RESEARCH TOOLS FOR CLASSICISTS

 

A Guide for UNCA Students

 

Compiled by Prof. Lora Holland

 

The resources you will need to research your Senior Thesis are available at UNCA, either in the growing collection of the Classics Departmental Library, Ramsey Library (including ABC Express and Inter Library Loan (ILL) for items not in our holdings), or, if you are very lucky, the personal libraries of your professors. Some online resources are useful, but be sure to check with your Thesis Advisor before using them.

 

Primary Sources

 

Classics majors develop language skills that allow for in depth research in the primary sources. Essential are:

á      Oxford Classical Text (OCT), and Teubner (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) - Greek and Latin texts; no translation; textual apparatus.

á      Loeb Classical Library - Wide selection of Greek and Latin texts with English translation on facing page (green covers for Greek, red covers for Latin).

á      Individual critical editions are scattered throughout the PA section in Ramsey

 

Also available online are some fairly reliable resources for texts we may not have in Ramsey:

á Perseus Project - On-line texts and translation with hyperlinks (www.perseus.tufts.edu).

Now available from the University of Chicago is an alpha test version of many

Perseus texts loaded under Philologic, a full-text search and retrieval engine, available at:

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/PERSEUS/

á The Latin Library - A nice collection of on-line Latin texts (www.thelatinlibrary.com/index).

á The Internet History Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook09.html

á   The Internet Classics Archive from MIT-  http://classics.mit.edu/index.html

á  Internet Sacred Text Archive  http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

á The Online Medieval and Classical Library  http://omacl.org/

 

Secondary Sources & Tools

 

Being able to find out what others have already said about your topic is also essential. This information can be found in journals, books, and online equivalents. Bound journals are mostly on the first floor of Ramsey to the left of the Reference section and behind the Circulation desk area, while recent unbound journals are available for perusal opposite the Circulation desk where the newspaper and magazines are also kept. A few classical journals are also in the PA section in the stacks (e.g. TAPA and HSCP). Microfiched journals are in the microfiche room behind Circulation. Some journals are available through ABC Express, either in print or on microfiche (not all are complete runs, but individual articles not otherwise available can be ordered through ILL—do this well in advance, as obtaining some articles can take weeks). Finally, check the ÒE-Journals A-to-ZÓ on the Ramsey homepage under Subject headings for a few additional journals related to Classical Studies. Here are our current holdings:

 

á      American Journal of Archaeology

á      American Journal of Philology (also on-line)

á      L'AnnŽe Žpigraphique; revue des publications Žpigraphiques relatives a l'antiquitŽ          romaine (2002 earliest)

á      Antiquity (also on-line)

á      Apeiron (also on-line)

á      Archaeological News

á      Archaeological Reports

á      Archaeological Review

á      Archaeological Site Reports

á      Archaeology Magazine (also on-line)

á      Arethusa (also on-line)

á      Arion (also on-line)

á      Ancient Philosophy

á      Ancient World

á      Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

á      Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism

á      Classical Antiquity (also on-line)

á      Classical Journal

á      Classical Outlook

á      Classical Philology (also on-line)

á       Classical Quarterly (also on-line)

á      Classical Review (also on-line)

á      Classical Weekly

á      Classical World

á      Daedalus (also on-line)

á      Dumbarton Oaks Papers

á      Gnomon

á      Greece and Rome (also on-line)

á      Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies

á      Harvard Studies in Classical Philology

á      Helios (on-line only)

á      Hesperia

á      Historia

á      Journal of Early Christian Studies (also on-line)

á      Journal of Hellenic Studies

á      Journal of Roman Studies

á      Journal of Theological Studies (also on-line)

á      Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes

á      Latinitas

á      Latomus (2006 earliest)

á      Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici (2006 earliest)

á      Museum of Classical Antiquities

á      Near Eastern Archaeology, formerly Biblical Archaeologist

á      New Testament Studies

á      Numismatic Chronicle

á      Phoenix

á      Proceedings of the British Academy

á      Ramus (earliest 2005)

á      Speculum (also on-line)

á      Studi etruschi (2005 is earliest)

á      The Augustan Age

á      The Numismatic Chronicle

á      Traditio

á      Transactions of the American Philological Association

á      Vergilius (earliest 2005)

