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Library Resources
in Classics
The
Collection
Since
the Greek and Roman Classics have been taught at Cornell from the very
inception of the University and in fact constituted the core of the Humanities
curriculum well into the 20th century, the existing Classics collection
is quite strong in older text editions, monographs , reference works and
early journal runs. Much of this material is not superseded and still
in active use today. There is excellent coverage of the scholarly literature
in the major European languages up to the late 1970's when budget constraints
forced a more selective acquisitions policy. Nevertheless we continue
to build an impressive collection of modern European scholarship.
The
collection covers all aspects of the civilizations of ancient Greece and
Rome: archaeology, history, government, economics, society, language &
literature, religion & mythology, philosophy, epigraphy, numismatics and
law. General chronological boundaries are from the Bronze age (ca. 2500
B.C on Crete) to the fall of the Roman Empire in the west (476 A.D.) Geographically
selection extends to all areas which fell within the Graeco-Roman cultural
or political sphere. Languages include all known Greek dialects, all Italic
dialects and all non-Italic dialects of the Italian peninsula. Also included
is the study of the Classics and the history of Classical scholarship
in all periods and places.
Material in
specialized areas will usually be selected for a special collection, although
there are frequent overlaps because of monographs being published in series.
Examples: 1.
Greek and Roman music: collected by Music Library.
2. Greek and Roman art: collected primarily by the Fine Arts Library.
Reference
& Selector Contacts
Bob Kibbee
is Olin/Uris Maps and Geospatial Information Librarian. He has a BA in
Classical Studies from Boston University and an MA in Classical Studies
from the University of Michigan. He has taught many course-specific library
instruction session for Classics department faculty. His telephone
number is 255-9566 and his email is rk14@cornell.edu.
Kizer
Walker is the selector for library resources in Classics. Kizer has
a Ph.D in German Studies from Cornell. His telephone number is 254-1375
and his email is kw33@cornell.edu.
If you would like to recommend a resource to be added to the library collection,
please fill out the online
Purchase Request form, or contact Kizer
directly.
If you have
any questions about library services, policies, collection decisions or
any other aspect of the library please feel free to write or call Bob
or Kizer. One of them will make sure your question is addressed and answered.
Library
Instruction for Classical Studies
The digital
revolution has made an enormous amount of information available to researchers
in Classics, but discovering resources and using them effectively can
be difficult, both for incoming freshmen and seasoned scholars. The library
provides instruction in using its resources for classes from Freshman
Writing Seminars to graduate-level seminars. The following are examples
of course-specific classes in Classics and related disciplines that the
Reference and Instruction departments have taught recently:
-
Social
Significance of Dress (Classics 115)
-
Classical
Literature: Who were the Greeks? (Classics 117)
-
Dominae:
Powerful Women in Rome (Classics 120.01)
-
Greek
& Roman Mythology (Classics 150)
If you would
like to arrange for a course-specific instruction session or individual
research consultation, please fill out the online
Instruction Session Request Form.
Online
Reference Sources
- Thesaurus
Linguae Graecae
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLGŪ) is a research
center at the University of California, Irvine. Founded in 1972 the
TLG has already collected and digitized most literary texts written
in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Its goal
is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from
antiquity to the present era. In April 2001, the TLGŪ became available
Online to subscribing institutions and recently to individuals. The
web version currently provides access to 3,500 authors and 11,000
works, approximately 89 million words. It is updated quarterly with
new authors and works. (from their Web page)
- L'Année
philologique on the Internet
The most important and comprehensive bibliography
in the field of classical languages and literature, history, archeology,
epigraphy, and numismatics. Published annually, it includes citations
(in all languages) to books, articles, collections of essays and reviews.
It is divided into two parts. Part I covers classical authors and
textual criticism (arranged alphabetically by ancient author). Part
2 is divided into subjects (philosophy, linguistics, history), subdivided
chronologically then alphabetically, by the author of the book or
article. An index of ancient authors and an index of authors of books
and articles are included.
The Online version incorporates several different
attempts to bring the most comprehensive bibliography of classical
studies into electronic form. Volumes 40(1969)-72(2003) are now available.
