Listed below are a number of databases for doing research in the fields of Classics and World Religions. Please note that, because of licensing restrictions, these databases are available to members of Ohio University only, not the general public. If you are a member of Ohio University and are using these databases from off-campus, before you can connect you will need to do a brief login to identify yourself as part of Ohio University.
Research Databases
Both Classics and World Religions
Between them, these two databases cover well over a century of major scholarly journals in both disciplines. AHCI begins coverage with 1980 and is updated weekly. Periodicals Index Online begins with the first year of each journal and continues into the 1990s.
Classics
- L’Année Philologique
- Dyabola: Subject Catalogues of the German Archaeological Institute
- Perseus Project
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
L’Année Philologique is the major database for scholarly materials in Classics. The online version covers 1969 to the present; Alden Library has printed volumes in the Reference Collection going back to 1924. Department member Lisa Carson is the director of the American office of L’Année Philologique. Dyabola complements L’Année Philologique for the study of ancient Rome. The Perseus Project is a huge collection of images and texts for the study of ancient Greece. The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae has Greek texts for ancient and Byzantine Greek literature.
World Religions
Two article databases for the study of religion. ATLA covers more than 500 journals; Religion and Philosophy Collection, around 300 (most of them full-text).
Electronic Journals
JSTOR (short for Journal STORage) is a consortial project whose goal is to provide online archives of scholarly journals back to the beginning of each journal’s publication. Generally speaking, the most recent 3-5 years of a given journal are not available through JSTOR.
Book Reviews
These two publications are exclusively devoted to book reviews in their respective fields.
Listings from ALICE
There are many other sources of online journals in addition to JSTOR. The links above go to listings of these journals in our online catalog, ALICE.
Library Resources
Library Guides
Written by Reference Librarian Tim Smith, these pages are brief introductions to some of the major resources in Alden Library. The listing of Classics journals includes both print and online holdings. For corrections or suggestions for these pages, please contact him at smitht@ohio.edu
InfoTree Listings
- Art History — Ancient Greece and Rome
- Classics — General
- Classics — Greece
- Classics — Rome
- History — To 500 A.D.
- Mythology
- Religion — General
- Religion — Buddhism
- Religion — Christianity
- Religion — Hinduism
- Religion — Islam
- Religion — Judaism
InfoTree is the Library’s “database of databases.” It is an easily searchable and browseable listing of the most important resources (mostly online, though it includes records for microform sets and a few major printed reference works). If you Login to InfoTree, you can create a set of bookmarks and also “subscribe” to notifications whenever new records are added to any InfoTree categories of interest to you. If you need help in using this feature, contact Tim Smith at smitht@ohio.edu.
Finding Library Materials
Encyclopedias
We have major online encyclopedias for both Classics and World Religions. Please note that the one for Classics, New Pauly Online, is only partially complete in the English-language version at this time.
- Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed.
- New Pauly Online
- Religion Resource (collection of numerous dictionaries, encyclopedias, and biographical sources)
Oxford Reference Online
Through OhioLINK we have access to a number of online reference works from Oxford University Press.
Classics
- The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
- The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
- Who’s Who in the Classical World
- The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin)
- The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English)
World Religions
- A Dictionary of the Bible
- The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
- A Dictionary of Buddhism
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
- Oxford Dictionary of Islam
- A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
- The Oxford Dictionary of Popes
- The Oxford Dictionary of Saints
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
- Religion Resource (a collection of 30 different online reference sources from Routledge)
Additions or corrections to this list? Contact Tim Smith at smitht@ohio.edu.