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Pompeii, Graffiti & Sex Appeal - BBC History
Knowing where to start isn't always easy, especially when you're dealing with an unfamiliar subject. Sometimes the best place to start is a subject specific dictionary or encyclopedia. Below is a selected list of print and online reference resources.
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Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new windowLiterary guide to significant sources on a variety of subjects. Works as an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.
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New Pauly This link opens in a new window
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.
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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford’s art reference works: Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
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Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowCambridge Histories covering American, British, economic, regional, and general history, language and linguistics, philosophy, religious studies, theatre studies and performing arts, etc. See The Cambridge Ancient History.
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The Oxford Classical Dictionary
Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 0199381135Publication Date: 2016- -
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
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Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 0195300823
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Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC)The LIMC tries to present what we know of the iconography of Greek, Etruscan and Roman mythology as well as of the neighbouring Mediterranean cultures. Each of the illustrated figures of Greek, Etruscan and Roman mythology is discussed in alphabetic order, usually in an individual article of a uniform structure.
Central Library, Reference 4th-flr: NX650 .M9 L494 -
Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, vol. 1-10Wall paintings and mosaics of Pompeii
Central Library, 8th Floor Art Oversize Books: ND2575 .P75 1990 -
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman WorldIn 99 full-color maps, the atlas recreates the entire world of the Greeks and Romans from the British Isles to the Indian subcontinent and deep into North Africa
Central Library, Atlases 6th-flr: ATLAS G1033 .B3 2000