- Tables
of contents of journals of interest to classicists: TOCS-IN
TOCS-IN provides a searchable index of tables of
contents of a selection of journals in classics and classical studies,
beginning in 1992. It covers Greek and Latin linguistics and literature,
and Greek and Roman history, archaeology, mythology, religion, epigraphy,
numismatics and palaeography, with additional coverage in the Ancient
Near East and religion. About ten percent of the entries link to the
full text of the articles.
The project began to archive current tables of contents
in 1992, and now contains ca 160 journals, and over 23,000 articles,
in a database at Toronto. In addition, the Louvain mirror site archives
much additional material for some of the journals before 1992. Searches
of all data can be made at both sites.
- Nestor
Bibliography of Aegean studies, Mycenaean Greece,
Homeric society, Indo-European linguistics, and related fields. The
primary geographic nexus of Nestor is the Aegean, including all of
Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Cyprus. Its chronological range
is the prehistoric period from the Palaeolithic through the end of
the Geometric period. Subject areas covered include human interactions
with the environment, material culture, social, political, and economic
activities, structures, and organizations, and languages and writing
systems. Related topics are Philistine culture, the Classical Cypriot
syllabary, and Indo-European linguistics especially concerning the
development of Greek.
- MLA
International Bibliography
An international index and database providing references
to scholarly articles from over 4000 journals dealing with languages,
literature, folklore and linguistics. It is useful for finding literary
criticism of a particular author or work, as well as articles on literary
theory, women's studies, popular culture, and performing arts. Although
limited to modern (post-mediaeval) literature, it can be quite valuable
for locating articles on classical influences and classical linguistics.
The online version of MLA covers 1963 to present. The print version
covers 1921 to the present.
-
Web of science: Arts & humanities citation index (A&HCI)
ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases
of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author,
journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles
that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows
use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more
recent articles on the same topic.
- Internationale
Bibliographie der geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur
IBZ (English interface)
International interdisciplinary index of periodical
literature covering basic research from all fields of knowledge, with
particular emphasis on the humanities, arts and social sciences. Indexes
a significant proportion of the periodicals published on the European
continent. Multilingual, with English and German interfaces. Updated
monthly. Also in print version, updated twice annually.
- Projekt
DYABOLA
Online access to the Realkatalog of the DAI (German
Archaeological Institute) in Rome. Also a subject catalog of works
on European pre- and early history and the archeology of the Roman
provinces in the RGK (Roman-Germanic Commission) Library in Frankfurt.
- Gnomon
Online: the Eichstatt information system for classical studies
This online index provides access to a selection
of the material in the print periodical (Gnomon: kritische Zeitschrift
fur die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft) and to the CD-ROM
(Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank) which it supplements, particularly
for the years since 1998. The online verison also indexes the holdings
of Eichstatt University Library and recent acquisitions of the Bayerische
Staatsbibliothek in classics and classical studies.
The print version is of course the most complete
version, but the CD is not far behind. This can be used in the Electronic
Text Center in Olin. The interface is in German and a bit difficult
to get a handle on, but it's very powerful. This is an underutilized
resource which should be explored.
Citation
Management
RefWorks
is a web-based program that allows you to easily collect, manage, and
organize bibliographic references by interfacing with databases. RefWorks
also interfaces directly with Word, making it easy to import references
and incorporate them into your writing, properly formatted according to
the style of your choice. For more information and to sign up for an account,
click here.
RefWorks workshops are regularly held on campus.
EndNote allows you
to build your own database of bibliographic references from a variety
of resources, including library catalogs and periodical indexes. EndNote
interfaces with several standard word processing programs and provides
direct connections to resources, making it easy to import references and
incorporate them in your writing. EndNote (or RefWorks) is highly recommended
for researchers. EndNote workshops are regularly held on campus.
Electronic
Journals and Full Text Articles
JSTOR:
The Scholarly Journal Archive
JSTOR provides
full-text access to back issues of important journals is a wide range of
fields, including classics. Access to current issues, usually the last five
years, is blocked. This can be a powerful resource if currency in not important.
Remember, however, only a few journals are indexed for each field; a complete
search requires specialized databases.
Project
Muse
Project
Muse provides access to the current issues of some of the journals in JSTOR.
This provides access to the full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins
University Press and other university presses in the humanities, social
sciences, and mathematics. Covers such fields as literature and criticism,
history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political
science, gender studies, and others.Project
Muse and JSTOR are not alone. Most electronic journals are found
by searching for the title directly in the online catalog or by using Find
eJournals. Many providers of electronic journals, however, have their
own web sites on which these journals can be searched independently, along
the lines of JSTOR. The sciences are most heavily represented, but some
serendipitous searches in the humanities are possible. Here are some examples.
