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WISER: Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient History Tuesday 22 May 2007

WISER: Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient History Tuesday 22 May 2007. Charlotte Goodall. Classics Provision in Oxford. Subject Librarian: Charlotte Goodall charlotte.goodall@ouls.ox.ac.uk Bodleian Library – Lower Reading Room http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/

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WISER: Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient History Tuesday 22 May 2007

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  1. WISER: Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient HistoryTuesday 22 May 2007 Charlotte Goodall

  2. Classics Provision in Oxford Subject Librarian: Charlotte Goodall charlotte.goodall@ouls.ox.ac.uk Bodleian Library – Lower Reading Room http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ Sackler Library (including Classics Lending Library) http://www.saclib.ox.ac.uk

  3. Today’s session • Introduction to electronic resources • TDNet (electronic Journals) • L’Année Philologique • Thesaurus Linguae Graecae • Cetedoc Library of Latin Texts • Perseus Project • New Pauly Online • Oxford Classical Dictionary Online • Cambridge Collections Online

  4. Online resources • OxLIP – the Oxford Libraries Information Platform • General and Subject specific resources • Available 24/7 from any networked computer • http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip • OLIS – the Oxford Libraries Information System • Searching for books and journals • Details of library holdings • Automated Stack Requests • http://www.library.ox.ac.uk • TDNet – electronic journals • Full text journal articles • Thousands of journal titles available • Subject-specific e-resources

  5. Introduction • Overview of electronic resources for Classicists • OxLIP: Oxford Libraries Information Platform

  6. Electronic journals • What is TDNet? • Access routes • OxLIP • OLIS

  7. Using TDNet • Search by Journal title, Publisher, ISSN. • Search for “Classical Quarterly”

  8. TDNet search results • Online packages: Archive (e.g. JSTOR) and current. • Chose which package covers the date range you require. • Interface is different for each package/publisher

  9. Bibliographic Databases • L’Année Philologique • Also available: Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank (only recommended if you know what you are looking for!)

  10. L’Année Philologique • Navigating • Search options • Modern Author • Full Text • Ancient Authors • Subjects and disciplines • Date • Use APh to search for journal abbreviations

  11. Searching APh online • Simple searching • Combining searches

  12. Search for a Journal abbreviation Other Criteria – periodical Type in a recognised abbreviation and it will give the full title.

  13. Full Text Databases Thesarus Linguae Graecae (TLG) • Entire canon of Ancient Greek texts and authors. Cetedoc Library of Latin Texts • Classical and Christian Latin texts and authors.

  14. Thesaurus Linguae Graecae • Full text searching of complete canon of Greek authors (including fragments and literary papyri). • Display either in Greek font or transliteration. • Set display to Unicode unless you have specific fonts installed

  15. Canon Search

  16. Simple Text Search

  17. Word Index • Lists all forms – you can either search all words found or click on the ones you want to look for.

  18. Advanced Searching

  19. Search results

  20. Lexicon links

  21. Cetedoc Library of Latin Texts • Texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) • The best Latin text database available

  22. Searching Cetedoc

  23. Sample search - Catullus

  24. Text Searching

  25. Hitlist (search results)

  26. Displaying results

  27. Perseus Project • Texts and translations of ancient authors • Dictionaries and grammatical tools • Art and Archaeology Browser

  28. New Pauly Online • Electronic version of Brill’s New Pauly and der neue Pauly (in English and German) • Not yet complete, but more entries added frequently.

  29. Oxford Classical Dictionary • Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd ed.) Online • Accessed via Past Masters package • Scroll through Past Masters titles until you find the OCD.

  30. New Resource! • Cambridge Collections Online • New collection of electronic books (Cambridge Companions)

  31. I hope you have found this session useful Please reply to the feedback email which you will receive after the session. If I can be of any further assistance please contact me: charlotte.goodall@ouls.ox.ac.uk Further training sessions may be of interest to you – for details go to: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/services/information_skills

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