á      Yale Classical Studies

 

Sometimes more general information is needed for background and for fleshing out an argument. Such information is often conveniently gathered in reference works. Or perhaps you need an illustration of a statue, building, or a particular person—there are reference works for these types of sources as well (you can also Google on Images--there's quite a bit online, usually on pages put together by classicists). Here are some useful reference works on the shelves in Ramsey Library or available from your advisor through ABC:

 

á      A guide to the ancient world: a dictionary of classical place names

á      A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome

á      Atlas of Classical History (two versions)

á      Atlas of the Classical World

á      Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (with cd-rom)

á      Cambridge Ancient History (use revised editions when available)

á      Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Smith)

á      Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law (Berger)

á      Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: A Classification Of Narrative Elements In Folktales,    Ballads, MythsÉ

á      Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities

á      Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae (LTUR)

á      Liddell & Scott Greek-English Lexicon (the BIG one)

á      Oxford Classical Dictionary (1st, 2nd and 3rd editions available)

á      Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

á      Oxford History of Classical Art

á      Oxford History of the Classical World

á      Oxford Latin Dictionary

á      Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

á      Real Encyclopadi der Classischen Alterthumswissenschaft (aka Pauly-Wissowa)

            o      Der neue Pauly (abbreviated form)

            o      Brill's New Pauly: Encylopaedia of the Ancient World (English translation)

á      The World's Writing Systems (a fantastic book—check it out)

 

Some additional research help can be found in collections of Bibliographies, Concordances, Indices, and various internet resources.

 

Most of the following are in the PA section in the stacks:

 

á      Index To American Doctoral Dissertations

á      Index Of Archaeological Papers 1665 1890

á      Index Of Greek Verb Forms

á      Concordance To The Odyssey Of Homer

á      Concordance To The Iliad Of Homer

á      Concordance To The Old And New Testament And The Apocrypha

á      Concordance of Ovid

á      Concordance of the Works of Horace

á      Concordance to Livy

á      Concordance of Lucan

á      Concordance to the Hesiodic Corpus

á      Concordance Of The Latin Greek And Italian Poems Of John Milton

á      A concordance to the Latin panegyrics : a concordance to the XII Panegyrici Latini and to         the panegyrical texts and fragments of Symmachus, Ausonius, Merobaudes, Ennodius,        Cassiodorus

á      Concordance To The Septuagint And The Other Greek Versions Of The Old    Testament        Including The Apocryphal Books

á      Lexicon abbreviaturarum. Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane usate nelle carte e            codici specialmente del Medio-Evo (Capelli)

á      Lexicon Caesarianum

á      Lexicon Of The Homeric Dialect

á      Lexicon Platonicum Sive Vocum Platonicarum Index

á      Lexicon Plavtinvm

á      Lexicon Plutarcheum Plutarchi Moralia Operum Tomus Viii Index Graecitatis

á      Lexicon Quintilianeum

á      Lexicon To Herodotus

á      Lexicon To Josephus

á      Lexicon To Pindar

á      Lexicon Der Antiken Christlichen Literatur

á      Lexicon In Decem Oratores Atticos

á      Lexicon heptaglotton (Hebrew, Persian, and Semitic languages)

á      Lexicon In Veteris Testamenti Libros (and Supplement)

á      Lexicon Latinum

á      Lexicon Manuale Ad Scriptores Mediae Et Infimae Latinitatis

á      Lexicon Manuale Graeco Latinum Et Latino Graecum

á      Index Aeschineus

á      Index Aeschyleus

á      Index Andocideus Lycurgeus Dinarcheus

á      Index Antiphontevs

á      Index Apvleianvs

á      Index Aristotelicus

á      Index To Aristotle In English Translation

á      Index Demosthenicus

á      Index Du Vocabulaire Du Theatre Classique

á      Index Of Greek Verb Forms

á      Index In Xenophontis Memorabilia

á      Index Isaeus

á      Index To The Speeches Of Isaeus

á      Index Isocrateus

á      Index Lucretianus

á      Index Lysiacvs

á      Index Patristicus sive Clavis patrum apostolicorum operum

á      Index Phaedrianus

á      Index Scriptorum Mediae Latinitatis

á      Index Verborum Catullianus

á      Index Verborum In Ciceronis Rhetorica Necnon Incerti Auctoris Libros Ad Herennium

