Abbreviations Help
Works by classical authors and classics journals are often abbreviated
Lists of abbreviations may be found in
The Oxford Classical Dictionary
and
Brill's New Pauly
A comprehensive source is the Dictionary of Biblliographic Abbreviations Found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines which is accessilble as an e-book through a link in its Pegasus catalog record
Citation Tools
The online companion to A Writer's Reference provides rules and examples for Chicago, MLA, and APA formats
Refer to the Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide for additional information
See the Haverford College Department of Classics website for helpful information on citing ancient sources
Copies of The Chicago Manual of Style and the MLA Handbook are available on every floor of the Information Commons and on reserve in Cudahy Library
- Chicago Manual of Style OnlineProvides rules and examples
GRE Practice Tool
- Testing & Education Reference CenterProvides online GRE (as well as GMAT, LSAT, and MCAT) practice; create an account to access the tests and explanations for an answer is correct or incorrect
Most Used Resources
- Annee Philologique, L' Find citations to journal articles (and other materials) on all aspects of classical studies; updated annually but with a two-year delay
- Oxford Bibliographies Online : Classics ModuleIntroductory essays and annotated bibliographies that recommend articles (as well as books and book chapters)' link to the e-journals search tool and catalog to find a cited works in our library's collections
Online Reference Sources
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- Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th editionEntries on all aspects of the Greco-Roman world
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and RomeEntries on Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures from the Bronze Age to the 5th century
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient EgyptEntries on Egyptian civilization from the predynastic era to the 7th century
- Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient WorldEnglish edition of Der Neue Pauly, an encyclopedia focused on the ancient world and classical scholarship plus four topical supplements published to date
- Database of Latin DictionariesIncludes dictionaries for translating Latin into modern languages, for semantic and etymological explanations of Latin words in Latin, and for defining historical Latin terms
- Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & ArchitectureEntries on visual art in the Classical Period
- International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2nd EditionIncludes entries on historical linguistics
- Oxford Reference Online Subject-specific encyclopedias, dictionaries, and companions; note option for searching within one subject area
Our Reference Collections
Greek-English and Latin-English dictionaries are shelved in the Reference Collection
on the first floor of Cudahy Library at the call numbers PA 445 and PA 2365 respectively
Use Reference Universe to search back-of-the-book indexes and entry titles in our reference collections; link to Pegasus to check location information or link to the entry if it is available online
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