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Paideia Fall 2018 Section 11 - Bulliung: Research Resources

Preus Certified

In general, items listed on this Paideia guide and other subject/course guides created by the library are considered "Preus Certified", which means they are a good place to begin your research.

Online Reference Collections

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of over 3,000 reference works, covering all disciplines.
Credo Reference
An online collection of over 600 full-text reference works, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and more.
Oxford Reference Online
This online source provides access to subject and language reference works from Oxford University Press

Over 200 titles published by Oxford University Press are included in this online source. In addition to text, access is provided to maps and illustrations, timelines, web sites, and bibliographies.
Cambridge Histories Online
Provides full text online access to the complete 250-plus volumes of Cambridge Histories reference series. Provides political, economic and social history, philosophy and literature of selected countries and subjects

Selected Reference Sources

Reference materials are the place to begin your research. Reading in specialized encyclopedias will anchor your research in an historical context and will give you the key terms and concepts to conduct successful database searches.

Mythologies by Yves Bonnefoy (Editor); Wendy Doniger (Translator)
Call Number: Ref BL311 .D513 1991
Encyclopedia of Religion
Call Number: Ref BL31 .E46 2005

Available in electronic and print formats.
Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology by Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Call Number: Ref BL715 .D56 1998
Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Jennifer R. March
Call Number: Ref BL715 .M38 2014

Available in electronic and print formats.
The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower (Editor); Antony Spawforth (Editor)
Call Number: Ref DE5 .O9 2003

Available in electronic and print formats.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by Nigel Wilson (Editor)
Call Number: Ref DF16 .E52 2006
Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World by David Sacks; Lisa R. Brody (Revised by)
Call Number: Ref DF16 .S23 2005
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History by Roger S. Bagnall; Kai Brodersen (Editor); Craige B. Champion (Editor); Andrew Erskine (Editor); Sabine R. Huebner (Editor)
Call Number: Ref D54 .E53 2013
Brill's New Pauly: encyclopaedia of the ancient world: Antiquity by Hubert Cancik (Editor); Helmut Schneider (Editor); Manfred Landfester (Editor); Christine F. Salazar (Editor)
Call Number: Ref DE5 .N4813 2002 v. 1-16
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature by M. C. Howatson
Available in electronic and print formats.
2nd edition in print. Ref PA 31 .O9 1989
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by John Ayto
Call Number: Ref PN43 .B65 2005
The Oxford Companion to English Literature by Dinah Birch (Editor); Margaret Drabble (Editor)
Available in electronic and print formats.
6th edition in print. Ref PR 19 .O94 2000
Oxford Dictionary of Plays by Michael Patterson
Available in electronic and print formats.
Library has1st edition in print.
Ref PN1625 .P38 2005

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