Subject Guides
Classical Studies
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Subject Specific Databases
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L'Année philologique; bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité gréco-latine. (http://uclibs.org/PID/31798) VPN
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This is the major bibliographic index for Classical studies, including art, history, philosophy, literature and more.
- Coverage: 1949-current
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31798 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31798) VPN
- More Information:
- Use the hard copy edition of the Annee Philologique to search for material published before 1949. It is located at Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Z7016.A1 A5
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Tocs-in (http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html)
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Tocs-in is a bibliographic index to articles in Classics Journals published since 1992. It is a free site provided by the University of Toronto
- Coverage: 1992-current
- Access: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html (http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html)
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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: A Digital Library of Greek Literature [via UCI] (http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/inst/fontsel) VPN
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"The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae [TLG] Digital Library now contains virtually all Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600 and the majority of surviving works up the fall of Byzantium in A.D. 1453..Its' goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era."
- Access: http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/inst/fontsel (http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/inst/fontsel) VPN
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Patrologia Latina Database (http://pld.chadwyck.com) VPN
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Patrologia Latina Database is an electronic
version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the
Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
- Access: http://pld.chadwyck.com (http://pld.chadwyck.com) VPN
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Tebtunis Papyri Collection (http://tebtunis.berkeley.edu/index.html)
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THE TEBTUNIS PAPYRI COLLECTION IS BEING REMOVED FROM INSIGHT BUT CONTINUES TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM THE BANCROFT LIBRARY.
The Tebtunis Papyri Collection consists of the papyrus documents that were found in the winter of 1899/1900 at the site of ancient Tebtunis, Egypt.
- Access: http://tebtunis.berkeley.edu/index.html (http://tebtunis.berkeley.edu/index.html)
General Databases
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General Databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
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This is a list of the best general databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It includes abstracting and indexing services, FullText Databases and Electronic Journal Libraries which are of interest to the variety of fields in the the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
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JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
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JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of 773 important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are NOT included. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1980 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
- More Information:
- About J Stor: Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials. http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/
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Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
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Project Muse provides full text access to over 300 journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics. It is useful for searching interdisciplinary cultural studies topics. Its full-text search engine is more detailed than any other index for these journals. Coverage varies by journal.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31861 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
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Expanded Academic ASAP [via Thomson/Gale]
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Expanded Academic ASAP has been cancelled. Licensed access to this multi disciplinary periodicals database ended June 30, 2008. Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] replaces it.
- Coverage: 1980-present
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- More Information:
- Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, multi-disciplinary in nature. http://uclibs.org/PID/126936
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MLA International Bibliography [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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The Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLAIB) covers international scholarly materials on all languages, literatures, linguistics, and folklore from around the world. It includes citations to items from journals, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. MLAIB does not index book reviews.
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Index Translationum (http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7810&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html)
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This is an index of translated books published in approximately 100 countries. Published by UNESCO, it contains "more than 1.600,000 entries in all disciplines : literature, social and human sciences, natural and exact sciences, art, history and so forth." For earlier years, see the hard copy volumes in the Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Collection.
- Coverage: 1979-current
- Access: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7810&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7810&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html)
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International Medieval Bibliography (http://www.brepolis.net) VPN
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Provides the most comprehensive, current bibliography of international scholarly literature in Medieval Studies available.
[updated quarterly]
- Coverage: 1967-present
- Location: print equivalent is in the Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Collection
- Access: http://www.brepolis.net (http://www.brepolis.net) VPN
- More Information:
- You may need to download a special font for the diacritical marks in records to display properly. Follow instructions at the databases main page.
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Encyclopedia of Aesthetics [Oxford University Press] (http://www.oxfordartonline.com) VPN
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Part of Oxford Art Online, this encyclopedia surveys critical thought on art, culture, and society, including major concepts, thinkers, and debates about the meaning, uses, and value of all the arts from painting and sculpture to literature, music, theater, dance, television, film, and popular culture. Because it is included in Oxford Art Online, it can be searched alone when individually selected or in conjunction with the other reference works in the collection.
- Access: http://www.oxfordartonline.com (http://www.oxfordartonline.com) VPN
Full-text Resources
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WorldImages [San Jose State University] (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/)
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WorldImages "contains almost 50,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images can be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. The images can be located using many search techniques, and for convenience they are organized into some 440 portfolios."
- Access: http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/ (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/)
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Bibliography of Neo-Latin Texts on the Web (http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/bibliography/index.htm)
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This site is an analytic bibliography of Latin texts written during the Renaissance and later that are freely available to the general public on the Web. It is created and maintained by Dana F. Sutton, University of California, Irvine.
- Access: http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/bibliography/index.htm (http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/bibliography/index.htm)
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ARTstor (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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ARTStor is a library of digital images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. It contains a searchable database of more than a million digital images, covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44518 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
- More Information:
- Getting Started with ARTstor [via UCDavis]
For initial training and information on using ARTstor, contact: artstorhelp@lib.ucdavis.edu
- For off-campus access, first register with ARTstor from a computer on campus. Then, you may login from off campus with your ARTstor ID by going directly to www.artstor.org. ARTstor does not always work smoothly with the VPN. Or, you may use the Proxy
- If you would like to join a UCD community of ARTstor users to share discoveries and help solve problems, please join our ARTstor Users Group on Smartsite.
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Oxford Art Online [via Oxford University Press] (http://www.oxfordartonline.com) VPN
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Oxford Art Online contains four major reference works for the fine arts: The Grove Dictionary of Art, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. These may be searched individually or in combination.
- Access: http://www.oxfordartonline.com (http://www.oxfordartonline.com) VPN
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Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) (http://www.dmgh.de/)
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Critically-edited (Latin and premodern German language) primary sources for the study of German and central European history from late antiquity to 1500 CE.
- Access: http://www.dmgh.de/ (http://www.dmgh.de/)
- More Information:
- CD-ROM version of the database, the Electronic Monumenta Germaniae Historica, in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, Shields Library, DD3.M8 E44 CD-ROM. Hardcopy volumes are located on the Lower Level of Shields at DD3 M8 P6.
- In German.
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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Ancient History Internet Resources [via UC Davis] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/history/history-ancient.php)
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This is the Ancient History section of the Library's guide to History Internet Sites.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/history/history-ancient.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/history/history-ancient.php)
Other Resources
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Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women & Gender in the Ancient World (http://www.stoa.org/diotima/)
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Interdisciplinary resource covering patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean. Includes searchable bibliographies and links to many online resources, including articles, book reviews, databases, and images.
- Access: http://www.stoa.org/diotima/ (http://www.stoa.org/diotima/)
