WISER Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient

WISER: Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient History Thursday 31 st January 2008 Charlotte Goodall

Classics Provision in Oxford Subject Librarian: Charlotte Goodall charlotte. goodall@ouls. ox. ac. uk OULS – Oxford University Library Services http: //www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/ Bodleian Library – Lower Reading Room http: //www. bodley. ox. ac. uk/ Sackler Library (including Classics Lending Library) http: //www. saclib. ox. ac. uk

Today’s session • • Introduction to electronic resources Oxford University e-journals L’Année Philologique Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Cetedoc Library of Latin Texts Perseus Project Brill Online databases Oxford Classical Dictionary Online

Online resources • Ox. LIP – the Oxford Libraries Information Platform • General and Subject specific resources • Available 24/7 from any networked computer • http: //www. bodley. ox. ac. uk/oxlip • OLIS – the Oxford Libraries Information System • • Searching for books and journals Details of library holdings Automated Stack Requests http: //www. library. ox. ac. uk • Electronic journals - http: //sfx 7. exlibrisgroup. com/oxford/az • Full text journal articles • Thousands of journal titles available • Subject-specific e-resources

Introduction • Overview of electronic resources for Classicists • Ox. LIP: Oxford Libraries Information Platform

Electronic journals • SFX: Oxford’s ejournal collection

Finding an e-journal • Search by Journal title, Publisher, ISSN. • Search for e. g. “Classical Quarterly”

Search results • Full text options (coverage, dates and issue numbers) • Current and archive access (JSTOR) • Print holdings (OLIS)

Bibliographic Databases • L’Année Philologique • Also available: Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank (only recommended if you know what you are looking for!)

L’Année Philologique • Navigating • Search options – Modern Author – Full Text – Ancient Authors – Subjects and disciplines – Date • Use APh to search for journal abbreviations using the Periodical option under “other criteria”

Searching APh online • Simple searching • Combining searches

• Search for a Journal abbreviation Other Criteria – periodical Type in a recognised abbreviation and it will give the full title.

Full Text Databases Thesarus Linguae Graecae (TLG) • Entire canon of Ancient Greek texts and authors. Cetedoc Library of Latin Texts • Classical and Christian Latin texts and authors.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae • Full text searching of complete canon of Greek authors (including fragments and literary papyri). • Display either in Greek font or transliteration. • Set display to Unicode unless you have specific fonts installed

Canon Search

Simple Text Search

Advanced searching • Proximity searching: Combine search terms by clicking the radio button to add a second word.

Full corpus search

Lexicon links

Cetedoc Library of Latin Texts • Texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962 -1965) • The best Latin text database available at the moment

Cetedoc Library

Sample search - Catullus

Text Searching

Search results

Perseus Project • Texts and translations of ancient authors • Dictionaries and grammatical tools • Art and Archaeology Browser

Brill Online Databases • Electronic version of Brill’s New Pauly (not yet complete) and der neue Pauly • Electronic version of Jacoby’s Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker and English translation (not yet complete)

Oxford Classical Dictionary • Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rd ed. ) Online • Accessed via Past Masters package • Scroll through Past Masters titles until you find the OCD.

I hope you have found this session useful If I can be of any further assistance please contact me: charlotte. goodall@ouls. ox. ac. uk Further training sessions may be of interest to you – for details go to: http: //www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/services/information_skills