á      Index Verborum Iuvenalis

á      Index Verborum Propertianus

á      Index Verborum Terentianus

á      Index Verborum Vergilianus

á      Index Verborvm Ciceronis Epistvlarvm

á      Index Verborvm Qvae In Senecae Fabvlis Necnon In Octavia Praetexta Reperivntvr

á      Index Thucydideus

á      Glosarium Livianum sive index Latinitatis Exquisitoris

 

Electronic Resources include:

 

The Classics Home Page (www.unca.edu/classics) and the Ramsey Library homepage link to Resource Guides:

á      Electronic Resources for Classicists: http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/rr/classics.html

            This site includes links to InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP, which provides indexing and full-text coverage for many core journals in classics and related fields, including Antiquity, Classical Philology, Classical Quarterly, Greece and Rome, and others (1980-present); TOCS-IN, Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank, and a few other general indices. It also links to Project Muse (Classics Resources; search for words in title of articles from over 150 Classics journals), and a number of comprehensive Classics websites, such as Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World and Perseus.

 

Other websites include links to other resources (not a comprehensive list by any means):

á      The American Philological Association: http://www.apaclassics.org/

á      The Interactive Ancient Mediterranean (for maps): http://iam.classics.unc.edu/

á      Dyabola: http://www.dyabola.de/en/indexfrm.htm?page (I think you need a subscription for     parts of this)

á      Suda on-line (SOL): http://www.stoa.org/sol/

á      ROMARCH: Roman Art and Archaeology:  http://acad.depauw.edu/romarch/

á      American Journal of Archaeology's List of Abbreviations of Periodicals, Books, Series, etc. (online)

á      Cornell's Classics Dept. website: http://www.cornellcollege.edu/classical_studies/

 

But the most comprehensive resource is L'AnnŽe philologique (The Philological Year).

            L'AnnŽe Philologique: Bibliographie Critique et Analytique de l'AntiquitŽ GrŽco-Latine (REF PA 35 .B1 A56) All aspects of classical studies indexed in each annual volume (1927-present). Founded in Paris by the latinist Jules Marouzeau (1878-1964), Professor at the Sorbonne, L'AnnŽe philologique first appeared in 1928. The first volume recorded the publications of 1924-26, and the second appeared that same year with the publications of 1927. Since then, an annual volume brings together all the bibliography for each year. Thirty-three years (1969-2001) of the AnnŽe philologique (volumes 40 to 71) have now been put on-line by the SociŽtŽ Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, but you need a paid subscription to use the database.

            Ramsey Library has the following volumes: Dix AnnŽes (1914-1923); 1, 2, (missing 1928-1929), 5, (missing 1931-1941), 16-27, (missing 1957-1962), 34-70. Volumes 1-37 are available on microfiche. For 1896-1914 (Lambrino)--authors & texts only: Bibliographie de l'antiquitŽ classique (I have a xeroxed copy, if you need to use it: email me at lholland@unca.edu). 

 

The basic layout:

I.     The Sections:

0.     Authors and texts

1.     Literature and Literary Criticism

2.     Linguistics

3.     Transmission of the texts

4.     Archaeology

5.     History and Civilization (includes mythology, art history, and religion)

6.     Law

7.     Philosophy

8.     The Sciences and Technology

9.     History of Classical Studies

10.  Studies and Collections (Acta, Festschriften)

 

II. Within each rubric the general principle is to go from the more general to the more specific:

First part: Editions of texts and other reference works.

Second part: Articles and books, including collections of articles in books

 

III.    Description of the partes adiacentes:

 

1.     Info. in front part of volume: Table des divisions, Liste des pŽriodiques dŽpouillŽs, Index des fascicules dŽpouillŽs (List of indexed journals and specific issues/volumes)

2.     Indices in back of volume.

a.    Collective Rubrics (Index des rubriques collectives), discontinued in 1996

a.     Ancient names (Index Nominum Antiquorum)

b.     Geographical (Index Geographicus): this index uses modern names wherever possible, but cross references with ancient names. French is the default language. (N.B. this index does not appear between the years of 1992 and 1995, nor before 1971.)

c.     More Recent Names (Index Nominum Recentiorum)

d.     Modern Authors (Index des auteurs modernes)