA91 .J46 2006ISBN: 9781591581192Publication Date: 2006A revised and expanded annotated bibliography of book-length reference works, covering the rise and fall of the Greek and Roman civilizations from the Bronze Age through the 6th century AD. -
Handbook for Classical Research by Call Number: Online resourceISBN: 9780415425230Publication Date: 2010This is a basic handbook for every student of classics that will instruct him/her in how to research every area of classical studies, from undergraduate dissertation upwards. It will also be of assistance to scholars and complements standard reference books by concentrating on 'how-to' topics.
Myth and Iconology
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Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae (LIMC) by Call Number: Fine Arts and Museum Libraries: N7760 .L49ISBN: 3760887600Publication Date: 1986-200912 volumes including supplement and indexes, this multivolume encyclopedia catalogs representations of mythology in the arts of classical antiquity.