Classical


This list of resources is intended as a guide to beginning research in Classical languages, linguistics and literatures at PSU Library. All of the reference works listed here can be found on the 2nd Floor of Millar Library, in the Research and Learning Center.
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For more resources on teaching, see the Education subject guide. For more resources on linguistics, see the Applied Linguistics subject guide. The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin) The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English) Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning REF P51 .R66 2000 Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome REF PA3002 .A5 1982 Concise Dictionary of Greek Literature REF PA31 .M29 Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature Crowell's Handbook of Classical Drama REF PA3024 .H35 Crowell's Handbook of Classical Literature REF PA31 .F4 Gales Literary Index Reference Index, Z6511 .G35. A master index to 43 literary series published by Gale. Use this resource to find biographical entries on authors and critical analysis of literary works. Indexes such resources as Ancient Writers and Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism. Greek and Latin Authors, 800 B.C.-A.D. 1000 REF PA31 .G7 Oxford Companion to Classical Literature REF DE5 .H34 1969 Oxford Companion to Classical Literature REF PA31 .H69 1989 Who's Who in the Classical World A dictionary of ancient biography that provides short entries on individuals from every aspect of ancient life, including Greek and Roman writers, thinkers, artists, scientists, statesmen, kings, queens, and other historical figures. Project Muse: Scholarly journals online Holds over 100 full text scholarly journals online in the arts & humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics. The back files for the journals are scant. Important for this subject are Comparative Literature Studies (1999-present), Language (2001-present), Linguistic Inquiry (2000-present), and Studies in Philology (2003). To find articles on a specific topic in journals, magazines, or newspapers, you will need to use one of the Library's print indexes or article databases. An index or article database will allow you to look for articles by title, by author, or by a few keywords that describe your topic. Humanities Index 1984-present AI3 .H8, Print edition in Reference covers 1975-present. Citations to about English-language periodicals in the areas of archaeology, classical studies, art, performing arts, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature, and religion. Provides article citations to the major journals in these disciplines. L'Année Philologique PSU REF (some volumes on 5th floor) Z7016 .M35A An index to literature on Greco-Roman archaelogy, history, law, linguistics and literature, philosophy, science and technology from about 2000 BCE to 800 CE. It is written in French, but indexes about 1500 publications written in various Western languages. Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) P1 .L15, Print edition in Reference covers 1994-present; volumes for 1983-1993 are on the 4th floor. This resource covers all aspects of the study of language and linguistics. MLA International Bibliography 1963-present Z7006 .M64, Print edition in Reference covers the years 1921-? For literature as a whole, this is the single most important bibliography. The Modern Language Association's bibliography covers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide. Nestor http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/classics/nestor/nestor.html Published monthly by the department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, Nestor is an international bibliography of Aegean studies, Homeric society, Indo-European linguistics, and related fields. The Web site includes a searchable database. Vikat, the online catalog, will help you locate books in PSU's library. You can search by keyword, but often subject heading searching can be more productive. Listed here are some major subject headings of interest for research in Spanish. Copies of the complete set of the Library of Congress Subject Headings are available at the reference desks throughout the library. Most books are located on the 4th floor of the Millar library under the call numbers begining PA201 (Greek language), PA2001 (Latin language), PA3000 (Classical literature), PA3050 (Greek literature), and PA6000 (Roman literature). Subject headings: Classical literature Classical languages Greek language Latin language Greece -- antiquities Rome -- antiquities For literary criticism, use the term "Criticism" and the name of an author or title in the catalog to find books analyzing specific author's works. For example: enter criticism Plato as a general keyword search in the catalog. Other useful subject headings may include: Literature - History and Criticism, Rhetoric, Deconstruction, Feminist Criticism, Formalism, and Literary Analysis. Summit If you are not able to find what you need in VIKAT, do the same searches in SUMMIT, the catalog of the Orbis-Cascade Alliance. You can request items through SUMMIT and they will be delivered to Millar Library for you in two working days. WorldCat If you have no luck in Vikat or Summit, try WorldCat. This resource contains more than 30 million records for materials cataloged by the libraries around the world, including most academic and many public libraries in the U.S. Items found here can be requested through Interlibrary Loan, directly through the catalog. Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature - Greek http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/etexts.html#greek Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature - Latin http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/etexts.html#latin Internet Classics Archive http://classics.mit.edu/ Perseus Digital Library http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ Tufts University maintains this digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world. Contains hundreds of texts by the major ancient authors as well as catalog entries for over 2,800 vases, sculptures, coins, buildings, and sites, including over 13,000 photographs of such objects. American Classical League http://www.aclclassics.org/ American Philological Association http://www.apaclassics.org/ The Classics Pages http://www.classicspage.com/ This site includes "over 900 pages of news, information, games and controversy about the life, literature, art, and archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome."

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