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Classics - key resources

Info	Database title
	Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) Designed for academic institutions, this database provides coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals. It supports research in the key areas of academic study by providing peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, books, and more.
	Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources (DMLBS) A comprehensive dictionary of Medieval Latin and the first to focus on British Medieval Latin. It is based on the close reading of thousands of Medieval Latin texts carried out for the purpose of recording their distinctive lexical characteristics and using the best available sources, whether original manuscripts or modern critical editions.
	JSTOR Provides full-text access to back issues (delay in coverage generally 3-5 years) of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences. The Library's access includes all Arts & Sciences Collections, the Life Sciences Collection, Business IV, and the Ireland Collection.
	L'Annee Philologique (APh) A specialised bibliographic database of scholarly works relating to all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman civilisations. The database provides citations to journal articles and books, with abstracts in English, German, Spanish, French or Italian.
	Loeb Classical Library The digital Loeb Classical Library published by Harvard University Press, is a fully searchable and browsable platform hosting a series of over 500 texts which, through original text and English translation, gives access to Greek and Latin heritage. Texts cover epic and lyric poetry, tragedy and comedy, history, travel, philosophy, oratory, the great medical writers and mathematicians. Continually updating, new editions to the online collection are added as published. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and explanatory notes and selective bibliographies. Create an individual ‘My Loebs’ account using the ‘Create Profile’ link on the Loeb site to utilise the advanced features of the digital Loeb Classical Library including saving searches, creating bookmarks and annotations.
	MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCOhost) The MLA Directory of Periodicals provides detailed information on over 6,000 journals and book series that cover literature, literary theory, dramatic arts, folklore, language, linguistics, pedagogy, rhetoric and composition, and the history of printing and publishing. Articles published in works listed in the directory are indexed in the MLA International Bibliography.
	MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) This citation database covers literature, language and linguistics, folklore, film, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included. The database also includes access to the MLA Directory of Periodicals.
	Perseus Digital Library A collection of textual and visual materials on the Archaic and Classical Greek world. The resources include primary (in the original language and in translation) and secondary texts, site plans, digital images, and maps. The Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser documents vases, sculptures, coins, sites, building, and gems.
	Project MUSE Provides digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. A source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals with over 120 publishers currently participating.
	ProQuest Central A leading electronic database providing indexing/abstracting and full-text access to scholarly and general interest publications. It combines information from a number of online databases with subjects covering: business, law, education, computing, science, technology, engineering, arts, medicine, and religion.
	Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Online TLG) A comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era. New users need to register an account on the TLG site to access the full corpus via the login.

Classics - additional resources

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	Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection) Bibliographic and citation information for journal articles in the arts and humanities. Individually selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals are also indexed.
	ARTSTOR Digital Library Artstore contains collections of high-quality images, curated from leading museums and archives around the world. Artstor's diverse collections are rights-cleared for education and research, and include Open Access content as well as rare materials not available elsewhere.
	Brill Online Books and Journals Access full-text e-books in the following humanities and social sciences collections: Asian Studies; Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity; Classical Studies; European History and Culture; Middle East and Islamic Studies; Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy; and Social Sciences. Selected full-text journals are also included for: Humanities, International Law and Biology.
	Gale Academic OneFile (Gale Cengage) Provides indexing/abstracting for journals and reference sources with many articles available in full-text. Coverage includes the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes coverage of the New York Times back to 1985.
	Humanities International Complete (EBSCOhost) Provides full-text of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full-text content.
	International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) A multidisciplinary bibliographic database covering Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for the entire period from AD 300 to 1500. It aims to provide a comprehensive, current bibliography of articles in journals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections or Festschriften) published worldwide in over 35 different languages.
	Iter Bibliography A bibliography comprised of secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books and journal material are included, as are citations for dissertation abstracts and essays in books (including entries in conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues).
	Oxford Handbooks Online The Oxford Handbooks series brings together leading scholars to write articles that survey the current state of scholarship in their field. The collection contains the following subject areas: Archaeology, Business & Management, Classical Studies, Criminology, Economics & Finance, History, Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion and Sociology.
	Oxford Scholarship Online Cross-searchable library containing full-text books in the areas of Classical Studies, Economics and Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, and Sociology.
	Periodicals Index Online (PIO) (ProQuest) An international index to millions of articles published in the humanities and social sciences. Every article in each journal is indexed, from volume 1, issue 1 to recent times. The database includes periodicals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages.
	Research Library (ProQuest) A multidisciplinary database designed to cover the top 150 core academic subject reference areas. The database includes thousands of full-text titles, with a diversified mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, and general interest magazines.
	Taylor & Francis Online A collection of full text journals in humanities, social sciences, science and technology from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press, including access to back issues from 1997 where available.
	Te Puna A web-based search service giving access to the bibliographic details of what is held in New Zealand and international libraries.