Background Information
- Oxford bibliographies onlineCombines the best features of an annotated bibliography with those of a high-level encyclopedia. Select Classics from the Subject List or use the Browse by Subject quick menu.
- Oxford Reference OnlineComprises almost two-million entries from Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias. Limit your search to Classical Studies by selecting Subject or Reference Type.
- UCLA Encyclopedia of EgyptologyThe UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology is an international cooperative project to provide high quality peer reviewed information on ancient Egypt. It is a resource in development and steadily growing collection of high quality articles, written in jargon-free language.
Encyclopedias
Brill's New Pauly (22 Vols) by Publication Date: 2011Twenty-two volumes of Brill's New Pauly - the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly - published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996, as an encyclopedia for the study of Greco-Roman culture and its influence on modern world history.The Encyclopedia of Ancient History by
Publication Date: 2012The only comprehensive collection of the 21st century scholarship on the entire ancient Mediterranean world, including the Near East and Egypt. Spans the late Bronze Age through the 7th century CE, and provides clear, concise definitions and explanations of the key people, places and events in ancient history.
Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy by Publication Date: 1997The only encyclopedia in English specific to the field of Classical Philosophy, this work presents 270 articles on major and minor figures and on topics of importance to the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity.
Encyclopaedia Judaica by Publication Date: 2006Includes more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.
The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences by Publication Date: 2018A 4-volume advanced resource on the emerging trends and foundational theories of archaeological science, offering students and scholars a reliable reference on the most current techniques and practices.
Dictionaries
- Oxford Classical DictionaryOxford Classical Dictionary is the ultimate reference on the classical world. It contains over 6,000 articles, including full-text contributions with multimedia.
- The Brill Dictionary of Ancient GreekThe Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek is the English translation of Franco Montanari’s Vocabolario della Lingua Greca. With 140,000 entries, this is the most important modern dictionary for Ancient Greek and an invaluable tool for students and advanced scholars.
- Database of Latin DictionariesDatabase of Latin Dictionaries comprises three kinds of dictionaries: those that assist translation from Latin into modern languages, those that provide semantic and etymological explanations in Latin of Latin words, and historical Latin dictionaries.
- ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝWeb-based tool that provides simultaneous lookup of entries in many reference works that make up the Perseus Digital Library.