Architecture and Planning Library

This guide was developed for University of Texas undergraduate students beginning studies in Greek and Latin Literature to help you get started with your research. Standard abbreviations are used for the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL) and the Classics Library (CLA). If you need additional assistance please consult a librarian.

GETTING STARTED:

Online Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and other overviews

From the Library homepage
select Research Tools/Databases

select Gale Virtual Reference search for author, title subject
select Oxford Reference Online search for author, title subject
select Literature Resource Center search for author, title subject

GETTING STARTED:

Hard copy Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and other overviews

Oxford Classical Dictionary DE 5 O9 Ref (PCL, CLA), or online through the Library catalog

Cambridge history of classical literature 1: Greek PA 3052 G73 1985 (CLA Ref)

Cambridge history of classical literature 2: Latin PA 3052 G73 1985 (CLA Ref)

The Classical world bibliography of Roman drama and poetry and ancient fiction PA 6003 C528 (CLA Ref)

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism PN 610 C537 V.113 (PCL Ref)

Ancient writers: Greece and Rome PA 3002 A5 1982 V.1 & 2 (CLA Ref)

Additional encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks may be found through the Library Catalog using subject or keyword searches, for example:

Roman Literature Dictionaries
Literature Greek Encyclopedia
Latin Literature Dictionaries
Classical literature Biography
Ancient Drama
Classical Poetry

FINDING LITERATURE SOURCES

Tufts University’s Perseus Project and MIT’s The Tech Classics Archive both have full-text English translations of selected works.

Printed translations of both Greek and Latin works are available in a set of volumes called the Loeb Classical Library. You will find these volumes in PCL and CLA by using a mixed-keyword search (mk) on the Library Catalog. Enter mixed keywords:  (name of author) Loeb.

For example: "mk ovid loeb"  or "mk homer loeb"

FINDING ARTICLES ON LITERATURE

From the Library homepage
select Research Tools/Databases 
select Academic OneFile  search for title, author, subject
select Academic Search Premier  search for title, author, subject
select L’Annee Philologique  search keyword for title, author, subject in “full text”; limit to English language articles under “Other Criteria."
select Web of Science general, advanced and cited searches