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WISER: Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient History Thursday 31 st January 2008

WISER: Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient History Thursday 31 st January 2008. Charlotte Goodall. Classics Provision in Oxford. Subject Librarian: Charlotte Goodall charlotte.goodall@ouls.ox.ac.uk OULS – Oxford University Library Services http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/

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WISER: Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient History Thursday 31 st January 2008

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  1. WISER: Resources for Research in Classics and Ancient HistoryThursday 31st January 2008 Charlotte Goodall

  2. Classics Provision in Oxford Subject Librarian: Charlotte Goodall charlotte.goodall@ouls.ox.ac.uk OULS – Oxford University Library Services http://www.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 • Oxford University e-journals • L’Année Philologique • Thesaurus Linguae Graecae • Cetedoc Library of Latin Texts • Perseus Project • Brill Online databases • Oxford Classical Dictionary 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 • Electronic journals - http://sfx7.exlibrisgroup.com/oxford/az • 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 • SFX: Oxford’s e-journal collection

  7. Finding an e-journal • Search by Journal title, Publisher, ISSN. • Search for e.g. “Classical Quarterly”

  8. Search results • Full text options (coverage, dates and issue numbers) • Current and archive access (JSTOR) • Print holdings (OLIS)

  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 using the Periodical option under “other criteria”

  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. Advanced searching • Proximity searching: Combine search terms by clicking the radio button to add a second word.

  18. Full corpus search

  19. Lexicon links

  20. 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 at the moment

  21. Cetedoc Library

  22. Sample search - Catullus

  23. Text Searching

  24. Search results

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

  26. Brill Online Databases • Electronic version of Brill’s New Pauly (not yet complete) and der neue Pauly • Electronic version of Jacoby’s Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker and English translation (not yet complete)

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

  28. I hope you have found this session useful 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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