Cambridge
Journals Online
Includes for
example, The Cambridge Journal of Archaeology and The Bulletin
of the School of Oriental and African Studies.
IngentaConnect
A collection
of over 800 online academic journals covering a broad array of subjects.
Includes Oxford University Press journals such as Classical Quarterly
and Kluwer Academic Press titles and Brill titles such as Mnemosyne.
Very useful for cross-disciplinary searching.
Here is a sampling of online journals in classical studies at Cornell:
American
journal of philology. v.1-116 (1880-1995)
American
journal of philology. Vol 117.1 (Spring 1996)- Current
Bryn Mawr classical review. Vol. 1 (1990)-v. 4 (1993) ; 94 (1994)-
Arethusa. v. 1- fall 1968-
Greece
& Rome. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1931)-v. 22, no. 66 (Oct. 1953)
; 2nd ser., v. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1954)-
Symbolae
Osloenses / auspiciis Societatis Graeco-Latinae. v.75 (2000)
-
The classical quarterly. v.1-44 (1907-1950)new ser.:v.1 (1951)-
The
classical quarterly. Vol. 51,issue 1 (July 2001)- current
Classical
philology. 2001 - Current
Classical
antiquity. v.20:no.1 - Current
The
classical review. v.1-64 (1887-1950) new ser.:v.1 (1951)-
Mnemosyne.
v.53 (2000)-
Online
Books
American Council of Learned Societies. History E-Book (HEB) Project
Description:
The ACLS History E-Book Project plans over its initial phase to convert
to electronic format 500 backlist titles of major importance to historical
studies - books that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students,
are frequently cited in the literature, and are currently not widely available
- and to publish 85 completely new electronic titles that have the potential
to use new technologies to communicate the results of scholarship in new
ways.
Internet
Resources
This is more
of a list of "metasites" which might help locate specialized resources.
It's certainly not meant to be exhaustive.
Biblioteca Classica Selecta
A list
of classical resources online. Particularly good for identifying online
journals.
Perseus Project
"The Perseus
Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study
of the humanities. Collaborators initially formed the project to construct
a large, heterogeneous collection of materials, textual and visual, on
the Archaic and Classical Greek world. Planning for Perseus began in 1985;
the project was formally established in July, 1987. Since then, the Perseus
Project has published two CD-ROMs and created the on-line Perseus Digital
Library. Recent expansion into Latin texts and tools and Renaissance
materials has served to add more coverage within Perseus and has prompted
the project to explore new ways of presenting complex resources for electronic
publication."(from the Web site)
The
Electronic Text Center in Olin Library
The Electronic
Text Center houses a wide variety of CD-ROM and DVD-based material most
of which requires preloaded software to run successfully. It's located behind
the reference desk in Olin Library. There are a number of titles of interest
to classicists:
Gnomon
bibliographische Datenbank
PA 3 .G58
Latest update March 2003
Thesaurus
Linguae Latinae
only partial, vols 10 and 11
Latin
Bibliography 15th Century to 2001
PA8015 .L37 2001
Excellent bibliography for Renaissance and early modern texts.
In Principio:
Incipit Index of Latin Texts
Z 6605 .L3 I57
Index of incipits of 700,000 Latin texts.
Library
of Latin Texts
BR 60 .C42
Formerly the CETEDOC Library. Early Christian Texts in modern editions.
Bibliotheca
Teubneriana Latina
PA 6105 .B53
Thesaurus
Linguae Graecae TLG
PA 3405 .T494
Now online.
PHI CD-ROM
#5.3: Latin Texts and Bible Versions
PA 6116 .P53 1991
PHI CD-ROM
#7: Greek documentary texts
CN 360 .P58 1996
There are
many more medieval titles including Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Electronic(DD
3 .M8 E44), Archives of Celtic Latin Literature(PA 2892 .G7 A67 1994),
Corpus de la litterature medievale (PQ 1301 .C68 2001), Medioevo Latino
(D 117 .A12 M42), Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (641-867)(DF 505.5
.P76), etc.
The ETC
is more or less self-service and the disks are arranged by call number.
Don't hesitate to ask for help at the reference desk.
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