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Encyclopedias
Provide
excellent background/overview information. Contain articles written
by experts for a general audience. Provide indexes indicating scope
of coverage of a topic and pinpointing in which articles a concept
will be discussed. Provide bibliographies for further reading.
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Oxford
Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
3 volumes
edited by Donald B. Redford
DT58 .O94 2001 vol. 1(Reference).
Provides
extensive scholarly coverage of Egyptology. Includes bibliographies,
maps, & illustrations.
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Oxford
History of Ancient Egypt
edited by Ian Shaw
DT83 .O95 2000
Reaches beyond archeology to present what we know about the
social, political, religious, cultural, and artistic legacy
of this 5,000 year civilization.
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Coptic
encyclopedia
8 volumes
edited by Aziz S. Atiya
BX130.5 .C66 1991(Reference).
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[Grove's]
Dictionary of Art
edited by Jane Turner, 34 vols.
N31 .D5 1996 (Reference).
Represents the work of more than 6,800 international scholars.
Grove's
Dictionary of Art Online
Contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts;
painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative
arts and photography from prehistory to the present day.
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Encyclopedia
of World Art
edited by Bernard S. Myers, 17 vols.
N31.E533 (Reference).
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Encyclopedia
of Ancient Egypt
Margaret Bunson.
DT58 .B96 1991 (Reference).
Includes bibliography, and index.
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Encyclopedia
of Archaeology: History and Discoveries
Edited
by Tim Murray
3 volumes
CC100 .E54 2001
Encyclopedia
of Archaeology: The Great Archaeologists
Edited by Tim Murray
2
volumes
CC110 .E54 1999
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Encyclopedia
of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
edited by Kathryn A. Bard
DT58 .E53 1999
Includes bibliography, index, and maps.
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Reference
Books
Handbooks,
dictionaries, statistical sources, tables; detailed or procedural
information specific to the subject areas addressed.
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Atlas
of Ancient Egypt
John Baines and Jaromír Málek.
DT56.9 .B34
Includes index.
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Atlas
of Ancient Egypt
The Egypt Exploration Society. (1864)
DT50 .E32
Includes complete index, geographical and historical notes,
Biblical references, and maps. Special publication of the
Egypt exploration fund.
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Atlas
of Classical History
Michael Grant. G1033 .G65 1994 (Reference)
Covers the Near East, ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome; shows
the period between 1700 BC and 565 AD.
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Cambridge
History of Egypt, 2 vols.
DT94 .C36 1998
Includes illustrations, maps, bibliographic references and index.
v. 1. Islamic Egypt, 640-1517 / edited by Carl F. Petry -- v.
2. Modern Egypt, from 1517 to the end of the twentieth century
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Dictionary
of Ancient Egypt
Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson
In association with The British Museum
DT58 .S55 1995
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Dictionary
of African Mythology
Harold
Shueb
Oxford University Press 2000
BL2400 .S24 2000
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Dictionary
of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
George Hart
BL2450 .G6 H37 1986 (Reference).
Includes bibliography.
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Gods
and Symbols of Ancient Egypt: an illustrated
dictionary
Barbara Cummings
Translated from the German by Manfred Lurker
BL2428 .L8713 1980 (Reference).
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Historical
Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
Morris L. Bierbrier
DT83 .B56 1999 (Reference).
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Oxford
History Of Ancient Egypt
edited By Ian Shaw
DT83 .O94 2000
Includes bibliography, index, and maps.
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Who's
Who in Egyptian Mythology?
Edited and revised by Robert Steven Bianchi
Illustrated by Anthony S. Mercatante
BL24268 .M47 (Reference).
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Databases
and Indexes
Magazine,
periodical and journal articles provide information on current developments,
research trends, experiments and hot topics in a discipline. For
every discipline, there are specific databases or indexes that provide
article level information. Once articles are identified through
the database or index search, look up the source journal in Vikat,
PSU Library's online catalog, to locate them in the library. For
a complete list of online databases and indexes, see the Library's
Online Databases pages.
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Anthropological
Literature
Describes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology,
including art history, demography, economics, psychology,
and religious studies.
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Art
Index
1929 -
Z5937 .A78
Art
Index Full Text
1984-
Subject areas indexed include archaeology, architecture, art
history, city planning, crafts, motion pictures, graphic arts,
industrial design, landscape architecture, museology, photography,
and related fields. (Reference).
Art
Index Retrospective
1929-1984
Comprehensive, retrospective indexing from Art Index.
All personal names, uniform titles, organization names, topical
terms, and geographic names have been reconciled with current
Art Index headings.
List
of Journals in Art Index held by PSU.
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Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals
1930 -
Indexes more than 2,000 periodicals published worldwide on
archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic
preservation as well as architecture.
