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Research Tools


 

HIST C386 History of Ancient Greece  


Starting Points

Oxford Reference Online Premium

  • definitions and ancient history timeline

Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic tradition (Reference DF757 .E53 2000)

  • In-depth articles covers years beyond ancient Greece
  • Further reading section is helpful in identifying scholars in the field

Handbook to life in ancient Greece (Reference DF77 .A35 1998)

  • Bibliography of articles and books on life in Greece

A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (DE 5 .S75 1967)


Find Books

Using IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog), you can locate more books in Helmke Library in either print or electronic format.

Search by a historical figure or topic and select to search ALL IU libraries. If the result list is too large, use the connector AND to add an additional keyword such as a time period or event.

Keyword anywhere: aristophanes AND comedy

WorldCat

  • Provides access more than 1 billion bibliographic records for materials in all formats
  • Includes books, electronic resources, sound recordings, and more

Search engines

Academic Search Premier

  • Millions of articles in more than 8,000 journals, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text
  • Excellent for finding current articles in journals and magazines

Use the Search Options such as limit to Scholarly Journals to retrieve precise results

JSTOR

  • Find full text scholarly articles in journals
  • Typically, coverage of a journal starts with its first issue and ends 2-7 years ago
  • Remember to narrow by discipline and type of document to get precise results

Websites

Creative Commons

  • Find images and video that you can legally use for educational purposes

Ancient World Mapping Center

  • Downloadable maps of the Mediterranean region available for educational use only

Perseus Digital Library

  • Primary sources with commentary and scholarly articles

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology

  • Basic definitions and pronunciations of mythology terms

Citing your Sources

Highly Recommended for History students

Kate Turabian's A Manual For Writers Of Term Papers, Thesis, And Dissertations. The latest edition of Turabian is located at the Service Desk (Reference LB2369 .T8 1996)

A sample of Turabian style footnotes and bibliographic entries is available on the Web.


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Date created: 2008-10-08

 
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