Classics e resources_2012
- 1. Electronic Resources for Classics Lyn Bailey Librarian Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge
- 2. Websites/Catalogues LibrarySearch+ - combined catalogue http://searchplus.lib.cam.ac.uk/ Newton – library catalogue http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/newton/ Faculty of Classics Website http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/ Cambridge Libraries Gateway http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/libraries/ COPAC: http://copac.ac.uk/
- 3. A brief look at the electronic databases
- 4. Bibliographical Resources Web of Knowledge – citation database http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/ Includes Arts and Humanities Citation indexes
- 5. L’Année Philologique Bibliographical Database http://www.annee-philologique.com/aph/ Indexes 1500+ journals related to Classics Equivalent to printed volumes 1-80 (2009), & interim records for latest print volume
- 6. Databases of Texts Perseus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/ Packard Humanities Institute CD-ROMs available at Faculty of Classics, Library Office – Gk online at http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/ LLT Library of Latin Texts http://www.brepolis.net/ Patrologia Latina http://pld.chadwyck.co.uk/
- 7. Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) Database of most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453 Updated quarterly List of authors and works included in database available on the website Links to Perseus for translations and dictionaries
- 8. Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) Available via the web at http://www.tlg.uci.edu/
- 9. Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Available via De Gruyter http://refworks.reference- global.com/Xaver/start.xav? col=Coll_BTL-TLL
- 10. Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum Collects newly published Greek inscriptions, same information as printed SEG http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/b rowse/supplementum-epigraphicum- graecum
- 11. Dictionaries/Encyclopaedias Oxford Classical Dictionary http://www.oxfordreference.com/ Brill Online http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/b rowse/brill-s-new-pauly including: New Pauly (German and English) New Jacoby: new ed. Of 856 fragmentary historians that comprise F. Jacoby's Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker Parts I-III
- 12. Images ARTstor http://www.artstor.org More than one million digital images including pots, archaeological sites, paintings, sculpture and manuscripts
- 13. Further Help The main University Library (UL) runs induction tours, and training sessions. See http://training.cam.ac.uk/cul
- 14. Contact Details Lyn Bailey Librarian Faculty of Classics Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge CB4 3LE Email: library@classics.cam.ac.uk Twitter: @lettylib Tel: 01223 335154
Editor's Notes
- #3: Librarysearch+ –all libraries in Cambridge, can limit to number of libraries e.g. UL and Classics, also searches electronic full text resources Newton – check which database you are in, limit by library, Classics: library, electronic resources, new books Libraries Gateway – includes library search, mobile apps etc, best place for journals and accessing e-resources off campus via subject tab COPAC – research libraries
- #7: Perseus – Greek and Roman texts, dictionaries, grammars, translations (out of copyright), images art etc Packard Humanities Institute – PHI Disks – Greek including papyri; latin texts LLT –dbase with texts from Latin lit from beginning to 1965 so includes Aquinas. use syntax for wild cards e.g. * to search for different endings or select word forms Patrologia Latina – works of the Church Fathers.
- #12: Oxford Reference Online – includes OCD, Whos Who etc.
- #15: If you need any help, want to book a one to one training session, or have a reference you can’t find then please do ask – email queries that need investigation so we can get back to you.