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Année Philologique - This is the core bibliographical tool for finding journal articles and book chapters for classics, classical archaeology and ancient history. If you need help with this database, there is a tutorial guide as well as a list of journal abbreviations in use.
Brill's New Jacoby - This is one of the most authoritative resources for the study of fragmentary ancient Greek historians.
Brill's New Pauly - An encyclopedia devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and covers more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe.
Clavis Clavium - Clavis clavium is an integrated reference database and collaborative update platform to open up Patristic, Medieval and Byzantine texts
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families - An online encyclopedia focused on the rulers of the Roman Empire.
Grove Art Online - An art database covering art and artists throughout history including the classical period.
JSTOR - provides access to scholarly book, journal and primary sources via an easy to use search interface.
Literary Encyclopedia - biographies of writers, scholarly descriptions of texts and critical essays
Oxford Bibliographies - Classics - Provides overviews of key topics, people and places in the ancient world.
Oxford Classical Dictionary - Provides overviews and articles on a variety of subjects covering the ancient world.
Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization - Provides overviews and articles on a variety of subjects covering the ancient world.
Oxford Companion to Classical Literature - Covers the classical world and its literary heritage.
Perseus Collection Greek and Roman Materials - Primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome.
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites - Encyclopedia covering archeological sites from across the classical world.
ACLS Humanities eBook Collection - Has a large collection of eBooks on the ancient world.
Brill's Companions to Classical Studies - A series of handbooks covering key authors and subjects from antiquity
Cambridge Ancient History - Covers ancient history from Prehistory up to 600 AD
Cambridge Classical Studies - Covering all aspects of classical learning: literature, philosophy, history and archaeology.
Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World - A series of books examining important topics in the history and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome
Cambridge Histories - Ancient History & Classical Studies - covers topics from all parts of classical studies
Impact of Empire - A series of books covering the Roman empire from 200 BC to 476 AD
Key Themes in Ancient History A series of books covering Key Themes in Ancient History
Mnemosyne Supplements - covers all aspects of the Ancient World
Oxford Classical Studies - Over 600 eBooks covering classical studies
Oxford Handbooks on Classical Studies - Over 30 books providing an comprehensive overviews on topics in Classical Studies
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World - Covers religion across the Graeco-Roman World
Studies in Ancient Medicine - The series covers the medical traditions of ancient civilizations.
We have developed a separate Subject Guide for Latin Language Resources available here: Latin Language Resources Libguide
We have developed Libguide pages for the following Specialist resources:
Epigraphy - Greek and Latin Inscription Resources
Numismatics - Greek and Roman Coin Resources
Art and Architecture - Resources for Classical Art and Architecture
EThOS Access to over 500,000 theses from across the United Kingdom
OpenDOAR - Directory of open access repositories
ORE - Open Research Exeter: University of Exeter repository
ProQuest Dissertaions & Theses Global - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities.
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It is targeted at social science researchers but is useful across all subject areas as it covers key research methodology topics that are applicable across the research spectrum.
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