Journals
indexed in the Avery Index held by PSU.
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Humanities
index - 1975 - Present
AI3 .H8 (Reference)
A cumulative index to English language periodicals. Subject
fields indexed include archaeology and classical studies,
area studies, folklore, history, language and literature,
performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology, and related
subjects.
Humanities
index online - 1984 - Present
Journals
in Humanities Index held by PSU.
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JSTOR
Holds the full text of 117 scholarly
journals in Arts & Sciences I Collection, 7 in the General
Science Collection, and 29 in the Ecology & Botany Collection.
The anthropology, literature and history journal selections
will retrieve relevant results.
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Subject
Headings
Subject
headings allow you to search library catalogs for materials on a
particular topic. Often subject heading searching can be more productive
than searching by simple keywords. Listed here are some major subject
headings of interest for research about Ancient Egypt.. Copies
of the complete set of the Library of Congress Subject Headings
are available at the reference desks throughout the library.
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Art, Ancient-Egyptian
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Art-Egypt-History
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Art,
Egyptian
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Coptic
Church--History
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Coptic--Egypt--History
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Egypt-Antiquities-[literary
types; i.e. encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases]
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Egypt-Civilization-To
332 B.C.
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Egypt-History-To
332 B.C.
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Egypt-Religion
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Gospel
of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)--Criticism, interpretation
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Mythology,
Egyptian
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Call
Numbers
Browsing
the library shelves by call number ranges is another strategy for
locating information on a topic; call numbers can help you get to
the "right neighborhood" in the library stacks.
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CC
1-960 Archaeology ( general)
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BL2428
- Religion
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BX133-139
- Coptic
Church
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DT43-154
- History
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N5300-7418
- History of Art
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NA190-1614
- History. Historical monuments.
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PJ1001-2199
- Egyptian. Coptic.
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Organizations
Often
the best way to find information on a topic is to look for material
published by a professional society or an organization.
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American
Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
P. O. Box 11352
Berkeley, CA 94712-2352
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American
Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
Harville 347, Box 10,
The University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210076
Tucson, AZ 85721
http://w3.arizona.edu/~egypt/ARCE_AZ.htm
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Ancient
Egypt Studies Association
927 NE 175th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97230
(503) 257 2937
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The
Archaeological Institute of America
Boston University
656 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215-2010
(617) 353-9361 or (617)353.6550
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Wilbour
Library of Egyptology
Brooklyn Museum Art Reference Library
200 Eastern Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-638-5000 x309
Reference: 718-638-5000 x310
Fax: 718-638-3731
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Okeanos
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Centers, Societies, and Organizations
http://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/okeanos7.html
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Egypt
Exploration Society
3 Doughty Mews
London, WC1N 2PG
telephone 0171-242 1880
Fax: 0171-404 6118
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Institute
of Egyptian Art & Archaeology
3750 Norriswood Avenue
Communication and Fine Arts Bldg, Rm. 142
Memphis, TN 38152
Phone: 901/678-2555
Fax: 901/678-5118
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/main.html
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Important
Resources
These
texts are a myriad of critical resources about different aspects
of Egyptology.
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Art
of Ancient Egypt
Gay Robins.
N5350 .R63
A comprehensive overview of ancient Egyptian art with photographs.
Includes index and bibliography.
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Egyptian
treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
edited by Francesco Tiradritti;
photographs by Araldo De Luca.
N5336
.E3 C37 1999 OVERSIZE
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Egypt
: yesterday and today / lithographs by David Roberts
text
by Fabio Bourbon ; translation by A.B.A., Milano;
photographs by Antonio Attini.
Cairo, Egypt : The American University in Cairo Press, 2000.
NE2347.6
.R62 A4 2000 OVERSIZE
This
text offers an interesting comparison of Robert's lithographs
from the Napoleonic Revival period with contemporary photographs
of historic sites including the pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx,
and Abu Simbel, the colossi of Ramses II.
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Egyptian
Sculpture: Cairo and Luxor
Edna Russmann
Photographs by David Finn.
NB1296.2 .R87 1989
Edna Russman, an egyptologist from the Brooklyn Museum, views
the sculptures as portraitures by examining the works found
at the Cairo Musem.
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Women
in Ancient Egypt
Gay Robins.
HQ1137 .E3 R63 1993
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Development
of Ancient Egyptian Art, from 3200 to 1315 B.C.
Cyril Aldred.
N5350.A55
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Egyptians
Cyril Aldred.
DT83 .A65 1984
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Art
and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
W. Stevenson Smith.
N5350 .S5 1981
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Complete
Pyramids
Mark Lehner.
DT63 .L4 1997
Traces the development of this unique architectural structure
from the mastabas to the pyramids of Giza. Includes current
research and specualtions about the great Sphinx at Giza.
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