Subject Guides: Classics: Library Databases

Classics: Library Databases

Guide to finding Classics resources

Use library databases to:

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Daily Life Through History This link opens in a new window
ARTstor This link opens in a new window

In ARTstor, you may:

-browse content by collection, classification, or geography

-search content by keyword or advanced search terms (e.g., date and geographic origin)

-print and save images and related data to other hardware (e.g. CD, memory stick, hard drive)

-create groups of images for later retrieval and presentation

-save citations for images or image groups, and email or print these, as well as export them directly into EndNote, RefWorks, or a text file
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Humanities Abstracts and Retrospective This link opens in a new window
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window

Loeb Classical Library
Access the entire Loeb Classical Library online here. Search hundreds of Greek and Latin works in translation. These digital texts are identical to their print counterparts.

Année Philologique This link opens in a new window
L'Annèe Philologique is the best database to use for Classics research; it is multilingual and scholarly. It indexes publications for the years 1924 to about 3 years ago.
Cambridge Companions This link opens in a new window
Includes full-text, scholarly reviewed essay anthologies in a range of topics. Best for searching particular authors, movements, eras and works. Use the search box that says "Search Cambridge Companions", not the search box at the top.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Has full-text backfiles of key academic journals in Classics and other topics.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) This link opens in a new window
Digitized versions of most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. YOU MUST CLICK LOG IN TO create an account with a username and password to search this database.

Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Before typing search, select subject specialization "Classical studies" below the search box if you want to limit your search to publications dealing with classics.
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
Complete text of over 1,800 Oxford books including Classical Studies titles.
Brill's New Jacoby This link opens in a new window
A standard collection of the works of Greek historians whose works have survived only in fragmentary form. Includes English translations and abundant commentaries
World Folklore and Folklife This link opens in a new window
A source for mythology and folklore.
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive international resource for the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
Provides a complete full-text archive of all peer-reviewed journals published by the American Anthropological Association.

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