HIST 3000W - The History Workshop: Ancient Rome - McGinn

Sources to Get You Started!

Resources like bibliographies, dictionaries, and encyclopedias are useful tools at the start of the research process. They provide background information and context for potential research projects.

Oxford Bibliographies
Literary guide to significant sources on a variety of subjects. Works as an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.
New Pauly
Encyclopaedic coverage of the second millennium BCE to early medieval Europe; with special emphasis on the interaction between Greco-Roman culture and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Also includes the aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of ancient heritage, and the history of classical scholarship.

The Oxford Classical Dictionary
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 0199381135
Publication Date: 2016-
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 0195170725
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History by Roger S. Bagnall (Editor); Kai Brodersen (Editor); Craige B. Champion (Editor); Andrew Erskine (Editor); Sabine R. Huebner (Editor)
ISBN: 9781405179355

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