Top Three Sources for Classics Research
- Oxford Classical Dictionary This link opens in a new windowThis list of abbreviations is helpful for deciphering the references within the work.
- Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new windowAncient texts with the original Greek or Latin and English on facing pages.
- Année Philologique This link opens in a new windowModern scholarship covering ancient Greek and Roman/Latin language, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy, archaeology, religion, mythology, science, etc. The time period covered is the second millennium B.C.E to roughly 800 C.E. The database is in English. Coverage: 1959-present
Encyclopedias & Other Reference Tools
- New Pauly This link opens in a new window
Dictionaries
- Thesaurus Linguae Latinae This link opens in a new window
The WFU Classics Department website lists multiple online dictionaries, grammars and similar tools for Greek and Latin.
Secondary Literature: Journal Articles, Books, Book Chapters
- Oxford Bibliographies: Classics This link opens in a new windowA combination encyclopedia and annotated bibliography covering Greek and Roman antiquity.
- JSTOR Advanced Search
Choose "Classical Studies" under discipline to search more than 50 core journals in the field. - ZSR Homepage Search and Primo
A good place to start for many topics. - Bryn Mawr Classical Review
A journal consisting solely of book reviews in Classics
Primary Texts: Latin
- Library of Latin Texts This link opens in a new windowDatabase of Latin texts, containing more than 3,200 works from about 300 B.C.E. through 1965.
- Patrologia Latina This link opens in a new windowChristian Latin texts from Tertullian (around 200 C.E.) to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
- Monumenta Germaniae Historica (eMGH) This link opens in a new windowMedieval Latin texts with a focus on Germany and surrounding areas.
The WFU Classics Department website lists additional online sources for Latin texts.
Primary Texts: Greek
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae This link opens in a new windowContains virtually all ancient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.E.) and 600 C.E., and a large number of Medieval texts deriving from the period between 600-1453. You'll need to create a user account the first time you use the database.
- Jacoby Online This link opens in a new windowFragments of Greek texts about ancient historians with English translations and commentaries.
The WFU Classics Department website lists several online sources for Greek texts.
Search Tips
Personal Names: L'Année Philologique uses true Latin names and Romanized Greek names for ancient authors. Most other databases use the more common English name.
Library Catalog (Author Browse) uses: Virgil, Homer
L'Année Philologique uses: Vergilius Maro (P.), Homerus
In L'Année Philologique, use the Ancient Author and Text search box to find the proper form of the author's name.
L'Année Philologique and most other databases use * to cut off a word stem, e.g. gladiator* retrieves gladiators, gladiatorial.
Type the word AND (or use the second row) if you want to enter more than one word that is not an exact phrase.
You can limit by modern language in the Advanced Search screen.
Search operators AND OR NOT must be ALL CAPS to work in the Homepage/Primo search.
